chanting of the passion mike rolfe writes if you know the latin one really beautiful way to hear the passion is its being chanted by three deacons the narrator chants in the middle baritone range jesus chants in the bass and others directly quoted are handled by a high tenor this is done in english same music as the traditional latin in many anglican parishes i should expect that many rcc parishes would do likewise the st matthew passion and st john passion of j s bach are direct offshoots of this tradition yours james kiefer
