The Passion according to St. John English version by PETER Pears and PAUL STEINITZ
Elizabeth Simon (soprano)
Janet Baker (contralto)
David Galliver (tenor)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Maurice Bevan (baritone)
John Carol Case (baritone)
Roger Stalman (bass)
OBBLIGATO:
Harold Clarke (flute)
Richard Morgan (oboe and cor anglais)
Robert Cattermole (oboe d'amore)
Julian Bream (lute)
Maxwell Ward (viola d'amore)
Rosemary Green (viola d'amore)
Edith Lake (viola da gamba)
Ambrose Gauntlett
(cello obbligato and continuo)
CONTINUO:
William Cole (organ) Ralph Downes (organ)
Doris Greenish (double-bass)
London Bach Society
The Riddick Orchestra (Leader. Vera Kantrovitch )
Conducted by Paul Steinitz
From St. Bartholomew-the-Great.
Smithfield, London
PART 1
Prologue
The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus Jesus before Annas and Caiaphai Peter's denial and remorse
Meditation on Peter's denia)

by William Golding
The author of Lord of the Flies and Free Fall recalls his childhood-a childhood of many terrors, with a cemetery over the wall, ancient cellars, Latin to be learned-recalls his ebullient father, and the chestnut tree which became the boy's inviolable retreat.

The Passion according to St. John
PART 2
Jesus before Pilate
The Scourging-Pilate's attempt at pacification-The crowd remorseless-, Crucify Him '
The Crucifixion and Burial of' Jesus
Chorale: Lord Jesus thy dear angel send