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Bach’s St Matthew Passion

±«Óãtv Proms 2021

Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen join a stellar cast of soloists to perform Bach's St Matthew Passion, one of the greatest sacred masterworks of the Baroque.

Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen join a stellar cast of soloists to perform one of the greatest sacred masterworks of the Baroque.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor

Bach: St Matthew Passion, Part I

c. 20:10
Live Interval: Andrew is joined by Lucy Winkett, the Rector of St James's Church, Piccadilly.

c. 20:35
Bach: St Matthew Passion, Part II

Louise Alder (soprano)
Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
Stuart Jackson (Evangelist)
Hugo Hymas (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Matthew Rose (Christ)
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
Arcangelo Chorus
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord/director)

Bach’s crowning masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion combines moments of extraordinary fragility and tenderness with raw choral power and explosive jubilation, bitter grief with passages of consolation. With double chorus and orchestra, its scope and ambition is vast – a piece made for the Royal Albert Hall. Following on from their gripping account of Handel’s Theodora in 2018, period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo and Director Jonathan Cohen return to the Proms, joined by a glittering line-up of soloists including Roderick Williams and rising star Stuart Jackson.

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Thu 9 Sep 2021 19:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (Prelude)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in C major, BWV 1033 (Menuet 1 and 2)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Phillip Moll. Performer: Sarah Cunningham.
    • J.S. Bach Flute Sonatas James Galway Phillip Moll Sarah Cunningham.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion, Part 1

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (conclusion)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion, Part 2

    Conductor: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus, D 899, Op 90 (No 4 in A flat major)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Sep 2021 19:00
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