Find A Concert
Ex Cathedra
Baroque Passion
Music of heartbreak and healing
![Baroque Passion Baroque Passion](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4q3SDDETGsU1dmJCzEQ8yN/f0ea0b7ddc014cf016f115a2ed0bb50a/new-event-26_2F07_2F2023-17_3A35_3A45.png?w=1200&h=1000&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
EX CATHEDRA Consort & Continuo
Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor
Andrew Skidmore, cello
Bittersweet, sinuous and yearning for resolution, this is heart-rending music that tells of sacrifice and healing. We share in Mary’s sorrow at the foot of the cross in Scarlatti’s dazzling Stabat Mater, feel the anguish as Jephte’s daughter weeps, and find solace in the optimism of Bach’s Komm, Jesu, komm.
Programme includes:
JS Bach Prelude, Cello Suite No 1 in G (BWV 1007)
Purcell Hear my Prayer, O Lord
Lotti Crucifixus
D Scarlatti Stabat mater
Monteverdi Maria, quid ploras?
Carissimi Lament (from Jephte)
JS Bach Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV 229)
Running time is approx. 2 hours including interval
- 📅Sun 11 February 2024
- 📍Birmingham Town Hall
- 🕑4:00pm
- 🎫£5 - £46
Location
Birmingham Town Hall
Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4, United Kingdom
Related upcoming events
![Monteverdi Vespers 1610 Monteverdi Vespers 1610](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/5s1mjVk6GTreLDzZXpKiJ3/fef2e6392917a6bcf8de8850679be571/Copy_20of_20LFLSum24_201-1_20insta_20sq.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Monteverdi Vespers 1610
- 📅Sat 10 August 2024
- 📍Online
- 🕑9:00am
- 🎫Season ticket £85, indiv. tickets available
- 🎉Live from London Summer 2024
![Bruckner, Palestrina & Allegri Bruckner, Palestrina & Allegri](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/2Wq96mwV1cxV8gRdF806Nb/0caa6f6bd15c4c3fabfb4a8664b6068d/EC_20Bruckner_20Palestrina_20Allegri_201000_20x_20635_20copy.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Bruckner, Palestrina & Allegri
- 📅Sun 13 October 2024
- 📍Town Hall, Birmingham
- 🕑4:00pm
- 🎫£15 - £46, up to 17 & students £5, age 18-30 £15
![Bach Mass in B Minor Bach Mass in B Minor](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/2LfoHwi0jxFmc93OhvWTZI/07531f16acdfdbca3fe607db9497eb5d/EC_20Bach_20B_20Minor_201000_20x_20635_20copy.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Bach Mass in B Minor
- 📅Sun 1 December 2024
- 📍Town Hall, Birmingham
- 🕑4:00pm
- 🎫£15 - £46, up to 17 & students £5, age 18-30 £15
![Latin American Baroque Ritual 1631 Latin American Baroque Ritual 1631](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/7vUglWnCpXLcIm7kFvyj8h/4dff38991535c93e2e0dd11a5d69ff83/EC_20Latin_20American_20Baroque_201000_20x_20635_20copy.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Latin American Baroque Ritual 1631
- 📅Sun 9 March 2025
- 📍Town Hall, Birmingham
- 🕑7:00pm
- 🎫£15 - £46, up to 17 & students £5, age 18-30 £15
- ➕2 other performances
![Good Friday Bach Good Friday Bach](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/54D2O87j8ad0DJWvpuRX5s/876942e36bae7d14d4df2324632bbc3c/EC_20St_20Matthew_20Passion_201000_20x_20635_20copy.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Good Friday Bach
- 📅Fri 18 April 2025
- 📍Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- 🕑2:00pm
- 🎫£15 - £48.50