BBC Proms 2020 Season - Bach's St Matthew Passion [1998] (320kbps .mp3)



In 2020, BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.



BBC Proms: Phillipe Herreweghe’s expressive but fleet-footed Bach won praise at his Proms debut in 1996. Two years later, in this highlight from the archives, he turned to one of the peaks of Bach’s output: the telling of Matthew’s version of the Passion with the narration of Christ’s mission, his political fates, and our response in the meditative music of arias, all mingled to create one of the most original music dramas of any age. Ian Bostridge, then near the start of his career sings the role of the Evangelist.



Presented by Petroc Trelawny who between Parts 1 and 2 talks to Andreas Scholl about working with Herreweghe, and his approach to singing the music of JS Bach.



01. Bach, J. S. - St Matthew Passion, Pt1

01a. Introduction to the St Matthew Passion prom

01b. Interview with Andreas Scholl

02. Bach, J. S. - St Matthew Passion, Pt2



Ian Bostridge (Evangelist)

Sibylla Rubens (soprano)

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Werner Güra (tenor)

Dietrich Henschel (bass)

Elisabeth Hermans (soprano)

Susan Hamilton (soprano)

Franz-Josef Selig (bass)

Frits Vanhule (bass)

Dominik Wörner (bass)

Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino

Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Ghent



(From the BBC Proms 1998, 23 August)