The Gesualdo Six: Pärt Passio
Tuesday 31 March 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Arvo Pärt’s epic re-telling of the Passion According to St John, sung by Gesualdo Six in the atmospheric surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Arvo Pärt once asked a streetcleaner what a contemporary composer should do. The answer? “He should love every note”. The result was Passio – a retelling of Christ’s Passion in which every note matters, every emotion is sincere, and even the darkest sorrow has an inner light. Heartfelt, luminous and serene, Passio is a masterpiece for our time and for all time, and when the Gesualdo Six and St Martin’s own choirs performed it here in 2022 it made a deep impression – “ecstatic”, in the words of one critic. Spiritual refreshment, from the deep, quiet soul of one of a legend among living composers.
This concert lasts one hour with no interval.
Pärt Passio
The Gesualdo Six
Choral scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Owain Park director
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Tue 31 Mar | 7:30 PM | £35/£30/£25/£16/£10 | Book |
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