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| Tenor Richard Rowntree |
5 March 2013
MEDIA RELEASE
Bach’s ‘great Passion’
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Bach’s St Matthew Passion is to be performed by the Exeter Bach
Society Choir and Orchestra and conducted by David Davies, Assistant Director
of Music at Exeter Cathedral, at The Mint Church, Exeter
One of
the only two remaining Passions written by Bach, the ‘great Passion’, as it was
known in Bach’s family, is one of the supreme works of Western civilisation,
appealing to people of all faiths as well as those of none. Bach’s biographer Malcolm Boyd quotes Hubert
Parry’s description of the Passion as “the richest and noblest
example of devotional music in existence”, then adding: “but it is not given
only to believers to be moved by it.
Bach’s supreme achievement is also a work of profound humanity”.
The Passion according to St Matthew is
told by the Evangelist, to be sung by well-known tenor Richard Rowntree, a
leading oratorio and consort singer, with Julian Rippon, a well-known local
soloist, as Jesus. Other soloists are from the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama.
As a
recording artist, Richard has sung on numerous recordings for labels including
Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Chandos, Naxos
and Regent and has also broadcast regularly, both as a soloist and as a consort
member, on BBC TV, BBC Radio 3 and 4, Radio France, WDR Germany and Classic
FM. Future engagements in 2013 include
an appearance at the BBC Proms with OAE, and tours with The Gabrieli Consort,
English Concert, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment and The Australian Chamber
Orchestra, with whom he will appear as a soloist at venues including Sydney Opera
House in December 2013.
available from Exeter Phoenix Ticket Agency (01392-667080)
online from WeGotTickets through the EBS website: exeterbachsociety.org.uk,
or at the door if still available.
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