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John Butt

Dunedin Consort

Matthew Brook

Nicholas Mulroy

Richard Coles

Hannah French

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Jonathan Haswell

Martyn Stevens

BBC Proms: 2017: Bach's St John Passion

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Bach's St John Passion

20/08/2017

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John Butt directs his Dunedin Consort in a complete performance of Bach's St John Passion.

John Butt directs his Dunedin Consort in a complete performance of Bach's powerful St John Passion, with Nicolas Mulroy as the Evangelist and Matthew Brook as Jesus.

In one of a series of Proms performances marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, John Butt directs his Dunedin Consort in a complete performance of Bach's powerful St John Passion, with Nicolas Mulroy as the Evangelist and Matthew Brook as Jesus. Reflecting the church setting for which it was written, the performance includes congregational singing from the Proms audience.

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