Watch live as we perform our BACH300 programme at Wigmore Hall on 7 December 2023.
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Eco Touring
Did you know that SK has a fear of flying?
For a long time now, we have opted to take the greener route when we tour, favouring rail adventures over short flights.
Lost Majesty
We are excited to announce the release of our next location-specific recording: Lost Majesty - George Jeffreys Sacred Songs & Anthems. The recording of this composer’s extraordinary vocal music was made at Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire, where this one-time...
St John Passion in Arnstadt
Earlier this month, we returned to the wonderful Bachkirche in Arnstadt to perform St John Passion for Martin Randall Travel. It was a joy to be back in that amazing space, where we recorded the Bach Motets CD, and to connect once more with the drama...
BACH300 Series
300 years ago this year, one of the most fruitful collaborations in history began - Johann Sebastian Bach became the ‘Thomaskantor’ and director of music in Leipzig. Third choice for the post, Bach was often far from happy with his conditions there....
On the Horn
In this latest episode of our SKaffeehaus Podcast, we chat to SK ‘horn star’ Anneke Scott and Professor Bertil van Boer of Western Washington University in a deep dive into the origins of the horn in art music performance, specifically in the context of the music of...
Bach Motets CD Release
We are delighted to announce the release of our latest CD recording BACH MOTETS. BUY NOW This recording on Prospero Classical features the complete motets by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), set in the context of music from the previous generation of his family...
Our Matthew Passion approach
In this latest episode of our SKaffeehaus Podcast, artistic director Jonathan Sells speaks to Professor Bettina Varwig, stage director John La Bouchardière and keyboard player Chad Kelly about Bach's St Matthew Passion. What is it, and how will Solomon’s Knot’s...
Tour Diaries: April Passions
The first three performances of St Matthew Passion in April 2023 are complete and we take a brief pause, before returning in June to perform in Leipzig, Stour & London. Performing this totemic masterpiece for Easter Week in significant locations has been a...
★★★★ – A divine mystery at Snape Maltings
Our performance of St Matthew Passion at Snape Maltings on Easter Sunday has been critically acclaimed. An act of teaching and persuasion: St Matthew Passion at Britten Pears . As the tremendous opening chorus began we saw the 26 players of the “period instrument”...
“Stupendous precision & euphony…What an adventure!” – Weimar Review
The Thüringer Allgemeine attended our performance of St Matthew Passion in Weimar on Good Friday, as part of the Thüringer Bachwochen and published their review of a very special evening. In Weimar's Herderkirche, Solomon's Knot performed a very unconventional St...
Help for non-believers
How shall we sing the Lord's song? SK alto Kate Symonds-Joy (codename KSJ) interviews director Tom Guthrie, SK sopranos Zoë Brookshaw and Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, and the Preacher of Lincoln's Inn chapel, the Rev Sheila Wilson, on a search for answers to her burning...
Not staging St Matthew Passion
"The Passion of Christ should not be acted out in words and pretence, but in real life.” Martin Luther Widely regarded as one of Western culture’s greatest achievements, Bach’s St Matthew Passion can nonetheless seem difficult to grasp. This is partly a...
Who is the Matthew Passion for?
Solomon's Knot Artistic Director Jonathan Sells gives his personal take on why JS Bach's St Matthew Passion continues to attract audiences every year, for whom it is 'for', and how we should best approach listening to or experiencing it. Far removed from the era and...
Wigmore Hall’s Baroque Ensemble in Residence
John Gilhooly announced today the start of a long-term relationship between Wigmore Hall and Solomon’s Knot, as the group is appointed the Baroque Ensemble in Residence. Solomon’s Knot is “one of the UK’s most innovative and imaginative ensembles” (The Observer): a...
Preparing the Passion in Snape
This week we can be found immersed in St Matthew Passion in the beautiful surroundings of Snape Maltings. Our wonderful friends at Britten Pears Arts have given us the luxury of a week's accommodation and rehearsal space in which to get under the skin of...
‘It’s going to be intense’
Ahead of the first rehearsals for St Matthew Passion we speak to three Solomon's Knot singers about their musical background, influences and what to expect from this telling of the Passion. Kate Symonds-Joy (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Herford (tenor/Evangelist), Zoë...
Matthäus-Passion for 1€
The first concert in our tour of JS Bach's St Matthew Passion will be on Good Friday as part of the Thüringer Bachwochen where tickets are now available on a 'pay what you can' basis, allowing anyone to witness our performance for 1€. “This poor widow gave more than...
‘closing the BBC Singers’
The shockwaves of closing the BBC Singers would be felt for decades to come. It represents another perilous step in the UK’s cultural journey which cannot be taken back. We stand with our colleagues, many of whom are members of the BBC Singers and many more who have...
Kuhnau: Watch Online
Our Kuhnau Christmas Cantatas performance which we presented in York on 16 December 2022 is now available to watch again online. Thanks to the National Centre for Early Music's Christmas Box Set, for £10 the whole concert can be enjoyed again, or for the first time,...
