Following his triumphant MCO debut in 2024, Olivier Award winner Peter Whelan returned to conduct the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists on a European tour of the crowning glory of Bach's first Leipzig cantata cycle, his revolutionary St John Passion.
★★★★★
"Vocally and instrumentally, the Monteverdi singers and EBS players played at the top of their game"
"As for the choir, their diction exact and entries ferociously clean, they sang with absolute authority"
"The choir’s entry—impeccably precise, with exceptional balance between voices and a remarkable ability to reveal every harmonic detail—once again demonstrated the enduring quality they maintain year after year"
"... each intervention was a living example of sonic clarity, balance precision of entries, and the expressive level for which they continue to be renowned"
"As for the orchestra… their accompaniment in the arias was unsurpassable; the basso continuo displayed impeccable rhythmic precision, and the warmth of the accompaniment in the final chorales will long remain in the memory."
