‎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."

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

0:51

Chorus: "O blessed Jesu."

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:54

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

Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:26

Chorus: "Not upon the feast"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:17

Recitative:"Now when Jesus was in Bethany"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

0:34

Chorus: "To what purpose is this waste"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

0:32

Recitative: " When Jesus understood it"

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

1:36

Recitative: "My Master and my Lord"

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

1:03

Aria: "Grief for sin"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson

4:52

Recitative: "Then went one of the disciples"

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

0:40

Aria: "Break in grief"

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

5:20

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

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

0:13

Chorus: "Where, where, where wilt thou.

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

0:22

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

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

1:56

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:56

Recitative: "He answered them and said"

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

3:30

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

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

1:27

Aria: "Jesus, Saviour, I am thine"

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

3:57

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

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

1:13

Chorus: "Receive me, my Redeemer"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

1:03

Recit: "Simon Peter made answer"

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

1:15

Chorus: "Here would I stand beside Thee"

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:06

Recitative: " Then came Jesus with them"

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

2:16

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

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

2:12

Aria: "I would beside my Lord be watching"

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

5:37

Recit: "And he went away"

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

0:50

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

Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:08

Aria: "Gladly would I take upon me"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, Sir David Willcocks

4:25

Recitative: "And he came to his disciples"

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

1:30

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

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:15

Recitative: "And he came again and found them sleeping

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

2:34

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

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

4:54

Recitative: "And behold, one of the others"

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

2:33

Chorus: "O man, thy grievous sin bemoan"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

7:05

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

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

4:23

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

Robert Tear, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:02

Chorus: "How falsely doth the world accuse"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

0:57

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

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

1:22

Recitative: "He holds His peace"

Neil Jenkins, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

1:05

Aria: "Endure, Endure"

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

3:45

Recit/Chorus: "And the high priest answered

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

1:43

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

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

0:39

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

0:54

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

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

1:11

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

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

1:25

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

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

6:44

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Bach Choir

1:09

Recit/Chorus: "Now when the morning came"

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

1:07

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

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

0:46

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

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

3:35

Recitative: "And they took counsel together"

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

2:18

Chorus: "Commit thy way to Jesus"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

1:15

Recit,Chorus: "At that feast then"

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

2:32

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

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

0:55

Recit: "The governor answered."

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

0:15

Recit: "To all men Jesus good hath done"

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

1:17

Aria: "For love my Saviour now is dying"

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

5:13

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

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

2:24

Recit: "O Gracious God"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson

1:19

Aria: "If my tears be unavailing"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Alfreda Hodgson, Sir David Willcocks

7:45

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

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

1:30

Chorus: "O sacred Head surrounded"

Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir

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"

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Roberts

0:42

Aria: "Come healing cross"

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

7:09

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

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

3:52

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

Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear

0:15

Recit: "Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha!"

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

1:47

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

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

3:48

Recit/Chorus: "Now from the sixth hour"

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

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

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, Sir David Willcocks, Thames Chamber Orchestra

6:48

Recit/Chorus: "And Joseph took the body"

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

2:50

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

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

2:18

Chorus: "In tears of grief"

Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

7:10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Sir David Willcocks

Conductor
Bach Choir

Choir
Robert Tear

Tenor
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone

Andrew Cornall

Producer
Simon Eadon

Engineer
Kenneth Wilkinson

Balance Engineer
Ivor Atkins

Editing Engineer
Sir Edward Elgar

Editing Engineer
Sir David Willcocks

Liner Notes
Darren Rumney

Creative Director
Eric Gill

Cover Art
Stanley Webb

Liner Notes
Chris Christodoulou

Photography

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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