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Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers
David Hill – Conductor
Ed Lyon – tenor
Simon Shibambu – Bass
Julia Doyle – soprano
Iestyn Davies – counter tenor
Nicky Spence – tenor
Gareth Brynmor John – baritone
The Bach Choir
Florilegium
Programme Note
The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar.
The St Matthew Passion is a dramatic telling of the Passion of Christ, which features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales, alongside rousing and striking choruses. It is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to an exceptionally high standard.
‘the real star of this show was The Bach Choir itself, and the standard of choral singing throughout was impressively high’ Arts Desk
Please note that there is a long lunch interval between parts 1 and 2. Part 2 begins at 2.15pm.
