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St Matthew Passion

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by Bach, recorded last Sunday in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Hans Peter Blochwitz
(tenor) as the Evangelist Olaf Bar (baritone) as Christus Barbara Bonney and Nancy Argenta (sopranos) Jard van Nes and Elizabeth van Magnus (contraltos)
Guy de Mey (tenor)
Klaus Mertens and Anton Scharinger (basses)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Boys of St Bavo, Harlem Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra/Ton Koopman Parti
8.40 The Passion Revived
An account of Mendelssohn's pioneering 1829 revival of the St
Matthew Passion through the eyes of Mendelssohn himself, his teacher Carl Zelter and the singer Edouard Devrient.
With Dominic Letts , John Baddeley and Michael Onslow.
8.45 Part 2

Contributors

Baritone:
Olaf Bar
Unknown:
Christus Barbara Bonney
Sopranos:
Nancy Argenta
Tenor:
Klaus Mertens
Tenor:
Anton Scharinger
Unknown:
Carl Zelter
Singer:
Edouard Devrient.
Unknown:
Dominic Letts
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Michael Onslow.
Source: Radio Times

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