Name: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Start: 2021-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Chapelle Royale

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Countertenor

Alexander Chance

Tenor

Nick Pritchard

Evangelist

Bass

Baritone

Alex Ashworth

Pilate

William Thomas

Jesus

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Orchestra

English Baroque Soloists

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

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Monteverdi Choir

Monteverdi Orchestra

Peter Davoren

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Charlotte La Thrope

Soprano

Julia Doyle

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Müpa Budapest

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

Palau de la Música Catalana

Chapelle Royale

Opéra Royal

Teatro di San Carlo

Het Concertgebouw

Barbican Centre

Philharmonie

Zaryadye Hall

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Our live recording of Bach's St John Passion is out now on CD/Blu-ray - order your copy now: https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/... 

This excerpt from the opening chorus of Bach's St John Passion, 'Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm', is taken from our live streamed performance at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. The full concert was broadcasted on Deutsche Grammophon's 'DG Stage' on Good Friday, 2 April - find out more here: https://monteverdi.co.uk/recent-proje...

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

Nick Pritchard: tenor - Evangelist
William Thomas: bass - Christus
Alex Ashworth: bass - Pilatus
Julia Doyle: soprano
Alexander Chance: countertenor
Peter Davoren: tenor

Filmed by Stagecast Limited:
Andrew Quick (director), Matt Parkin (producer)

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The three Monteverdi ensembles – the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique – are a leading force on the international music scene. World-class musicians and singers from many nationalities come together to share in the distinctive vision of our Artistic Director, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in ground-breaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces.

The unique setting of Oxford’s historic Sheldonian Theatre provided the backdrop for a performance that marked the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists’ return to the concert stage in 2021. A dynamic cast of soloists joined the Monteverdi ensembles for this live streamed concert, which was available to watch in high definition on Deutsche Grammophon’s digital platform, ‘DG Stage’.

This performance came one year after lockdowns began in Europe due to Covid-19 - a period during which we broadcasted a cycle of Bach’s liturgical cantatas, introduced by the singers and instrumentalists who took part in our ground-breaking Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in the year 2000. It was therefore fitting to continue our commitment to the music of Bach by turning to one of the composer’s great sacred works: the St John Passion. Described by Martin Luther as ‘unique in loveliness’, the Gospel of John inspired Bach to respond with music which is by turns evocative, stirring, exultant and profoundly moving – a piece that holds our attention from beginning to end.

The cast of soloists included a new generation of British Bach singers. Nick Pritchard, a memorable tenor soloist in MCO’s last recording of Bach’s Mass in B minor, sang the Evangelist. The two principal actors in the biblical drama were taken by the young, award-winning bass William Thomas (Christus) and a long-standing collaborator of Gardiner, Alex Ashworth (Pilatus). One of the stars of MCO’s acclaimed 2018 Bach cantata cycle, Julia Doyle, sang the soprano arias, and Peter Davoren, first heard as a soloist with Gardiner in the Monteverdi Vespers in 2010, performed the tenor solos. The young countertenor Alexander Chance sang the arias which his father Michael performed on the Choir’s first recording of the St John Passion.

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