Episode #109
Les Violons du Roy Performs Bach's St. John Passion
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Les Violons du Roy, a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Québec City, returned to Carnegie Hall with the choir La Chapelle de Québec to perform Bach’s choral masterpiece the St. John Passion. Tenor Ian Bostridge, bass-baritone Neal Davies and tenor Nicholas Phan were among the soloists.
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Program Details
Les Violons du Roy
La Chapelle de Québec
Bernard Labadie, Music Director and Conductor
Ian Bostridge, Tenor (Evangelist)
Neal Davies, Bass-Baritone (Jesus)
Karina Gauvin, Soprano
Damien Guillon, Countertenor
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass-Baritone
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - St. John Passion
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WQXR and Carnegie Hall in collaboration with American Public Media (APM) present a series of twelve national broadcasts live from Carnegie Hall. The 2012-13 season featured a range of orchestras, small ensembles and soloists including the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel; the pairing of American opera greats Renée Fleming and Susan Graham; and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, led by Daniel Barenboim.
Comments [2]
This was so beautiful. Is there any way to obtain a recording of it?
Thank you!
Beautiful performance
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