Good Friday will be full of great music on The Classical Network.

At 12:00 EDT, we’ll hear a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion,” live from Trinity Wall Street in New York City. The Choir of Trinity Wall Street will be joined by New York Baroque Incorporated, Wen Yang artistic director. David Osenberg will be your host for this special three-hour broadcast.

I’ll be along at 4:00 to share a glorious recording of Leopold Stokowski conducting the “Good Friday Spell” from Wagner’s “Parsifal.” We’ll also hear symphonies for Passion Week by Haydn and Paul Creston. Adolphus Hailstork’s “Sonata da Chiesa,” inspired by his fascination with cathedrals, will span a variety of moods, from mystery to exultation.

At 6:00, “Picture Perfect” will focus on “Lives of the Saints,” with selections from “The Song of Bernadette” (by Alfred Newman), “Saint Joan” (Mischa Spoliansky), “A Man for All Seasons” (Georges Delerue), and “Quo Vadis?” (Miklos Rozsa).

We’ll get a start on the Easter weekend with intimations of hope and renewal on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.