Musicians of the King’s Road a cappella
Jorma Hannikainen, conductor
Ilmari Pirttilä, Evangelist
Teemu Mustonen, Jesus
“Earliest Passion stories in the World”
Evening service in the Holy Week
Henry Hemanus, liturgist
Teemu Suominen, organist
Heinrich Schütz:
St Luke Passion
Several documented performances of the St Matthew Passion by Heinrich Schütz are known, whereas his St Luke Passion has remained a rarity.
During Holy Week, the week before Easter, Musicians of the King’s Road performs four early Passions set to the texts of all four evangelists. This may be the first time — at least in modern times — that a similar project is carried out in Finland.
The performance of the four Passions continues the cycle of early Passions that Musicians of the King’s Road initiated already in 2013, and during which rarely heard Passions by mainly first- and second-generation Reformation composers have been performed.
Free admission
