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BBC Proms 2000

BBC Radio 3
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From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Tonight's concert features Ton Koopman's reconstruction of a lost work by Bach. Only the text of the St Mark Passion survives from its first performance on Good Friday 1731, but Koopman has followed the musical clues it suggests and Bach's own ways of working to prepare a new performing edition. Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Peter Kooy (baritone), Johanette Zomer (soprano), Bernhard Landauer
(contralto), JorgDurmuller (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman
Bach, reconstr Koopman St Mark Passion (first UK performance) (Part 1)
8.00 Twenty Minutes: A Labour of Love George Pratt explores the background to recent reconstructions of the St Mark
Passion, and asks Ton Koopman what makes his version different from others.
8.20 St Mark Passion (Part 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Ton Koopman
Tenor:
Christoph Pregardien
Tenor:
Peter Kooy
Baritone:
Johanette Zomer
Soprano:
Bernhard Landauer
Tenor:
Klaus Mertens
Conductor:
Ton Koopman
Unknown:
George Pratt
Unknown:
Ton Koopman
Source: Radio Times

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