A contemporary St. Matthew Passion for a new time. The beautiful arias of Johann Sebastian Bach next to Arabic makam, Afro-Surinamese lamentations and Indian ragas. The Passion of 2023 is about the global food crisis, with music and stories about hunger, food, fasting from different cultures. About the last supper, the Indonesian rice goddess Dewi Sri, the corn mothers from the Americas and the meaning of Ramadan. Stories about struggle and sacrifice, but also about hope for a new beginning.