91Èȱ¬

In the first of two Proms appearances, leading Bach interpreter Sir Roger Norrington – celebrating his 80th birthday this year – directs his Zurich Chamber Orchestra in the St John Passion (bookended later this season by Peter Sellars’s staging of the St Matthew Passion, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle) – a work noted for its dramatic sweep and emotional immediacy in the recounting of events leading to the crucifixion of Christ. It is realised here by a cast led by tenor James Gilchrist, a distinguished Evangelist of his generation.

There will be one interval

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Please note that two of the advertised singers, Benjamin Hulett (tenor) and Rudolf Rosen (baritone), have had to withdraw from this Prom. The 91Èȱ¬ Proms is very grateful to Joshua Ellicott (tenor) and Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) for taking their respective places at short note.

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