Concert: Bach St Matthew Passion

17:30, Sat, 2 May 2026

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  • Type of event: Performance
    Start time: 17:30
    End time: 22:15
    Venue: Church of St Peter & St Paul
    The Green
    Chingford
    E4 7ES
      See map below
    Ticket pricing/options: Tickets £20, under 18s and benefit recipients £10
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    Description: Concert: Bach St Matthew Passion

    (Above: St Thomas Church Leipzig in 1735)

    London Forest Choir
    Sylvan Ensemble 
    Choristers of Chingford Parish Church

    Evangelist: Andrew Kennedy, tenor

    Christus: Jimmy Holliday, bass

    Amelia Berridge, soprano

    Freya Jacklin, alto

    Richard Dowling, tenor

    Paul Sheehan, bass 

    conducted by Jonathan Rathbone


    Bach’s sacred oratorio for double choir, soloists and orchestra, composed for St Thomas’s Church in Leipzig in 1727. 

    Bach composed this work in the language of his audience rather than Latin. This performance will be sung in English.

    Please note: the concert is in two halves: Part One 5.30-7.00, a supper interval, Part Two 8.30-1015pm
    (Supper not included, but there are restaurants, etc near)

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