1.0Osterfestivalhttps://www.osterfestival.at/en/Birgit Treffnerhttps://www.osterfestival.at/en/author/birgit-treffner/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aENJilYWe2"><a href="https://www.osterfestival.at/en/programm/johannes-passion/">Johannes-Passion</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.osterfestival.at/en/programm/johannes-passion/embed/#?secret=aENJilYWe2" width="600" height="338" title="“Johannes-Passion” — Osterfestival" data-secret="aENJilYWe2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.osterfestival.at/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.osterfestival.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/OFT_180330_PhilippeHerreweghe_c_Hendryckx_3-1024x699.jpg1024699Bach’s St John Passion, the first of the two extant Bach passions and a musical wonder, was first performed in Leipzig’s St Nicholas Church on Good Friday 1724. In 1723 Bach had succeeded Johann Kuhnau as Thomaskantor in Leipzig (Cantor at St. Thomas). In the following years (from 1725 to 1749) he made changes to […]