Midlands Classical Music Making

                                             BACH ST JOHN PASSION                                            Ex Cathedra at Symphony Hall **** Ex Cathedra’s Good Friday presentations of the Bach Passions, whether at Symphony Hall or Birmingham Town Hall, have become the stuff of legend, but I fear, as Jeffrey Skidmore prepares to step down after over half a century on the podium of the chamber choir he founded, this performance of the St John Passion proved more of an irritation than an uplifting spiritual experience. Where Bach’s St Matthew Passion is discursive,...