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Reformation Day - Bach's St John's Passion

The climax of the Proms Reformation Day is a complete performance of Bach’s St John Passion. ‘More daring, forceful and poetic’ than the St Matthew Passion, according to Schumann, this is a work of almost operatic vividness that brings both a humanity and a painful immediacy to the Passion narrative. Bach specialist John Butt and his Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut in a performance that offers the audience the chance to join in the chorale-singing, reflecting how the work might originally have been heard in a church setting.

English
  • Originally Aired August 20, 2017
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network BBC Four
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