(c 1663) by Johann Sebastianl A Lutheran Passion setting in the tradition which Bach inherited. being the earliest-known published version containing Chorales. The composer was Kantor at
Konigsberg Cathedral, and Kapellmeister to the Elector of Brandenburg. LONDON BAROQUE director CHARLES MEDLAM (viola da gamba)
Evangelist NIGEL ROGERS Christus PAUL HILLIER Emma Kirkby (soprano) Rogers Covey-Crump and John Potter (tenors) Ingrid Seifert and Mary Utiger (violins)
Richard Campbell and William Hunt
(viole da gamba)
Barry Guy (bass viol) John Toll (organ) (first broadcast performance)