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.

Programme:
JS Bach St Matthew Passion

Performers:
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ed Lyon tenor, Evangelist
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Gareth Brynmor John baritone
James Platt bass, Christ
The Bach Choir
London Youth Choirs
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David Hill conductor