premieres: 1724 St John Passion; 1727 St Matthew Passion)2 Leipzig, Good Friday At a quarter to two, the bells of the City Churches begin to toll: the citizens of Leipzig are called to gather for Vespers. Around two o’clock, the organ takes over and intones the chorale Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund (“When Jesus … Continue reading A vesper with Bach’s Passion: how to imagine it? Well, let’s try…