National Symphony Orchestra
David Hill conductor
Seán Boylan baritone (replacing David Kravitz)  
National Symphony Chorus
David Young choral director
Chamber Choir Ireland 

James MacMillan St. John Passion [Irish Premiere]

The Irish premiere of a Good Friday Passion for our times: James MacMillan’s St. John Passion, hailed by Rowan Williams as ‘a landmark for contemporary music’.

Echoes of Latin motets, Gregorian chant and Bach chorales can be heard alongside Scottish folk accents in a striking, modern re-telling with Christ portrayed by Seán Boylan, and the Evangelist byChamber Choir Ireland, with the National Symphony Chorus giving voice to other roles in this dramatic story.