(sung in German)
Evangelist.IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) Christus....JOHN NOBLE (baritone) ELLY AMELING (soprano)
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) NEIL JENKINS (tenor)
JOHN BARROW (baritone)
WANDSWORTH SCHOOL BOYS' CHOIR director of music RUSSELL BURGESS
LONDON BACH SOCIETY
STEINITZ BACH PLAYERS leaders ALAN LOVEDAY and PETER BENSON conducted by PAUL STEINITZ
(A public concert given in the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield,
London, on 18 March) Part 1
9.45* Luther and the September Bible by JAMES ATKINSON , Professor of Biblical Studies, Sheffield Universitv
Luther's translation of the New Testament was published 450 years ago in September 1522. Professor Atkinson describes the somewhat dramatic circumstances in which it was written and the influence it has had, inside and outside Germany, since that time.
10.0* St Matthew Passion Part 2