Presented by Monash University Performing Arts Centres

Sunday 24 March 2024 at 3:00pm - 5.30pm
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts | 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC 3800

Monash University Performing Arts Centres presents a unique and ground-breaking performance of J. S. Bach’s masterpiece.

The St Matthew Passion is widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Baroque sacred music. Dramatic and powerful, the work portrays the last days of Jesus’s life.

Scored for extensive forces including solo voices, double orchestra and double chorus, it is thought to have been first performed on Good Friday in 1727, and then revised over the coming years. However, it was not until 1829, when a young Felix Mendelssohn staged a performance that sparked a renewed interest in the choral music of Bach, that the St Matthew Passion began to be recognised as such a significant and extraordinary work.

• Doors open at 2.30pm, show starts at 3.00pm sharp. This performance has one interval. Latecomers will not be permitted until a suitable break in the performance.
• No photography or videographers permitted, audience members should note this performance is being recorded.