Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 49 - Bach's 'St John Passion'
Performance Date20 August 2017
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:48
Main PerformersNicholas Mulroy (Evangelist),
Matthew Brook (Jesus),
Sophie Bevan (Maid),
Tim Mead,
Andrew Tortise (Soldier),
Konstantin Wolff (Peter),
Robert Davies (Pilate) - vocals

Stephen Farr - organ,
John Butt - harpsichord, director
Orchestra or BandDunedin Consort
Set List'Reformation Day 3 - Bach's 'St John's Passion''
Performance NotesThe 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.

There was one interval.
From 19:15-19:35 the audience were invited to take part in a sing-through of the three chorales (hymn tunes) in which they could optionally participate in as part of the evening's performance.
The event was broadcast live on BBC Four.

Proms debuts from John Butt, Dunedin Consort, and Konstantin Wolff.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/94),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28)
Ticket Prices£6-£50.00
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2017/94BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 49 - Bach's 'St John Passion'20 August 2017
RAHE/2/2017/27BBC Proms Concerts - Proms 1-4914 July-20 August 2017
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10965BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/21609The Dundein Consort; 1995-; Scottish baroque ensemble
DS/UK/1002Bevan; Sophie (1983); MBE; British soprano singer
DS/UK/5672Brook; Matthew (fl 1990s-); English bass-baritone
DS/UK/20709Farr; Stephen (fl 1980s-); British organist
DS/UK/5469Mead; Tim (1981-); English countertenor
DS/UK/5670Mulroy; Nicholas (fl 2000s-); English tenor
DS/UK/3471Tortise; Andrew (fl 2002-); British tenor
DS/UK/5249Butt; John (1960-); British orchestral and choral conductor, organist, harpsichordist, scholar
DS/UK/21610Wolff; Konstantin (fl 2007-); German bass-baritone
DS/UK/23413Dunedin Consort (1995-)
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