‎Bach: St. Matthew Passion by Sir David Willcocks

Chorus: "Come, ye daughters, share my mourning"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

8:34

Recitative: "When Jesus had completed all."

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

0:51

Chorus: "O blessed Jesu."

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:54

Recitative: "At that time there assembled the chief priests"

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:17

Recitative:"Now when Jesus was in Bethany"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:34

Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Richard Adeney, Richard Dobson

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks

4:52

Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

Sir David Willcocks, Alexa Turpin, William Bennett, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott

5:20

Recitative: "Now on the first day of the unleavened bread"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

0:13

Chorus: "Where, where, where wilt thou.

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:22

Recit/Chorus: "He said, Go to one in the city yonder"

Bach Choir, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

1:56

Chorus: "Tis I, whose sins have bound thee."

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:56

Recitative: "He answered them and said"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

3:30

Recitative: "Although our eyes with tears o'erflow"

Dame Felicity Lott, Lorraine Wood, Michael Dobson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

Michael Dobson, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, Lorraine Wood

3:57

Recit: "And after they had sung a hymn together"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

1:13

Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

Hugh Davies, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

2:16

Recitative: "O grief! how throbs this heavy laden breast!"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Neil Jenkins

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

Neil Jenkins, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Michael Dobson, Sir David Willcocks

5:37

Recit: "And he went away"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

0:50

Recit: "The Saviour, low before His father bending"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts

1:08

Aria: "Gladly would I take upon me"

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

4:25

Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

1:30

Chorale: "O Father, let thy will be done"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

Sir David Willcocks, John King, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

2:34

Duet:Chorus: "Behold, my Saviour now is taken"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Dame Felicity Lott

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

2:33

Chorus: "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

7:05

Aria/Chorus: "Ah! now is my Saviour gone"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Alfreda Hodgson, Thames Chamber Orchestra

4:23

Recit: "And they that had laid hold on Jesus"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:02

Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:57

Recitative: "Yea, though many lying witnesses came forward"

Sir David Willcocks, Richard Jackson, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Michael Pierce, Malcolm Arthur

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Neil Jenkins

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Charles Tunnell

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

Sir David Willcocks, Richard Jackson, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Bach Choir

1:43

Recit/Chorus: "And then with one accord they did spit

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Bach Choir

0:39

Chorus: "O Lord, who dares to smite Thee"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:54

Recit/Chorus: "Simon Peter sat outside in the court"

Hugh Davies, Catherine Rogers, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Rebecca Moseley-Morgan, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

1:11

Recit: "And then began he to curse and to swear"

Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, John Shirley-Quirk, Sir David Willcocks

1:25

Aria: "Have mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, on me"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson, John Bacon

6:44

Chorus: "Lamb of God, I fall before Thee"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

Bach Choir, John Shirley-Quirk, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John King

1:07

Recit: "And he cast the silver pieces down in the temple"

Michael Pierce, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Malcolm Arthur

0:46

Aria: "Give, O give me back my Lord"

Roger Garland, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Paul Hillier, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Paul Hillier, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk, Dame Felicity Lott

2:32

Chorus: "O wondrous love, that suffers this correction"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

Paul Hillier, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

Lorraine Wood, Michael Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Dame Felicity Lott

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

Sir David Willcocks, Richard Adeney, Dame Felicity Lott, Michael Dobson, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Lorraine Wood

5:13

Recit/Chorus: "But they cried out the more"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Robert Tear

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks

1:19

Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson

7:45

Recit,Chorus: "And then did the soldiers."

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:30

Chorus: "O sacred Head surrounded"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:29

Recitative: "And after they had mocked at Him"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

1:28

Recitative: "In truth, to bear the Cross"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Adam Skeaping

7:09

Recit/Chorus: "And when they came unto the place"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:52

Recit: "The same was cast in His teeth by the robbers"

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Lorraine Wood, Michael Dobson, Sir David Willcocks, Alfreda Hodgson

1:47

Aria/Chorus: "See ye! See the Saviour's outstretched hands!

Alfreda Hodgson, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

2:46

Chorus: "Be near me, Lord, when dying"

Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:44

Recit/Chorus: "And then, behold, the veil."

Robert Tear, Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

3:06

Recit: "At evening, hour of calm and peace"

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:31

Aria: "Make thee clean, my heart, from sin"

Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Paul Hillier

2:50

Recit/Chorus: "And now the Lord to rest is laid"

Bach Choir, Neil Jenkins, Sir David Willcocks, Dame Felicity Lott, Alfreda Hodgson, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Bach Choir

Choir
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Sir Edward Elgar

Editing Engineer
Sir David Willcocks

Liner Notes
Chris Christodoulou

Photography
Darren Rumney

Creative Director
Eric Gill

Cover Art
Stanley Webb

Liner Notes

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Sir David Willcocks

Bach Choir

Robert Tear

John Shirley-Quirk

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Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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