Bach’s St John Passion

Celebrating his 80^th birthday year, Sir Roger Norrington conducts the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and Zürcher SingAkademie in JS Bach’s St John Passion. 

For this performance of Bach’s earliest passion setting, Norrington has a mighty fine cast at his disposal, James Gilchrist takes the narrative reins as the Evangelist, a part ideally suited to his agile tenor voice, and he is joined by bass-baritone Neal Davies, soprano Lucy Crowe and fellow tenor Andrew Kennedy.

Presented by Tom Service.

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