Cryptic presents David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, combining Hans Christian Andersen’s heartbreaking tale with JS Bach’s setting of the St Matthew Passion. In a unique presentation of this previously unstaged masterpiece, the tragic story of the little match girl is brought to life by vocal ensemble and percussion.
Reverent and gracious, JS Bach’s commemorative masterpiece Jesu, meine Freude acts as a poignant precursor to the fragile beauty of the little match girl.
Programme:
JS Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV227 David Lang – The Little Match Girl Passion
The University of NottinghamLakeside Arts Centre University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD
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