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Sun 20 Aug 2017

• 13:00

  Prom 47: Bach’s ‘Little Organ Book’ past and present

  Royal Albert Hall

  Our Reformation Day celebrations begin with an organ recital by William Whitehead and Robert Quinney that has chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein at its heart. There are also premieres by Jonathan Dove, Cheryl-Frances Hoad and Daniel Saleeb.

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  Our Reformation Day celebrations begin with an organ recital by William Whitehead and Robert Quinney that has chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein at its heart. There are also premieres by Jonathan Dove, Cheryl-Frances Hoad and Daniel Saleeb.

  Programme

  • • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Prelude in E flat major, BWV 552(9 mins)
    • • Robert Schumann
      • Fugue no. 4 on B-A-C-H(5 mins)
    • • Cheryl Frances-Hoad
      • Chorale Prelude ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’(3 mins)Â鶹Éç commission: world premiere
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639(2 mins)
    • • Jonathan Dove
      • Chorale Prelude ‘Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam’(3 mins)Â鶹Éç commission: world premiere
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620(2 mins)
    • • Daniel Saleeb
      • Chorale Prelude 'Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort'(3 mins)world premiere
      • Toccata on 'Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort'(5 mins)
    • • Felix Mendelssohn
      • Organ Sonata in A major, Op. 65 No. 3(10 mins)
    • • Samuel Sebastian Wesley
      • Prelude to the Grand Organ Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach(3 mins)

  Performers

  • Robert Quinney

    organ
    organ
  • William Whitehead

    organ
    organ

  Composers

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Robert Schumann
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad
  • Jonathan Dove
  • Daniel Saleeb
  • Felix Mendelssohn
  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley

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• 15:30

  Prom 48: A Patchwork Passion

  Royal Albert Hall

  The Â鶹Éç Singers and the City of London Sinfonia tell the Passion story as never before. Music from five centuries of Passion settings comes together, including works by Schütz, J. S. Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Arvo Pärt and Sir James MacMillan.

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• 18:00

  Proms Extra: Talk

  Imperial College Union

  An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with the Revd Lucy Winkett.

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• 19:45

  Prom 49: Bach’s St John Passion

  Royal Albert Hall

  Bach specialist John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut with a performance of Bach’s St John Passion, a work of almost operatic immediacy. The soloists include Tim Mead, Sophie Bevan and Nicholas Mulroy.

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  Bach specialist John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut with a performance of Bach’s St John Passion, a work of almost operatic immediacy. The soloists include Tim Mead, Sophie Bevan and Nicholas Mulroy.

  Programme

  • • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • St John Passion(130 mins)

  Performers

  • Nicholas Mulroy

    Evangelist
    Evangelist
  • Matthew Brook

    Jesus
    Jesus
  • Sophie Bevan

    soprano
    soprano
  • Tim Mead

    counter-tenor
    counter-tenor
  • Andrew Tortise

    tenor
    tenor
  • Konstantin Wolff

    bass
    bass
  • Dunedin Consort
  • John Butt

    harpsichord/director
    harpsichord/director

  Composers

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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