Berliner Bachtage: Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, Berlin

The music

Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245

The musicians

Mark Padmore Evangelist, Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane & Susan Hamilton soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne & William Purefoy alto, James Gilchrist & Nicholas Hurndall Smith tenor, Peter Harvey, Matthew Brook & James Mustard bass, Marion Moonen & Marcello Gatti flute, Catherine Latham & James Eastaway oboe, Sally Jackson bassoon, Nicolette Moonen, Oliver Webber, Rachel Isserlis & Jane Norman violin, Katherine McGillivray viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Walewein Witten organ, Gary Cooper harpsichord