O Sacred Head Now Wounded

This reflective Good Friday concert traces the journey of the Passion through music spanning more than two centuries. Chorales from J. S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion form a musical thread throughout the program, connecting works of contemplation, sorrow, sacrifice, and hope.

The program brings together some of the most moving sacred music of W.A. Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Anton Bruckner, Gabriel Fauré, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, John Ireland and others. Highlights include Mozart’s beloved Ave verum corpus, Bruckner’s powerful Christus factus est, and Ireland’s Greater Love Hath No Man. The concert concludes with Libera me and the serene In paradisum from Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, bringing the evening to a peaceful close.