PASSION project
TV Times|March 23, 2024
GARETH MALONE on uniting voices for an Easter-themed performance
- CAREN CLARK
PASSION project

Gareth Malone has long enjoyed the work of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. So the acclaimed choirmaster jumped at the chance to lead eight untrained singers in a special concert performance of the musician's choral masterpiece St John Passion based on the story of the Crucifixion of Jesus - to mark the 300th anniversary of its debut on Good Friday 1724.

'I became obsessed with Bach at A level,' enthuses the star, 48, as TV Times joins him for a video interview about the mission, which is charted in a new twopart BBC1 documentary, Gareth Malone's Easter Passion. 'St John is so moving. I hope people respond to it."

Here, Gareth shares the highlights and challenges of the project...

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