Bach St John Passion | Ensemble Pro Victoria Lindy Ruff [o6IOTTPCu38]

Bachs timeless setting of the greatest story of all time as told by St John saint-laurent is an essential Easter liturgical experience; as moving and important an annual event for musicians as audiences around the world.

Opening with the collect for Good Friday, read by Fr Sam Korn, EPV's pared-down John Passion for distanced times is the seventh concert in the Live from St Marys, London series, which opened in August 2020 as a response to the first marc marquez lockdown. Closing with Jacobus Hndls 'Ecce quomodo moritur', which in Bach's Leipzig was sung at the Good Friday vespers, following the Passion, before the final collect & benediction.

Soprano: Helena Moore, Danni ONeill

Alto: Rebecca Leggett, Elisabeth Paul

Tenor: Ruairi Bowen (evangelist), Oscar Golden-Lee

Bass: Gavin Cranmer-Moralee (Jesus), Humphrey Thompson (Pilate, Peter)

Violin: Maxim del Mar, Sophie Simpson

Viola: Joanna Patrick

Cello: Rachel Kay

Oboe: Nicola Barbagli, Angelika Stangl

Flute: Rosie Bowker, William Summers

Chamber Organ: Richard Gowers

Director: Toby Ward

Hosted by St Marys, arsenal vs everton Bourne St., by kind permission of the Fr Andrew Walker, Fr Sam Korn and churchwardens.

With special thanks to Fr Sam Korn for his expertise and operation of the technology

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