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The Great Passion
- Narrateur(s): Pip Torrens
- Durée: 8 h et 35 min
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Description
Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens.
From acclaimed best-selling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of Bach’s writing of the 'St Matthew Passion'.
In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken 13-year-old, struggling with the death of his mother and his removal to a school in distant Leipzig. Despite his father’s insistence that he try not to think of his mother too much, Stefan is haunted by her absence, and, to make matters worse, he’s bullied by his new classmates. But when the school’s cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach, takes notice of his new pupil’s beautiful singing voice and draws him from the choir to be a soloist, Stefan’s life is permanently changed.
Over the course of the next several months, and under Bach’s careful tutelage, Stefan’s musical skill progresses, and he is allowed to work as a copyist for Bach’s many musical works. But mainly, drawn into Bach’s family life and away from the cruelty in the dorms and the lonely hours of his mourning, Stefan begins to feel at home. When another tragedy strikes, this time in the Bach family, Stefan bears witness to the depths of grief, the horrors of death, the solace of religion and the beauty that can spring from even the most profound losses.
Joyous, revelatory and deeply moving, The Great Passion is an imaginative tour de force that tells the story of what it was like to sing, play and hear Bach’s music for the very first time.
Ce que les critiques en disent
"This wise, refreshing novel takes us to the heart of Bach’s life and work. James Runcie’s expert imagination makes his picture of Leipzig specific and convincing, and behind the music’s echo lies a touching human story. It offers a glimpse into a world more faithful and attentive than our own, but not alien to us: ‘we listen to music as survivors,’ the great Cantor says." (Hilary Mantel)
"Rich in its descriptions of music, devotion to God, and the daily hardships of 18th-century life.... A delightful novel filled with warmth, music and an obvious love of Bach." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
"Runcie, best known for his empathic Grantchester mystery series, displays the same gifts for characterization in this account of Johann Sebastian Bach’s composition of the 'St Matthew Passion' in 1727.... This is historical fiction of the highest order." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)