The Little Match Girl Passion

Passiontide music by David Lang, Bach, Barber and others

Jubilate Chamber Choir presented composer David Lang's mesmerising and Pulitzer Prize-winning work for chorus and percussion-playing vocal soloists.  Through fifteen thought-provoking movements, Lang retells the heartbreaking story by Hans Christian Anderson through the lens and framework of a Bach Passion; a transformation that draws the listener into the action, inviting them to reflect deeply on the nature of suffering. Lang's music was paired with other Passiontide works, most notable of course by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht
Casals: O vos omnes
Victoria: O vos omnes
Anerio: Christus factus est
Barber: Agnus Dei
Nystedt: Immortal Bach

Pusey House Chapel, St. Giles, Oxford
Saturday 14th March 2026
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Douai Abbey
Sunday 22nd March 2026