Passiontide at Merton: JS Bach's 'St Matthew Passion'

Date: Sunday 9 April 2017
Time: 17:00
Venue
Merton College Chapel

The Choir of Merton College
Oxford Baroque

Rogers Covey-Crump Evangelist
Giles Underwood Christus
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Helen Charlston alto
James Way tenor
Henry Neill bass
Benjamin Nicholas conductor

Rogers Covey-Crump celebrated 50 years of evangelising Bach’s Passions with this performance which closed the 2017 Passiontide at Merton Festival. Elin Manahan Thomas led a distinguished line up of soloists and Oxford Baroque made a welcome return to Merton where they regularly perform Bach’s choral music with the College Choir.

This concert was sponsored by The Morris-Venables Charitable Foundation.