This
Holy Week there are six Bach St Matthew Passions, three Bach St John Passions
and two Handel Messiahs.
The
best concert will be the Good Friday St John Passion given in German by
Polyphony And Canzona under Stephen Layton. They cannot be
matched for vigour,
clarity, musicality and drama.
Stephen
Layton conducts Polyphony and Canzona, soloists Emma Kirkby, Catherine Wyn-Rogers,
James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, David Wilson-Johnson (Christ) and John Mark
Ainsley (Evangelist), in German. Good Friday, 2 Apr, 2.30pm, St
John's Smith Square, as before