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15 Mar 2024, Milton Court Concert Hall

19:30 Fri 15 Mar 2024 Next Event

19:30 Fri 15 Mar 2024 Milton Court Concert Hall

Join the BBC Singers and presenter Clive Myrie for a modern day re-telling of the passion story. With music spanning nearly 1000 years, from Hildegard of Bingen, via JS Bach, Handel and Mendelssohn, to present day works by Andrew Lloyd Webber and more.

Programme

- - Orlando Gibbons
  - Drop, drop slow tears(2 mins)
- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Herr, gedenke nicht
  - Kyrie in A major
- - Pau Casals
  - O vos omnes
- - Francis Poulenc
  - Timor et tremor
- - Tomás Luis de Victoria
  - Amicus meus osculi
- - John Sanders
  - The Reproaches
- - Tomás Luis de Victoria
  - Eram quasi agnus - Tenebrae Responsory for Maundy Thursday
- - Francis Poulenc
  - Tenebrae factae sunt
- - Antonio Lotti
  - Crucifixus
- - Richard Lloyd
  - Were you there
- - Judith Bingham
  - Watch with me
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - O sacred head, sore woundedfrom St Matthew Passion
- - Roxanna Panufnik
  - Deus, Deus meus Psalm 62 vv.1-8
- - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  - John 19:41from Jesus Christ Superstar
- - Sir James MacMillan
  - Miserere mei Deus
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Du heilige Brunst, süßer Trostfrom Der Geist Hilft

Performers

Clive Myrie
narrator
narrator
Martin Baker
organ
organ
BBC Singers
Nicholas Chalmers
conductor
conductor

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About This Event

In a modern day re-telling, BBC News Presenter Clive Myrie narrates the passion story, with music spanning nearly 1000 years, from Hildegard of Bingen, via JS Bach, Handel and Mendelssohn, to present day works by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir James Macmillan and Judith Bingham.

Conducted by Nicholas Chalmers.

This concert is being recorded for delayed broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Image: Clive Myrie

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