Our performance of Handel’s Esther will be broadcast simultaneously across 10 German radio stations tonight from 7pm (BST) / 8pm (CEST) - available worldwide. It’s part of the ARD Radiofestival, which broadcasts outstanding concerts and operas from...
For a long time now we have been fascinated by JS Bach’s Köthener Trauermusik BWV 244a: Bach’s lost masterpiece. The music is lost, but the libretto survives and, as it is highly likely Bach used musical material which also appears in two surviving works, one being...
We are delighted that Lost Majesty, our double CD recording of sacred songs and anthems by George Jeffreys has been awarded the prestigious Schallplattenkritik prize for 2/2024. Naturally we are honoured that our recording has been recognised in this way, however we...
Telemann’s “Donner-Ode” CD released in collaboration with Les Passions de l’Âme
This Christmas, we are honoured to be part of a collaboration between Bach Archiv Leipzig and the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) that combines breathtaking imagery taken from the International Space Station with the transcendent music of JS Bach. The project is...
To accompany your final preparations for Christmas and the holidays, we invite you to join us tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 7:30pm (GMT) where our Bach 300 Magnificat performance from Wigmore Hall will be broadcast in full. We are delighted...
With the release of our latest CD recording, LOST MAJESTY: music by George Jeffreys, we share an in-depth documentary about this extraordinary composer. Filmed during our recording sessions at Kirby Hall - his home and place of work - we explore the history of...
Watch live as we perform our BACH300 programme at Wigmore Hall on 7 December 2023.
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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
"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...
