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Prom 49: Bach's St John Passion

±«Óãtv Proms 2017

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, John Butt and the Dunedin Concert in JS Bach's St John Passion. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

John Butt and the Dunedin Concert with Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook, Sophie Bevan, Tim Mead, Andrew Tortise and Konstantin Wolff in JS Bach's St John Passion from this year's ±«Óãtv Proms.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Evangelist)
Matthew Brook, bass (Jesus)
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Konstantin Wolff, bass
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, conductor

A complete performance of Bach's St John Passion. 'More daring, forceful and poetic' than the St Matthew Passion, according to Schumann, this is a work of almost operatic vividness that brings both a humanity and a painful immediacy to the Passion narrative. Bach specialist John Butt and his Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut in a performance that offers the audience the chance to join in the chorale-singing, reflecting how the work might originally have been heard in a church setting.

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Sun 20 Aug 2017 19:45
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Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 51:15

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion part 1

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.

  • Interval

    Ian Skelly introduces a discussion of Bach's St John Passion.

    Duration: 19:37

  • Part 2

    Duration: 01:42:27

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion part 2

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.

  • Post-concert

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in D major, RV 564

      Performer: Enrico Onofri. Performer: Marco Bianchi. Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
      • Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo' Coin. Il Giardino Armonico.
      • Teldec.
      • 1-3.

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  • Sun 20 Aug 2017 19:45
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