The Great Passion

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In 1726, eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann has just lost his mother and is sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir. Stefan's talent draws the attention of the Cantor - Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach rescues Stefan from the miseries of school by bringing him into his home as an apprentice. When another tragedy strikes, this time in the Bach family, Stefan bears witness to the Cantor writing a new work: the Saint Matthew Passion