BBC Proms, 2017 Prom 49, Bach's St John Passion (320kbps mp3)

BBC Proms, 2017 Prom 49, Bach's St John Passion (320kbps mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: 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

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

00. Introductory commentary
01. Bach - St John Passion Part 1
02. Bach - St John Passion Part 2
02i. Introduction to Part 2
03. Interval - Proms Extra, Bach's St John Passion
Ian Skelly introduces a discussion of Bach's St John Passion with the Revd Lucy Winkett and Professor Stephen Rose.


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

The climax of the Proms Reformation Day is 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.

Broadcast: 20 August 2017