Interdisciplinary performance that offers an immersive experience for both performers and audience

3in1’ is a unique collaboration between Parnassus and the artist Jérémie Queyras in a performance of three cantatas, all based on Martin Luther’s hymn Christ Lag in Todes Banden by Pachelbel, Kuhnau and JS Bach – each accompanied by literary and visual artistic responses.

This interdisciplinary performance offers an immersive experience for both performers and audience, exploring the hymn's evolution from its 11th-century plainchant origins. The concert will begin with an improvisation on the chant, leading seamlessly into the first of the three cantatas, and culminating in Bach’s dramatic and epoch-defining setting. Selected poetry, offering contemporary reflections on themes found in the seven verses of the hymn, such as suffering, sacrifice, redemption, and exodus – all of which remain deeply relevant today will be presented alongside the texts.

In addition to the music and text, Queyras will create a visual landscape through art, painting on three large canvases in real time, providing a dynamic theatrical backdrop. The fusion of music, art and literature will give the audience a multi-faceted experience, allowing them to connect with the timeless messages of the hymn and the emotional power of the works, while also appealing to those less familiar with this genre of music by providing multiple access points.