JS Bach’s St John Passion

Elizabeth Watts soprano James Gilchrist Evangelist

Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Matthew Rose Christ
Andrew Kennedy tenor Ashley Riches Pilate
Christopher Purves bass Richard Egarr director & harpsichord

29 March 2013 Barbican Hall, London

Written for a small congregation in mid-Germany
almost three hundred years ago, Bach’s St John
Passion is a testimony to the power of music to
transcend time and place. This music still moves
us, draws us together through its passion and
drama, and provides us with a powerful shared
experience. We’re extremely happy to perform it for
you this afternoon.
Next week we go into the recording studio to
make our first-ever recording of this work, featuring
the cast you hear today. It’s a project that is very
close to our hearts — but we need your help to
make it happen.
In January we asked fellow Bach-lovers to give
from just £10 each to help raise the remaining
£5,000 needed to fund the St John Passion
recording. We have been deeply touched that so
far over 100 people have between them donated
£4,095 — leaving just £905 still to raise before
next week. We would be very grateful for any
contribution, large or small, you would like to give
towards the project. You can make a donation
today by visiting the ‘Share our Passion’ desk near
the stalls cloakroom (level -1) or you can give
online; more details can be found on the insert
in this programme. My sincere thanks to all those
who have already contributed — and in particular
to our principal donors Richard and Elena Bridges,
without whose generosity this project would not
have been possible.
There are many other exciting musical treats
in store over the next few months. We will be
Resident Ensemble at the National Gallery from
July to September 2013, accompanying the
summer exhibition ‘Vermeer and Music: The Art of
Love and Leisure’ with performances on the hour,
every hour, three days a week. Then in September
we launch our 40th anniversary season with a
performance of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo here at the
Barbican. To find out more about all out latest
news and forthcoming concerts, visit aam.co.uk.
We wish you and your families a very joyful Easter.

Richard Egarr
Music Director

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JS Bach St John Passion BWV245 (1724 version)
PART ONE Chorus Chorus
Jesum von Nazareth. Jesus of Nazareth.
Chorus Chorus
Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm in allen Landen Lord, our Redeemer, whose glory is in all the world, Evangelist Evangelist
herrlich ist! show us in this thy Passion Jesus antwortete: Jesus answered:
Zeig uns durch deine Passion, that thou, the true Son of God,
daß du, der wahre Gottessohn, hast conquered death and tribulation. Jesus Jesus
zu aller Zeit, auch in der größten Niedrigkeit, Ich habs euch gesagt, daß ichs sei, suchet ihr denn I have told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me,
verherrlicht worden bist! mich, so lasset diese gehen! let these go their way.

Evangelist Evangelist Chorale Chorale

Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern über den Bach Jesus went forth with his disciples across the Kidron O große Lieb, O Lieb ohn alle Maße, O wondrous love quite limitless,
Kidron, da war ein Garten, darein ging Jesus und valley, where there was a garden, which he and his die dich gebracht auf diese Marterstraße! that brought thee here by sin and grief surrounded.
seine Jünger. Judas aber, der ihn verriet, wußte disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, Ich lebte mit der Welt in Lust und Freuden, I live with all the pleasure of this world,
den Ort auch, denn Jesus versammlete sich oft also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with und du mußt leiden. and thou must die.
daselbst mit seinen Jüngern. Da nun Judas zu sich his disciples. So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers
hatte genommen die Schar und der Hohenpriester and some officers from the chief priests and the Evangelist Evangelist
und Pharisäer Diener, kommt er dahin mit Fakkeln, Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and Auf daß, das Wort erfüllet würde, welches er sagte: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, ‘Of
Lampen und mit Waffen. Als nun Jesus wußte alles, weapons. Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall Ich habe der keine verloren, die du mir gegeben them which thou gavest me have I lost none’. Then
was ihm begegnen sollte, ging er hinaus und sprach him, came forward and said to them: hast. Da hatte Simon Petrus ein Schwert und zog Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the
zu ihnen: es aus und schlug nach des Hohenpriesters Knecht high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The
und hieb ihm sein recht Ohr ab; und der Knecht hieß servant’s name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto
Jesus Jesus Malchus. Da sprach Jesus zu Petro: Peter:
Wen suchet ihr? Whom seek ye?
Jesus Jesus
Evangelist Evangelist Stekke dein Schwert in die Scheide! Soll ich den Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my
Sie antworteten ihm: They answered him: Kelch nicht trinken, den mir mein Vater gegeben Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
hat?
Chorus Chorus
Jesum von Nazareth! Jesus of Nazareth! Chorale Chorale
Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich Thy will, O Lord, our God, be done,
Evangelist Recitative auf Erden wie im Himmelreich. on earth, as round thy heavenly throne.
Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Jesus said to them: Gib uns Geduld in Leidenszeit, In time of sorrow patience give,
gehorsam sein in Lieb und Leid; obedient ever make us live.
Jesus Jesus wehr und steur allem Fleisch und Blut, With thy restraining spirit fill
Ich bins. I am he. das wider deinen Willen tut! each heart that strives against thy will.

Evangelist Evangelist Evangelist Evangelist

Judas aber, der ihn verriet, stund auch bei ihnen. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann und die Then the band and the captain and officers of the
Als nun Jesus zu ihnen sprach: Ich bins, wichen them. As soon then as he had said unto them ‘I am Diener der Jüden nahmen Jesum und bunden ihn Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and led him away
sie zurück und fielen zu Boden. Da fragete er sie he’, they went backward and fell to the ground. Then und führeten ihn aufs erste zu Hannas, der war to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas,
abermal: asked he them again: Kaiphas Schwäher, welcher des Jahres Hoherpriester which was the high priest that same year. Now
war. Es war aber Kaiphas, der den Jüden riet, es wäre Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews,
Jesus Jesus gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk. that it was expedient that one man should die for
Wen suchet ihr? Whom seek ye? the people.

Evangelist Evangelist
Sie aber sprachen: And they said:

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Aria (alto) Aria (alto) Tempel, da alle Juden zusammenkommen, und habe always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why
Von den Stricken meiner Sünden From the bondage of transgression nichts im Verborgnen geredt. Was fragest du mich askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I
mich zu entbinden, my holy Saviour frees me, darum? Frage die darum, die gehöret haben, was ich have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
wird mein Heil gebunden. from all taint of deadly sickness zu ihnen geredet habe! Siehe, dieselbigen wissen,
Mich von allen Lasterbeulen fully heals me, was ich gesaget habe.
völlig zu heilen, läßt er sich verwunden. bearing himself the grievous wound.
Evangelist Evangelist
Evangelist Evangelist Als er aber solches redete, gab der Diener einer, die And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers
Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach und ein ander And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another dabeistunden, Jesu einen Bakkenstreich und sprach: which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his
Jünger. disciple. hand, saying,

Aria (soprano) Aria (soprano) Officer Officer

Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen I follow thee too, my Saviour, Solltest du dem Hohenpriester also antworten? Answerest thou the high priest so?
Schritten und lasse dich nicht, with joyful steps.
mein Leben, mein Licht. I will not forsake thee, Evangelist Evangelist
Befördre den Lauf my Life and my Light. Jesus aber antwortete: Jesus answered him:
und höre nicht auf, Hasten my steps and draw me to thy side.
selbst an mir zu ziehen, zu schieben, Jesus Jesus
zu bitten! Hab ich übel geredt, so beweise es, daß es böse sei, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if
hab ich aber recht geredt, was schlägest du mich? well, why smitest thou me?
Evangelist Evangelist
Derselbige Jünger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt That disciple was known unto the high priest, and Chorale Chorale
und ging mit Jesu hinein in des Hohenpriester Palast. went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. Wer hat dich so geschlagen, O Lord, who dares to smite thee?
Petrus aber stund draußen für der Tür. Da ging der But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out mein Heil, und dich mit Plagen And falsely to indict thee,
andere Jünger, der dem Hohenpriester bekannt war, that other disciple, which was known unto the high so übel zugericht’t? deride and mock thee so?
hinaus und redete mit der Türhüterin und führete priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and Du bist ja nicht ein Sünder, For thou art not a sinner,
Petrum hinein. Da sprach die Magd, die Türhüterin, brought in Peter. Then saith the damsel that kept the wie wir und unsre Kinder, unlike us and our children,
zu Petro: door unto Peter: von Missetaten weißt du nicht. thou hast done nought amiss.

Maid Maid Ich, ich und meine Sünden, It is I, with my sins

Bist du nicht dieses Menschen Jünger einer? Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? die sich wie Körnlein finden that are as countless
des Sandes an dem Meer, as the sands by the sea,
Evangelist Evangelist die haben dir erreget which have brought thee thy misery,
Er sprach: He saith: das Elend, das dich schläget, and the host of torments that ye bear.
und das betrübte Marterheer.
Peter Peter
Ich bins nicht. I am not. Evangelist Evangelist
Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden zu dem Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the
Evangelist Evangelist Hohenpriester Kaiphas. Simon Petrus stund und high priest. And Simon Peter stood and warmed
Es stunden aber die Knechte und Diener und And the servants and officers stood there, who had wärmete sich, da sprachen sie zu ihm: himself. They said therefore unto him:
hatten ein Kohlfeu’r gemacht (denn es war kalt) made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed
und wärmeten sich. Petrus aber stund bei ihnen themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed Chorus Chorus
und wärmete sich. Aber der Hohepriester fragte himself. The high priest then asked Jesus of his Bist du nicht seiner Jünger einer? Art not thou also one of his disciples?
Jesum um seine Jünger und um seine Lehre. Jesus disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him:
antwortete ihm: Evangelist Evangelist
Er leugnete aber und sprach: He denied it, and said:
Jesus Jesus
Ich habe frei, öffentlich geredet vor der Welt. Ich I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the
habe allezeit gelehret in der Schule und in dem synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews

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Peter Peter Richthaus, auf daß sie nicht unrein würden, sondern went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be
Ich bins nicht. I am not. Ostern essen möchten. Da ging Pilatus zu ihnen defiled; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate
heraus und sprach: then went out unto them, and said:
Evangelist Evangelist
Spricht des Hohenpriesters Knecht’ einer, ein One of the servants of the high priest, being his Pilate Pilate
Gefreundter des, dem Petrus das Ohr abgehauen kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith: Was bringet ihr für Klage wider diesen Menschen? What accusation bring ye against this man?
hatte:
Evangelist Evangelist
Servant Servant Sie antworteten und sprachen zu ihm: They answered and said unto him:
Sahe ich dich nicht im Garten bei ihm? Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
Chorus Chorus
Evangelist Evangelist Wäre dieser nicht ein Übeltäter, wir hätten dir ihn If he were not a wrong-doer, we would not have
Da verleugnete Petrus abermal, und alsobald krähete Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock nicht überantwortet. delivered him up unto thee.
der Hahn. Da gedachte Petrus an die Worte Jesu und crew. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus and
ging hinaus und weinete bitterlich. he went out and wept bitterly. Evangelist Evangelist
Da sprach Pilatus zu ihnen: Then said Pilate unto them:
Aria (tenor) Aria (tenor)
Ach, mein Sinn, wo willt du endlich hin, Ah, my soul, whither wilt thou fly? Pilate Pilate
wo soll ich mich erquikken? Where shall I seek for comfort? So nehmet ihr ihn hin und richtet ihn nach eurem Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.
Bleib ich hier, oder wünsch ich mir Shall I stay? Or depart and leave Gesetze!
Berg und Hügel auf den Rükken? the hills and mountains far behind me?
Bei der Welt ist gar kein Rat, In the world is no relief, Evangelist Evangelist
und im Herzen stehn die Schmerzen on my heart remains the burden Da sprachen die Jüden zu ihm: The Jews therefore said unto him:
meiner Missetat, of my evil deed,
weil der Knecht den Herrn verleugnet hat. since the servant hath denied his Lord. Chorus Chorus
Wir dürfen niemand töten. It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.
Chorale Chorale
Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück, Peter, faithless, thrice denies Evangelist Evangelist
seinen Gott verneinet, that his Lord he knoweth; Auf daß erfüllet würde das Wort Jesu, welches er That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he
der doch auf ein’ ernsten Blick when he meets those earnest eyes, sagte, da er deutete, welches Todes er sterben spake, signifying what death he should die. Then
bitterlichen weinet. weeping, thence he goeth. würde. Da ging Pilatus wieder hinein in das Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and
Jesu, blikke mich auch an, If I am unrepentant Richthaus and rief Jesu und sprach zu ihm: called Jesus, and said unto him:
wenn ich nicht will büßen; look on me with kindness:
wenn ich Böses hab getan, whenever I do wrong Pilate Pilate
rühre mein Gewissen! rouse my inner conscience. Bist du der Jüden König? Art thou the King of the Jews?

Evangelist Evangelist
PART TWO Jesus antwortete: Jesus answered him.

Chorale Chorale Jesus Jesus

Christus, der uns selig macht, kein Bös’ hat begangen, Christ who brings us joy and has done no wrong, Redest du das von dir selbst, oder habens dir andere Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it
der ward für uns in der Nacht als ein Dieb gefangen, For our sake he was seized like a thief in the night. von mir gesagt? thee of me?
geführt vor gottlose Leut und fälschlich verklaget, He was taken before unbelievers and falsely accused.
verlacht, verhöhnt und verspeit, wie denn die Schrift He was derided, spat upon and vilely mocked as it is Evangelist Evangelist
saget. written in the Scriptures. Pilatus antwortete: Pilate answered:

Evangelist Evangelist Pilate Pilate

Da führeten sie Jesum von Kaipha vor das Richthaus, Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of Bin ich ein Jüde? Dein Volk und die Hohenpriester Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests
und es war frühe. Und sie gingen nicht in das judgment: and it was early; and they themselves haben dich mir über antwortet: was hast du getan? have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

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Evangelist Evangelist Evangelist Evangelist
Jesus antwortete: Jesus answered: Da schrieen sie wieder allesamt und sprachen: Then cried they all again, saying:

Jesus Jesus Chorus Chorus

Mein Reich ist nicht von dieser Welt; wäre mein My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were Nicht diesen, sondern Barrabam! Not this man, but Barabbas.
Reich von dieser Welt, meine Diener würden darob of this world, then would my servants fight, that I
kämpfen, daß ich den Jüden nicht überantwortet should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my Evangelist Evangelist
würde; aber nun ist mein Reich nicht von dannen. kingdom not from hence. Barrabas aber war ein Mörder. Da nahm Pilatus Jesum Now Barabbas was a robber. Then Pilate therefore
und geißelte ihn. took Jesus, and scourged him.
Chorale Chorale
Ach großer König, groß zu allen Zeiten, O mighty King, eternal is thy glory! Arioso (bass) Arioso (bass)
wie kann ich gnugsam diese Treu ausbreiten? How can I express my allegiance to thee? Betrachte, meine Seel, mit ängstlichem Vergnügen, Consider, O my soul, with fearful joy consider, with
Kein’s Menschen Herze mag indes ausdenken, was No human heart can imagine a gift mit bittrer Lust und hal beklemmtem Herzen dein bitter anguish, in thy heart afflicted, thy highest good
dir zu schenken. which is fit to give thee. höchstes Gut in Jesu Schmerzen, wie dir auf Dornen, is Jesus’ sorrow: for thee, from the thorns that pierce
so ihn stechen, die Himmelschlüsselblumen blühn! him, what heavenly flowers spring, thou canst the
Ich kann’s mit meinen Sinnen nicht erreichen, Neither can I find anything to compare Du kannst viel süße Frucht von seiner Wermut sweetest fruit his wormwood gather, then look for
womit doch dein Erbarmen zu vergleichen. with thy merciful goodness. brechen, drum sieh ohn Unterlaß auf ihn! evermore to him.
Wie kann ich dir denn deine Liebestaten im Werk What can I do for thee to be worthy
erstatten? of thy loving deeds? Aria (tenor) Aria (tenor)
Erwäge wie sein blutgefärbter Rükken in allen Consider how his bloodstained back brings heaven
Evangelist Evangelist Stükken dem Himmel gleiche geht, daran, nachdem before our eyes. When the floodwaters of our sin
Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm: Pilate therefore said unto him: die Wasserwogen von unsrer Sündflut sich have receded, then appears the rainbow as a sign of
verzogen, der allerschönste Regenbogen als Gottes God’s mercy.
Pilate Pilate Gnadenzeichen steht!
So bist du dennoch ein König? Art thou a king then?
Evangelist Evangelist
Evangelist Evangelist Und die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone von And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it
Jesus antwortete: Jesus answered: Dornen und satzten sie auf sein Haupt und legten on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, and
ihm ein Purpurkleid an und sprachen: said:
Jesus Jesus
Du sagst’s, ich bin ein König. Ich bin dazu geboren Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, Chorus Chorus
und in die Welt kommen, daß ich die Wahrheit and for this cause came I into the world, that I should Sie gegrüßet, lieber Jüdenkönig! Hail, King of the Jews!
zeugen soll. Wer aus der Wahrheit ist, der höret bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the
meine Stimme. truth heareth my voice. Evangelist Evangelist
Und gaben ihm Bakkenstreiche. Da ging Pilatus And they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore
Evangelist Evangelist wieder heraus und sprach zu ihnen: went forth again, and saith unto them,
Spricht Pilatus zu ihm: Pilate saith unto him
Pilate Pilate
Pilate Pilate Sehet, ich führe ihn heraus zu euch, daß ihr erkennet, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know
Was ist Wahrheit? What is truth? daß ich keine Schuld an ihm finde. that I find no fault in him.

Evangelist Evangelist Evangelist Evangelist

Und da er das gesaget, ging er wieder hinaus zu den And when he had said this, he went out again unto Also ging Jesus heraus und trug eine Dornenkrone Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns,
Jüden und spricht zu ihnen: the Jews, and saith unto them, und Purpurkleid. Und er sprach zu ihnen: and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them:

Pilate Pilate Pilate Pilate

Ich finde keine Schuld an ihm. Ihr habt aber eine I find in him no fault at all. But ye have a custom, that Sehet, welch ein Mensch! Da ihn die Hohenpriester Behold the man! EvangelistWhen the chief priests
Gewohnheit, daß ich euch einen losgebe; wollt ihr I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye und die Diener sahen, schrieen sie und sprachen: therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying,
nun, daß ich euch der Jüden König losgebe? therefore that I release unto you the King of
the Jews?

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Chorus Chorus die Freistatt aller Frommen; the haven for all believers;
Kreuzige! Crucify him! denn gingst du nicht for if thou hadst not taken
die Knechtschaft ein, the bondage of a slave,
Evangelist Evangelist müßt unsre Knechtschaft ewig sein. we would for evermore be bound.
Pilatus sprach zu ihnen: Pilate saith unto them:
Evangelist Evangelist
Pilate Pilate Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen: But the Jews cried out, saying:
Nehmet ihr ihn hin und kreuziget ihn; denn ich finde Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in
keine Schuld an ihm! him. Chorus Chorus
Lässest du diesen los, so bist du des Kaisers Freund If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend:
Evangelist Evangelist nicht; denn wer sich zum Könige machet, der ist whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against
Die Jüden antworteten ihm: The Jews answered him: wider den Kaiser. Caesar.

Chorus Chorus Evangelist Evangelist

Wir haben ein Gesetz, und nach dem Gesetz soll We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, Da Pilatus das Wort hörete, führete er Jesum heraus When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought
er sterben; denn er hat sich selbst zu Gottes Sohn because he made himself the Son of God. and satzte sich auf den Richtstuhl, an der Stätte, die Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat
gemacht. da heißet: Hochpflaster, auf Ebräisch aber: Gabbatha. in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the
Es war aber der Rüsttag in Ostern um die sechste Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the
Evangelist Evangelist Stunde, und er spricht zu den Jüden: passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto
Da Pilatus das Wort hörete, fürchtet’ er sich noch When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the the Jews:
mehr und ging wieder hinein in das Richthaus, und more afraid; And went again into the judgment hall,
spricht zu Jesu: and saith unto Jesus: Pilate Pilate
Sehet, das ist euer König! Behold your King!
Pilate Pilate
Von wannen bist du? Whence art thou? Evangelist Evangelist
Sie schrieen aber: But they cried out:
Evangelist Evangelist
Aber Jesus gab ihm keine Antwort. Da sprach Pilatus But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto Chorus Chorus
zu ihm: him: Weg, weg mit dem, kreuzige ihn! Away, away with him, crucify him.

Pilate Pilate Evangelist Evangelist

Redest du nicht mit mir? Weißest du nicht, das ich Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that Spricht Pilatus zu ihnen: Pilate saith unto them:
Macht habe, dich zu kreuzigen, und Macht habe, dich I have power to crucify thee, and have power to
loszugeben? release thee? Pilate Pilate
Soll ich euren König kreuzigen? Shall I crucify your King?
Evangelist Evangelist
Jesus antwortete: Jesus answered: Evangelist Evangelist
Die Hohenpriester antworteten: The chief priest answered
Jesus Jesus
Du hättest keine Macht über mich, wenn sie dir nicht Thou couldest have no power at all against me, Chorus Chorus
wäre von oben herab gegeben; darum, der mich dir except it were given thee from above: therefore he Wir haben keinen König denn den Kaiser. We have no king but Caesar.
überantwortet hat, der hat’s größ’re Sünde. that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Evangelist Evangelist
Evangelist Evangelist Da überantwortete er ihn, daß er gekreuziget würde. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be
Von dem an trachtete Pilatus, wie er ihn losließe. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: Sie nahmen aber Jesum und führeten ihn hin. Und crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And
er trug sein Kreuz und ging hinaus zur Stätte, die he bearing his cross went forth into a place called
Chorale Chorale da heißet Schädelstätt, welche heißet auf Ebräisch: the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew
Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn, Thy bonds, O Son of God, most high, Golgatha. Golgotha:
muß uns die Freiheit kommen; have perfect freedom brought us;
Dein Kerker ist der Gnadenthron, thy prison is the divine throne,

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Aria (bass, chorus)
Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen, geht aus euren
Marterhöhlen — Wohin? — nach Golgatha! Nehmet
an des Glaubens Flügel, flieht — Wohin? — zum
Kreuzeshügel, eure Wohlfahrt blüht allda!
Evangelist
Allda kreuzigten sie ihn, und mit ihm zween andere
zu beiden Seiten, Jesum aber mitten inne. Pilatus
aber schrieb eine Überschrift und setzte sie auf das
Kreuz, und war geschrieben: JESUS VON NAZARETH,
DER JÜDEN KÖNIG. Diese Überschrift lasen viel
Jüden, denn die Stätte war nahe bei der Stadt, da
Jesus gekreuziget ist. Und es war geschrieben auf
ebräische, griechische und lateinische Sprache. Da
sprachen die Hohenpriester der Jüden zu Pilato:
Aria (bass, chorus)
Haste, ye deeply wounded spirits, bring your heavy
burdens. Whither? To Golgotha! Take, O take the
wings of faith and fly. Whither? To the Cross of Jesus:
there shall relief and healing be found.
Evangelist
Where they crucified him, and two other with him,
on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate
wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing
was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
This title then read many of the Jews: for the place
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and
it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then
said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate:
Evangelist
Auf daß erfüllet würde die Schrift, die da saget: ‘Sie
haben meine Kleider unter sich geteilet und haben
über meinen Rock das Los geworfen.’ Solches taten
die Kriegesknechte. Es stund aber bei
dem Kreuze Jesu seine Mutter und seiner Mutter
Schwester, Maria, Kleophas Weib, und Maria
Magdalena. Da nun Jesus seine Mutter sahe und den
Jünger dabei stehen, den er lieb hatte, spricht er zu
seiner Mutter:
Jesus
Weib, siehe, das ist dein Sohn!
Evangelist
Darnach spricht er zu dem Jünger:
Evangelist
That the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith,
They parted my raiment among them, and for my
vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the
soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross
of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing
by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother:
Jesus
Woman, behold thy son!
Evangelist
Then saith he to the disciple:

Chorus Chorus Jesus Jesus

Schreibe nicht: der Jüden König, sondern daß er Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am Siehe, das ist deine Mutter! Behold thy mother!
gesaget habe: Ich bin der Jüden König. King of the Jews.
Chorale Chorale
Evangelist Evangelist Er nahm alles wohl He thought of everything
Pilatus antwortet: Pilate answered: in acht in der letzten Stunde, in his last hour,
seine Mutter noch bedacht, and gave his mother
Pilate Pilate setzt ihr ein’ Vormunde. one to protect her.
Was ich geschrieben habe, das habe ich geschrieben. What I have written I have written.
O Mensch, mache Richtigkeit, Thou too should rightly act,
Chorale Chorale Gott und Menschen liebe, loving God and man,
In meines Herzens Grunde, Within our inmost being stirb darauf ohn alles Leid, that thou canst die untroubled
dein Nam und Kreuz allein thy Name and Cross alone, und dich nicht betrübe! and without anxiety.
funkelt all Zeit und Stunde, shines there now and for always
drauf kann ich fröhlich sein. so that I can rejoice. Evangelist Evangelist
Und von Stund an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich. And from that hour that disciple took her unto his
Erschein mir in dem Bilde When I am in need Darnach, als Jesus wußte, daß schon alles vollbracht own home. After this, Jesus knowing that all things
zu Trost in meiner Not, comfort and console me war, daß die Schrift erfüllet würde, spricht er: were now accomplished, that the scripture might be
wie du, Herr Christ, with this picture of thee fulfilled, saith:
so milde dich hast geblut’t zu Tod! so patiently enduring death itself.
Jesus Jesus
Evangelist Evangelist Mich dürstet! I thirst.
Die Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum gekreuziget Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus,
hatten, nahmen seine Kleider und machten vier took his garments, and made four parts, to every Evangelist Evangelist
Teile, einem jeglichen Kriegesknechte sein Teil, dazu soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was Da stund ein Gefäße voll Essigs. Sie fülleten aber Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they
auch den Rock. Der Rock aber war ungenähet, von without seam, woven from the top throughout. They einen Schwamm mit Essig and legten ihn um einen filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop,
oben an gewürket durch und durch. Da sprachen sie said therefore among themselves: Isopen, und hielten es ihm dar zum Munde. Da nun and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had
untereinander: Jesus den Essig genommen hatte, sprach er: received the vinegar, he said:

Chorus Chorus Jesus Jesus

Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen, sondern darum losen, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: Es ist vollbracht! It is finished.
wes er sein soll.

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Aria (alto)
Es ist vollbracht! O Trost vor die gekränkten Seelen!
Die Trauernacht läßt nun die letzte Stunde zählen.
Der Held aus Juda siegt mit Macht und schließt den
Kampf. Es ist vollbracht!
Evangelist
Und neiget das Haupt und verschied.
Aria & Chorale (bass, chorus)
Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen, da du nunmehr
ans Kreuz geschlagen und selbst gesagt: Es ist
vollbracht, bin ich vom Sterben freigemacht? Kann
ich durch deine Pein und Sterben das Himmelreich
ererben? Ist aller Welt Erlösung da? Du kannst vor
Schmerzen zwar nichts sagen; doch neigest du das
Haupt und sprichst stillschweigend: ja.
Jesu, der du warest tot,
lebest nun ohn Ende,
in der letzten Todesnot
nirgend mich hinwende als zu dir,
der mich versühnt,
o du lieber Herre!
Gib mir nur, was du verdient,
mehr ich nicht begehre!
Evangelist
Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß in zwei
Stück von oben an bis unten aus. Und die Erde
erbebete, und die Felsen zerrissen, und die Gräber
täten sich auf, und stunden auf viel Leiber der
Heiligen.
Arioso (tenor)
Mein Herz, indem die ganze Welt bei Jesu Leiden
gleichfalls leidet, die Sonne sich in Trauer kleidet,
der Vorhang reißt, der Fels zerfällt, die Erde bebt, die
Gräber spalten, weil sie den Schöpfer sehn erkalten,
was willst du deines Ortes tun?
Aria (soprano)
Zerfließe, mein Herze, in Fluten der Zähren dem
Höchsten zu Ehren! Erzähle der Welt und dem
Himmel die Not: Dein Jesus ist tot!
Evangelist
Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war, daß nicht
die Leichname am Kreuze blieben den Sabbath über
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Aria (alto)
It is accomplished: what comfort for suffering human
souls! I can see the end of the night of sorrow.
The hero from Judah ends his victorious fight. It is
accomplished!
Evangelist
And he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Aria & Chorale (bass, chorus)
My dearest Saviour, let me ask thee, as thou art nailed
to this cross and hast thyself said it is accomplished,
am I released from death?
Can I gain the heavenly kingdom through thy
suffering and death? Is it that the whole world is
redeemed? Thou canst not speak for agony, but
incline thy head to give a speechless ‘Yes!’
Jesus, thou wast dead
and now livest for ever,
bring me, in death’s extremity,
nowhere but to thee who hast paid
the debt I owe to God.
My true and faithful master,
give me only what thou hast won
for how could there be more to wish for?
Evangelist
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in
two from top to bottom. There was an earthquake,
the rocks split, and the graves opened and many of
God’s people arose from sleep.
Arioso (tenor)
My heart, while the whole world shares Jesus’
suffering, the sun in mourning, the veil rent, the rocks
split, the earth quaking, the graves opening, because
they see the Creator grow cold in death, what wilt
thou do for thy part?
Aria (soprano)
Dissolve then, heart, in floods of tears as thy tribute
to our God. Tell earth and heaven the grievous news
thy Jesus is dead!
Evangelist
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation,
that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on
(denn desselbigen Sabbaths Tag war sehr gross),
baten sie Pilatum, daß ihre Beine gebrochen und sie
abgenommen würden. Da kamen die Kriegsknechte
und brachen dem ersten die Beine und dem
andern, der mit ihm gekreuziget war. Als sie aber zu
Jesu kamen, da sie sahen, daß er schon gestorben
war, brachen sie ihm die Beine nicht; sondern der
Kriegsknechte einer eröffnete seine Seite mit einem
Speer, und also bald ging Blut und Wasser heraus.
Und der das gesehen hat, der hat es bezeuget, und
sein Zeugnis ist wahr, und derselbige weiß, daß er
die Wahrheit saget, auf daß ihr gläubet. Denn solches
ist geschehen, auf daß die Schrift erfüllet würde: ‘Ihr
sollet ihm kein Bein zerbrechen’. Und abermal spricht
eine andere Schrift: ‘Sie werden sehen, in welchen sie
gestochen haben’.
Chorale
O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn, durch dein bitter Leiden,
daß wir dir stets untertan all Untugend meiden,
deinen Tod und sein Ursach fruchtbarlich bedenken,
dafür, wiewohl arm und schwach, dir Dankopfer
schenken!
Evangelist
Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia, der ein
Jünger Jesu war (doch heimlich, aus Furcht vor den
Jüden), daß er möchte abnehmen den Leichnam
Jesu. Und Pilatus erlaubete es. Derowegen kam er
und nahm den Leichnam Jesu herab. Es kam aber
auch Nikodemus, der vormals bei der Nacht zu
Jesu kommen war, und brachte Myrrhen und Aloen
untereinander bei hundert Pfunden. Da nahmen sie
den Leichnam Jesu und bunden ihn in leinen Tücher
mit Spezereien, wie die Jüden pflegen zu begraben.
Es war aber an der Stätte, da er gekreuziget ward,
ein Garten, und im Garten ein neu Grab, in welches
niemand je geleget war. Daselbst hin legten sie
Jesum, um des Rüsttags willen der Jüden, dieweil das
Grab nahe war.
the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high
day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken,
and that they might be taken away. Then came the
soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the
other which was crucified with him. But when they
came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already,
they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with
a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there
out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record,
and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith
true, that ye might believe. For these things were
done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of
him shall not be broken. And again another scripture
saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Chorale
Help us, Christ, the Son of God
as thy loyal followers,
to avoid wrongdoing and,
with the thought of thy death
and its cause
to bring thee thank-offerings
for all that thou hast done,
poor and weak though we may be.
Evangelist
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple
of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought
Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus:
and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,
and took the body of Jesus. And there came also
Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night,
and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of
Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices,
as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the
place where he was crucified there was a garden;
and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was
never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore
because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the
sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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 Stephen Rose introduces JS Bach’s St John Passion
Chorus Chorus
When the St John Passion was first performed
Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine, Lie in peace, sacred body,
at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig on Good Friday
die ich nun weiter nicht beweine, for which I weep no longer,
ruht wohl und bringt auch mich zur Ruh! and bring me also to my rest. 1724, Bach’s congregation would never have
Das Grab, so euch bestimmet ist, The grave that is thine and holds not further previously heard anything like it. The custom in
und ferner keine Not umschließt, suffering, Leipzig was to tell the story of Christ’s trial and
macht mir den Himmel auf for me opens Heaven and closes Hell. crucifixion using the simple setting of Johann
und schließt die Hölle zu. Walter (c.1530), where the words of scripture
were recited as in plainchant. The only change
Chorale Chorale from this tradition occurred in 1721 and 1722,
Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein O Lord, send thy cherubs when Bach’s predecessor, Johann Kuhnau,
am letzten End die Seele mein in my last hour to bear my soul performed a more elaborate setting of the
in Abrahams Schoß tragen, away to Abraham’s bosom; Passion according to St Mark, using instruments
den Leib in sein’m Schlafkämmerlein let it rest there untouched by pain
as well as voices, and intermingling the Biblical
gar sanft, ohn ein’ge Qual und Pein until the last day.
narrative with contemplative arias and chorales.
ruhn bis am jüngsten Tage! Wake me then from Death’s sleep,
Bach’s St John Passion followed Kuhnau’s model
Alsdenn vom Tod er wekke mich, so that my joyful eyes may see thee,
daß meine Augen sehen dich the Son of God, my Saviour. in some respects, but went much further than
in aller Freud, o Gottes Sohn, Grant me this Kuhnau had dared. Bach’s work was of a length
mein Heiland und Genadenthron! and I will glorify thee never before encountered in Leipzig, and
Herr Jesu Christ, erhöre mich, throughout eternity. used a substantial ensemble including chorus,
ich will dich preisen ewiglich! orchestra and several unusual instruments such
as the viola d’amore and viola da gamba. In
addition, Bach’s Passion was far more operatic in
style, with vivid arias communicating the pathos
and pain of Christ’s trial and crucifixion.
In the early eighteenth century it was highly
contentious to write Passion music in an
operatic style. Although some people argued
that an operatic style allowed composers to
arouse the emotions contained in the Passion
story, other Lutherans preferred old-fashioned
styles such as motets that conveyed solemnity
and devotion. There was also disquiet at the way
that many modern versions of the Passion—
such as the settings of Barthold Heinrich
Brockes’s libretto Der für die Sünde der Welt
gemarterte und sterbende Jesus—dispensed
with the Biblical text altogether, instead putting
the story into modern language (complete with
the ornate metaphors beloved of
Baroque poets).
The polarized opinions aroused by pieces similar
to the St John Passion can be sensed from two
accounts of the time. Gottfried Ephraim Scheibel
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(1721) claimed that performing Passions in
an operatic style was a way to attract large
congregations to church:
“The people certainly would not have come
to church so promptly and in such numbers
because of the preacher but rather presumably
because of the music. The libretto was simply
the account of Christ’s suffering from one of the
Gospels, into which frequent chorales and also
two or three arias were introduced. I marvelled
how diligently people listened and how
devoutly they sang along; it was the moving
music that contributed the most to this, and
even though the service lasted more than four
hours, everyone stayed until it was over.”
By contrast, Christian Gerber (1732), an
opponent of elaborate church music, reported
a hostile response to the innovations of
composers such as Bach:
“But gradually the Passion story, which had
formerly been sung in simple plainchant,
humbly and reverently, began to be sung
with many kinds of instruments in the most
elaborate fashion … When this Passion music
was performed for the first time in one of our
great cities with twelve violins [i.e. strings], many
oboes, bassoons and other instruments, many
people were shocked and didn’t know what
to make of it. In the pew of a noble family in
church, many ministers and noble ladies were
present and sang the first Passion hymn from
their books with great devotion, but when this
theatrical music commenced, all these people
were filled with the greatest amazement, looked
at one another, and said, ‘May God preserve us,
children. It’s as if a person were at the opera or
the theatre.’ Everyone thoroughly disapproved
of the music and registered justified complaints
about it. But of course there were also such
spirits as take pleasure in such vain aberrations,
especially if they are of a sanguine nature and
are given to voluptuousness.”
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It is not known which performances Gerber
and Scheibel describe, but their anecdotes
give an idea of the mixed ways in which Bach’s
congregation probably responded to the
St John Passion.
In Leipzig, the church authorities did not want
to follow the trend of Hamburg, where the
Passion oratorios with librettos by Brockes
had abandoned the scriptural text altogether.
Instead the clergy seem to have instructed
Bach to retain the entire Biblical text in the
St John Passion. The Biblical words are set to
recitative, with a tenor voice (the Evangelist)
acting as narrator. In addition, Bach included
two further layers of text, creating a rich poetic
framework for the music. For the arias, he
used free poetry in an up-to-date style; these
texts were assembled by an unknown author
(possibly Bach himself, or a local theologian).
Many of the aria texts have close similarities
with Brockes’s Passion libretto, particularly in
the elaborate metaphors. Thus in ‘Erwäge, wie
sein blutgefärbter Rücken’, the bloodstains on
Christ’s back after the scourging are compared
to ‘the most beautiful of rainbows’ and described
as a ‘symbol of God’s grace’ (‘der allerschönste
Regenbogen…Gottes Gnadenzeichen’). Or to
take another example, in ‘Betrachte, mein Seel’
the good that comes from Jesus’s suffering is
compared to a primrose flowering above thorns.
The final element in the text of the St John
Passion comprises strophes from chorales
(German congregational hymns), probably
chosen by Bach himself. The chorales comment
on the action and voice the collective response
of the congregation, using the familiar language
of Lutheran hymnodists. For instance, the first
chorale is sung after Jesus has freely identified
himself to his captors, and expresses the self-
sacrifice inherent in Christ’s actions: ‘O große
Lieb, o Lieb ohn alle Maße’ (‘O greatest love,
o love without end’). The constant interplay
between the three levels of text in the Passion—
the Bible, the ornate poetry for the arias, and the
chorale texts—multiplies the significance of the
narrative, increasing its richness and poignance.
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The Passion story is inherently dramatic —
with its scenes of anger and betrayal, and its
narrative pushing inexorably to Jesus’ death
— and Bach’s setting of the St John Passion
has a strong sense of urgency. There are fewer
arias than in the St Matthew Passion, restricting
the opportunities for leisurely contemplation.
Instead Bach’s setting is characterised by the
frequent interjections of the turba choruses
(representing the crowd), which constantly
push the action onward. Even in the initial set
of recitatives — recounting Jesus’s arrest in the
Garden of Gethsemane — the turba chorus
makes a dramatic entrance, calling for Jesus.
Frequent modulations increase the tension and
mean that the turba theme tends to return in
a different key. The interventions by the chorus
give a strong sense that the narrative is being
pushed forward by forces outside Jesus’s control
— partly by the crowd that has smelled his
blood, and partly by his divine destiny.
The arias of the St John Passion draw on operatic
convention in order to convey the emotions
being felt by individuals at various points in the
Monument to Johann Sebastian Bach at the
Thomaskirche in Leipzig
story. Often the instrumental accompaniment
and thematic material have symbolic or pictorial
significance. Sometimes the motifs are overtly
pictorial, as in ‘Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen’,
where the rushing upward scales illustrate
the text’s exhortation that we ‘hasten to
Golgotha’ (‘eilt…nach Golgotha’). In other arias,
by contrast, it is hard to describe the effect
of Bach’s music in words. In ‘Erwäge, wie sein
blutgefärbter Rücken’, some listeners might
interpret the dactylic motifs as suggesting the
rhythms of scourging, or as merely illustrating
the text’s exhortation that we contemplate
Jesus’s bloodstained back.
Bach also uses symbolic instrumentation
in several arias: a viola da gamba solo in
‘Es ist vollbracht’; a pair of violas d’amore in
‘Betrachte, meine Seel’ and ‘Erwäge, wie sein
blutgefärbter Rücken’; and an obbligato part
for lute in ‘Betrachte, meine Seel’. Although
Bach was always keen to experiment with
unusual sonorities, here he also followed the
standard scorings associated with funerals. The
viola da gamba and the lute were both quiet
instruments, increasing falling into obsolescence
in an age that valued more powerful sounds.
Their delicate timbre evoked the other-worldly
experience of death, increasing the intensity
of the pivotal arias in the Passion. The violas
d’amore also add an other-worldly aura to their
arias: in addition to their bowed strings, these
instruments have a set of sympathetic strings
that resonate like a ghostly echo.
At the moment of Jesus’s crucifixion comes one
of the most poignant arias in the Passion. ‘Es ist
vollbracht’ sets one of Jesus’s Seven Last Words
on the Cross: ‘It is finished’. Bach’s aria isolates
the two contrasting meanings inherent in this
utterance. The aria starts ‘Molt’ adagio’ with a
lamenting obbligato played by a viola da gamba
in the key of B minor; this suggests the despair
and resignation in the words ‘It is finished’. By
contrast, the middle section of the aria interprets
these words triumphantly, as indicating that
Christ’s work on earth is gloriously completed.
Here the key turns to D major, and the voice
and strings imitate the fanfares of trumpets on
the words ‘Der Held aus Juda siegt mit Macht’
(‘The hero from Judah triumphs with might’).
With this aria, Bach reflects a central feature of
John’s Gospel, which portrays Christ as glorious
and victorious, even in death.
Despite the many operatic elements in the arias
of the Passion, Bach also retained aspects of
Lutheran musical traditions in the piece, notably
in the chorales and in the large choruses at
the start and near the end. The congregation
would have recognised the tunes and words
of the chorales, which were used regularly in
private devotion during the eighteenth century
as well as in church services. It is unclear if the
congregation actually sang the chorales —
which are often stated in unsuitable keys for
untrained voices, or with the melody shrouded
by complicated harmonies — but they
doubtless would have recited the words quietly
to themselves during the performance.
Bach also asserted his Lutheran heritage in the
extended choruses that act as the opening and
penultimate movements. The opening chorus
takes as its starting-point words from Psalm
8 — ‘Herr unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm in
allen Landen herrlich ist’ (‘O Lord our governor,
how excellent is thy name in all the world’) —
but the mood is one of foreboding, created
by the swirling figures in the strings and the
interlocking dissonance in the woodwind.
Further agitation is caused by the pulsing pedal
notes in the bass and the rising sequences
in the voices. By contrast, the penultimate
movement, ‘Ruht wohl’, is a gentle triple-time
dance, with falling figures suggesting the
lowering of Christ into the grave. Indeed, its key
of C minor was associated by Baroque theorists
with sleep (in this case, the sleep of death). By
deploying his substantial ensemble in highly
affective movements such as these choruses,
Bach offered an unprecedented experience for
his congregation in Leipzig.
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The 1724 version of the St John Passion
Bach’s St John Passion had a complex genesis in
which four separate versions can be discerned,
dating from 1724, 1725, c.1732 and 1749. Such
repeated revisions were not unusual in early
eighteenth-century music; a composer would
adapt a piece to the performers available, as
well as to possible external factors such as
the tastes of the audience or patron. Some of
Bach’s changes indeed fall into this category:
for instance, the 1749 version uses an expanded
orchestra, with the continuo section reinforced
by contrabassoon and at least one harpsichord.
Many of Bach’s revisions, however, stem
primarily from an artistic restlessness, a creativity
that sought to refine and perfect his large-scale
compositions. Some of the revisions, particularly
the 1725 version, go beyond simple adaptation
as to change entirely the overall shape and
narrative dynamic of the work. And in addition
to the four versions that can be associated with
specific performances, Bach also began a major
revision of his autograph score of the St John
Passion around 1739. This revision was never
completed, and thus it seems that Bach never
brought the work into a definitive form. As the
Bach scholar Christoph Wolff writes, it might be
more accurate to speak of the St John ‘Passions’.
Today’s concert presents a rare opportunity to
hear Bach’s original conception of the work,
the 1724. A complete score of this version does
not survive, but the first ten movements can
be reconstructed from the parts copied for
Bach’s original performance. It uses the same
order of movements as the 1749 version that is
the normal choice for modern performances.
But there are many small differences in the
melodic writing, which is less elaborate than
in subsequent versions. The vocal lines in the
arias tend to have plain leaps rather than florid
stepwise ornamentation. The alto and tenor
parts in the chorales are less prominent, moving
in the same rhythms as the outer parts rather
than containing their own faster
counter-melodies.
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version, in which he replaced the opening
chorus with a movement later used in the Post-concert drinks
St Matthew Passion (the chorus ‘O Mensch 29 March 2013, 5.30pm
bewein’). To balance this substantial new first Barbican Hall, London
movement, he closed the 1725 version with
a choral setting of the German Agnes Dei Enjoy a drink with musicians and fellow AAM
supporters following our performance of
(‘Christe du Lamm Gottes’). He inserted two
JS Bach’s St John Passion
arias of extreme drama: ‘Zerschmettert mich’,
where musical representations of thunderbolts London open rehearsal
express Peter’s anger at having forsaken Jesus; 4 June 2013, 4.00pm
and ‘Ach windet euch nicht so’, which depicts The Warehouse, London
the writhing of souls and scourging of lashes.
He also included a bass aria (‘Himmel reiße, A chance to watch the orchestra as they
prepare repertoire for their
Welt erbebe’) that incorporates the chorale
London concert series
‘Jesu deine Passion’. Subsequently Bach
removed many of these 1725 insertions,
in part to differentiate the work from the
St Matthew Passion.
The different versions of the St John Passion
usually remain hidden in the appendix of
the complete edition, as an object purely of
scholarly interest. By performing these different
versions, we can gain rare insights into Bach’s
creative process, as well as new perspectives on
one of his best-known works. HOW TO JOIN
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Academy of Ancient Music: our ethos
The history of the AAM is the history of a
revolution. When Christopher Hogwood
founded the orchestra almost forty years ago,
he rejected the decades-old convention of
playing old music in a modern style. Hogwood
and the AAM were inspired by original
performances and, along with musicians across
Europe, were beginning to discover the sound
worlds which Bach, Handel and Haydn would
have known. These bold initial steps would
lead to a radical transformation in musical
performance, allowing baroque and classical
masterworks to be heard anew from that day
to this.
So what’s different about the AAM? Partly it’s the
instruments, which are originals (or faithful copies
of them). The stringed instruments have strings
made of animal gut, not steel; the trumpets have
no valves; the violins and violas don’t have chin-
rests, and the cellists cradle their instruments
between their legs rather than resting them on
the floor. The result is a sound which is bright,
immediate and striking. Additionally, the size
of the orchestra is often smaller, meaning that
every instrument shines through and the original
balance of sound is restored; and where possible
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we play from first edition scores, stripping away
the later additions and annotations of editors
and getting back to composers’ initial notes,
markings and ideas.
There’s also a difference in the way we approach
our music making. Composers prized the
creativity of musicians, expecting them to make
the music come alive and to communicate its
thrill to the audience — an ethos we place at
the heart of all that we do. Very often we don’t
have a conductor, but are directed by one of
the musicians, making for spontaneous, sparky
and engaged performances. It’s not just about
researching the past; it’s about being creative in
the ­present.
“Transmitting the kick of an energy drink”
F I N A N C I A L T I M E S , 2012
In everything we do, we aim to recapture the
intimacy, passion and vitality of music when it
was first composed. The result? Performances
which are full of energy and vibrancy, the
superb artistry and musical imagination of our
players combined with a deep understanding
of the music’s original context.
Academy of Ancient Music: our past, present and future
The AAM was founded in 1973 by Christopher
Hogwood, under whose leadership the orchestra
developed the global reputation for inspirational
music making which continues today. Over
the past forty years the AAM has performed
live on every continent except Antarctica, and
millions of music lovers have heard the orchestra
through its catalogue of over 300 CDs: Brit- and
Grammy-Award-winning recordings of Handel
operas, pioneering accounts of the Beethoven,
Mozart and Haydn symphonies, and discs which
champion neglected composers.
This artistic excellence has been fostered by a
stunning roster of guest artists. Singers Emma
Kirkby, Joan Sutherland and Cecilia Bartoli were
among those performing with the AAM in the
early days, and a range of collaborations with
artists including David Daniels, Alina Ibragimova
and Angelika Kirchschlager continue to inspire
the group with new ideas and fresh approaches.
In 2006 Richard Egarr succeeded Hogwood
as Music Director. Over the past seven years
he has led the orchestra on tours throughout
Europe, the USA and the Far East, and in 2007 he
founded the Choir of the AAM. Recent recordings
include a complete cycle of Handel’s Opp.1–7
instrumental music, released to celebrate the
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250th anniversary of the composer’s death,
and the world-premiere recording of music
by seventeenth-century English composer
Christopher Gibbons. In June 2012 the AAM
was invited to perform at the Thames Diamond
Jubilee Pageant, and in December The Observer
named the AAM’s performance of JS Bach’s The
Art of Fugue at the BBC Proms as one of the top
ten concerts of the year.
The future is just as bright. From September
2013 the AAM will mark its 40th anniversary
with a season of concerts featuring the full
range of the orchestra’s music-making from
Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (1607) to Beethoven’s
Symphony No.9 (1824). International plans
include a major tour of Australia as well as
performances at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw,
the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and the
Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.
The AAM is Associate Ensemble at London’s
Barbican Centre and Orchestra-in-Residence at
the University of Cambridge. In summer 2013 it
will be Resident Ensemble at the National Gallery.
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Richard Egarr director & harpsichord
Richard Egarr brings a joyful sense of adventure
and a keen, enquiring mind to all his music–
making. As well as being an accomplished
conductor, Richard is a brilliant harpsichordist
and equally skilled on the organ, fortepiano and
modern pianos. His many roles include directing
from the keyboard, playing concertos and
giving solo recitals, and he relishes the chance
to talk about music at every opportunity.
Richard trained as a choirboy at York Minster, at
Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester and
as organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge.
His studies with early music pioneers Gustav
and Marie Leonhardt further inspired his work in
the field of historical performance.
Richard was appointed Music Director of
the AAM in 2006, since when he has led the
orchestra on tours to four continents and in
a number of acclaimed recordings. Richard is
also involved with a number of other period
ensembles: he appears in America with the
Handel and Haydn Society and Portland
Baroque, and with Philharmonia Baroque in San
Francisco. He has performed as a soloist with
The English Concert and the Orchestra of the
Age of Enlightenment.
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In 2007 Richard established the Choir of the
AAM, and operas and oratorios lie at the heart
of his repertoire. He regularly appears at the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with, among
others, the Netherlands Opera Company; and
in 2007 he made his Glyndebourne debut in a
staged performance of JS Bach’s St Matthew
Passion. Richard is also renowned as an
inspiration for young musicians: alongside
his teaching position at the Amsterdam
Conservatoire, he has regular relationships with
the Britten–Pears Foundation in Aldeburgh and
with the Netherlands Opera Academy.
Richard is increasingly sought after by non–
period orchestras. He appears regularly with
the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and
the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was appointed
Associate Artist with the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra in December 2011.
“Egarr’s energy and sustained vitality
is breathtaking”
B B C M U S I C M A G A Z I N E , M A R C H 2013
Richard has performed as a soloist throughout
Europe, Japan and the USA, and his solo
recording output comprises works by
Frescobaldi, Orlando Gibbons, Couperin, Purcell,
Froberger, Mozart and JS Bach. For many years
he formed an “unequalled duo for violin and
keyboard” (Gramophone) with violinist Andrew
Manze, which resulted in acclaimed concerts
and award-winning recordings of music from
Stylus Phantasticus to Mozart and Schubert.
Richard has directed the AAM in recordings by
JS Bach, including the Brandenburg Concertos;
in a complete cycle of Handel’s Opp.1-7
instrumental music which has won MIDEM,
Edison and Gramophone Awards; and, most
recently, in music by forgotten composer
Christopher Gibbons.
Richard lives in Amsterdam with his wife
and daughter.
James Gilchrist Evangelist
James’ musical education began in church
choirs and as a cellist. He went on to become a
treble in the Choir of New College, Oxford and a
tenor in the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
He began working life as a doctor, before in
1996 turning to a career as a musician.
Since then, James has had a vibrant and
frequent association with the Academy of
Ancient Music. He sang Damon in Handel’s
Acis and Galatea at the BBC Proms under Paul
Goodwin, Ugone in Flavio in Birmingham and
London, and recently took the part of the
tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem at Symphony
Hall, Birmingham with Richard Egarr. As a
keen exponent of contemporary music, James
sang in the world-premiere performance and
recording of John Taverner’s Total Eclipse with
the AAM.
James Gilchrist on Bach’s St John Passion
“ Bach never wrote an opera, and I suppose the Passion settings are as close as he got. I see the
Passion unfolding as a moment when the barriers between the musicians and the audience come
down for a moment, and people start to interact with the story as a piece of drama. That’s why this
work lives for me time and time again.
”
Hear more of James’ thoughts in an exclusive podcast recorded in January for our Passion blog.
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James’ musical appearances have, however,
been eclectically broad, ranging in scale from
Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge with
the Endellion String Quartet to Britten’s War
Requiem and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
at the Three Choirs Festival. As a recitalist he
has performed music by Schumann, Finzi and
Poulenc on BBC Radio 3 with pianist Anna
Tilbrook, as well as maintaining a partnership
with harpist Alison Nicholls. He has recently
released a disc of Finzi song cycles ‘Oh Fair to
See’, and a disc of Elizabethan lute songs ‘When
Laura Smiles’ with Matthew Wadsworth.
James’ appearances on the concert stage are
numerous. Highlights from the twentieth
century repertoire include Britten’s Serenade for
Tenor, Horn and Strings at The Sage Gateshead
and Owen Wingrave with the City of London
Sinfonia at Cadogan Hall. He has also performed
works by Gilbert and Sullivan and Tippett. He
is also well known for his performances of
baroque and classical repertoire. He appeared
with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra under
Sir John Eliot Gardiner in their celebrated Bach
Pilgrimage, and has performed the Christmas
Oratorio with Ton Koopman and Mendelssohn’s
arrangement of JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion
with the OAE. James has performed many
Handel operas, including Alexander’s Feast
in Salzburg, Saul in Hamburg and Athalia in
Cologne, and he has appeared in Messiah with
both the San Francisco and Detroit symphony
orchestras.
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Matthew Rose Christ
In 2006 Matthew Rose made an acclaimed debut at the
Glyndebourne Festival as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, for which he received the John Christie Award. Other
highlights have included included Sparafucile in Verdi’s Rigoletto at
Covent Garden; Colline in Puccini’s La bohème at the Metropolitan
Opera; Figaro in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Bayerische
Staatsoper in Munich and Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
In recital his appearances include the Wigmore Hall, the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Brighton, Edinburgh, Chester
and Cheltenham International Festivals.
A Grammy Award winning artist, he has recorded prolifically.
Ashley Riches Pilate
Ashley Riches studied Opera at the Guildhall School of Music &
Drama and read English at Cambridge University, where he sang in
the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge under Stephen Cleobury.
In concert he has given performances of Mozart’s Requiem with
David Hill and the Bach Choir in the Royal Festival Hall, Britten’s
War Requiem with Jan Latham-Koenig and Novaya Opera, Moscow,
Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 and Brahms’ German Requiem with
Stephen Cleobury, Fauré’s Requiem with Sir David Willcocks and
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs with John Rutter.
He recently sang several Handel arias for a David Starkey TV series
“Music and Monarchy” with the AAM and Richard Egarr.
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Elizabeth Watts won the Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize at the BBC
Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2007. In the same year
she was awarded the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the Cannes
MIDEM Classique Awards and the previous year the Kathleen Ferrier
Award. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Southbank
Centre, and a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
Her critically acclaimed debut recording of Schubert Lieder for SONY
Red Seal was followed in 2011 by an equally acclaimed disc of Bach
Cantatas for Harmonia Mundi.
A regular AAM guest artist, Elizabeth last joined us in December
2012 to perform Vivaldi in the UK and France.
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Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly studied at the Royal College of Music.
She was made a CBE in the 2010 New Year Honours.
Her recent appearances have included Dido in Purcell’s
Dido and Aeneas at Covent Garden and at La Scala; Komponist in
Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos; the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare and
Brangäne in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Glyndebourne Festival;
Sesto in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
and the title role in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at the Bayerische
Staatsoper, Munich.
As well as performing internationally, she is a prolific recording artist,
twice nominated for a Grammy Award.
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Andrew Kennedy studied at King’s College, Cambridge and the Royal
College of Music in London. He was a member of the Young Artists
Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and of BBC
Radio 3’s New Generation Artists Scheme.
Andrew has appeared on the stages of ENO, the Royal Opera House,
Glyndebourne and La Scala in performances of repertoire from
Mozart to Britten. In concert he has performed Finzi’s Intimations
of Immortality with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Elgar’s Spirit
of England at the Last Night of the BBC Proms in 2007. Equally
passionate about song repertoire, Andrew gives numerous recitals
in Europe and the UK and appears regularly with the pianists Julius
Drake, Roger Vignoles, Iain Burnside and Malcolm Martineau.
Christopher Purves bass
Born in Cambridge, Christopher Purves was a choral scholar at King’s
College, Cambridge where he studied English. On leaving university
he joined the highly innovative rock and roll group Harvey and
the Wallbangers, touring and recording, before he was offered the
opportunity to sing in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale with Opera 80.
Further operatic appearances include Marco in Puccini’s Gianni
Schicchi at Covent Garden and Balstrode in Britten’s Peter Grimes for
Opera North, the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and The General
in James Macmillan’s The Sacrifice for Welsh National Opera, Handel‘s
Alcina at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and Sharpless in
Anthony Minghella’s production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly for
English National Opera.
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Academy of Ancient Music
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Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
Celebrating Christmas with a festive Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven
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John Everett Kay Brock LVO DL * Emeritus ­Director Communications Assistant
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James Golob Elizabeth de Friend * ­CBE
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Heather Jarman John Everett * Chief ­Executive Rebecca Driver
Christopher Purvis CBE Matthew Ferrey * Michael ­Garvey
(Chairman) Andrew Gairdner MBE * Head of Finance
John Reeve James Golob * Head of Projects & Elaine ­Hendrie
Terence Sinclair John Grieves * Administration
Dr Christopher Tadgell Linda Lakhdhir * Samantha Martin Head of Fundraising
Janet Unwin Annie Norton * Simon ­Fairclough
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The AAM Society
On 17 September 1973, 23 musicians gathered
in Richmond to record Arne’s Eight Overtures
under the young director Christopher Hogwood.
Nobody travelling to the church that morning
could have begun to imagine that the Academy
of Ancient Music (as Hogwood had christened
the group) would be in flourishing health 40
years later.
Funded by Decca the AAM began to build a
pioneering discography. Over the next 25 years
it released more recordings than any other
period instrument orchestra in the world, and
gave thousands of performances at the finest
concert halls on every continent.
By the late 1990s, when Hogwood began to
plan for the appointment of his successor,
the world was changing. The record industry
was in decline, and financial pressures facing
international concert halls meant that the
generous performing fees of old were no longer
available. Putting down roots at home in the
UK had become a pressing priority.
In 2000, founder-members of the AAM Society
contributed £10,000 to fund the orchestra’s first
London season. It was AAM Society members
too who financed the establishment of the
orchestra’s residency at Cambridge, and who
provided the support needed to appoint
Richard Egarr as Hogwood’s successor. Over
the last decade, the generosity of an ever-
expanding group of supporters has transformed
the AAM from a private enterprise directed by
Hogwood into a major charitable institution
Why we support the AAM
“ We love the AAM’s excellent performances, academic depth and innovative programming, and as AAM
Society members we share the musical life of this superb ensemble project by project. The AAM is as
welcoming and friendly as it is enlightening, and as professional behind the scenes as it is on stage!
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which continues his work beyond his active
involvement.
The strength of support offered by Society
members and other funders has enabled the
AAM to develop an ambitious vision for the
next stage of its development. It recently
established the AAMplify new generation
programme to nurture the audiences,
performers and arts managers of the future;
in January 2012 it was appointed as Associate
Ensemble at the Barbican Centre; and it is now
working to establish its own record label.
The orchestra’s supporters have risen
magnificently to the challenge of funding
the initial costs of these developments, and
the greatest priority now is to make the step-
change permanent. You can help us to do so
by joining their number.
Because the AAM is a charity it can claim Gift
Aid on donations, boosting their value by
25%. Even better, the orchestra has received
a generous challenge grant which means
that every pound donated by a new Society
member will be matched.
We would be thrilled to welcome you as a
member — and your support would enable
us to enrich more lives than ever before with
our music.
To find out more please contact Oriel Williams,
our Fundraising Manager, on 01223 341093 or
o.williams@aam.co.uk.
”
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Thank you
The AAM is indebted to the following trusts, companies, public
bodies and individuals for their support of the orchestra’s work:
AAM Business Club Trusts and foundations
Cambridge University ­Press The Backstage Trust
Kleinwort ­Benson CHK Charities ­Ltd
Royal Bank of Canada Dunard ­Fund
John Ellerman ­Foundation
Public funders Esmée Fairbairn ­Foundation
Fidelity UK ­Foundation
Arts Council England Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Orchestras ­Live J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable ­Trust
Cambridge City ­Council Newby Trust ­Ltd
Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary ­Settlement
Constance Travis Charitable ­Trust
Garfield Weston ­Foundation
and other anonymous trusts and foundations

The AAM S­ ociety

Special gifts Mr and Mrs Graham Brown Oriel Williams
The Academy of Ancient Music extends its Jo and Keren B ­ utler Peter and Margaret ­Wynn
grateful thanks to Richard and Elena Bridges, Sir Charles ­Chadwyck-­Healey ­Bt Julia Yorke
Matthew Ferrey and Lady Sainsbury of Turville, Peter Stormonth Darling and other anonymous B ­ enefactors
who have supported the orchestra’s work at a Kate Donaghy
particularly significant level this y­ ear. The Hon Simon E­ ccles Donors
The Hon William Gibson (Donations £250 – £499)
The Chairman’s C ­ ircle Elma Hawkins and Charles R ­ ichter Angela and Roderick Ashby-­Johnson
(Donations £20,000–£49,999 per annum) Lord Hindlip Elisabeth and Bob Boas *
Matthew ­Ferrey John McFadden and Lisa Kabnick * Mrs Nicky Brown
CHK Charities ­Ltd Steven Larcombe and Sonya Leydecker Jeremy J ­Bunting
Mr and Mrs C N ­ orton Mr Alexander Chadd
The Hogwood C ­ ircle Lionel and Lynn P ­ ersey Dr and Mrs S C ­ hallah
(Donations £10,000 - £19,999 per annum) Mr and Mrs Charles R ­ awlinson David and Elizabeth C ­ hallen
Lord and Lady M ­ agan Mark and Elizabeth Ridley Cottisford Trust
Christopher and Phillida Purvis * Simon Robey Stephen and Debbie D ­ ance
Mrs Julia ­Rosier Sir Konrad and Lady Schiemann * Derek and Mary Draper
Dr Christopher and Lady Juliet ­Tadgell JG ­Stanford Beatrice and Charles G ­ oldie
Lady Linda Wong Davies (KT Wong Foundation) Mr Michael Stump Steven and Madelaine G ­ unders
John and Madeleine ­Tattersall Gemma and Lewis Morris H ­ all
Principal ­Patrons Marcellus and Katharine Taylor-­Jones Mrs Helen ­Higgs
(Donations £5,000 –­ £9,999 per annum) Stephen Thomas Lord and Lady Jenkin of R ­ oding
Richard and Elena Bridges Sarah Williams Alison ­Knocker
Christopher Hogwood CBE * Mrs R Wilson S­ tephens Richard ­Lockwood
Mrs Sheila ­Mitchell Charles ­Woodward Annie Middlemiss
Newby Trust Ltd * and other anonymous Principal B ­ enefactors Yvonne de la Praudière
Chris and Ali Rocker Jane Rabagliati and Raymond Cross
Terence and Sian Sinclair Benefactors Robin and Jane R ­ aw
and other anonymous Principal P ­ atrons (Donations £500 – £999) Martin ­Randall
Dr Aileen Adams C ­ BE Arthur L Rebell and Susan B C ­ ohen
Patrons Bill and Sue B­ lyth Denys ­Robinson
(Donations £2,500 – £4,999 per annum) Claire Brisby and John Brisby QC * Mr and Mrs Timothy Robinson
Lady Alexander of ­Weedon Mr and Mrs Edward Davies-­Gilbert Michael and Giustina R ­ yan
Adam and Sara B ­ roadbent Charles Dumas Alison Salt and David Mackinlay
Clive and Helena B ­ utler Mr and Mrs J­ ean-­Marie ­Eveillard Miss E M S­ chlossmann
Richard and Elizabeth de Friend Simon Fairclough Michael Smith
Mr and Mrs JE E­ verett Marshall ­Field Rt Hon Sir Murray S­ tuart-­Smith *
Mr and Mrs James G ­ olob Michael and Michele Foot CBE Robin ­Vousden
Sir Nicholas and Lady Goodison * Wendy and Andrew G ­ airdner MBE Paul F. Wilkinson and Associates I­nc.
John and Ann G ­ rieves Hon William ­Gibson Tony and Jackie Yates-Watson
Graham and Amanda Hutton The Hon Mr and Mrs Philip H ­ avers and other anonymous D ­ onors
David and Linda Lakhdhir Professor Sean ­Hilton * denotes founder m ­ ember
Mark and Liza L­ oveday Dr and Mrs G and W Hoffman
Nigel and Hilary Pye * Heather Jarman *
John and Joyce Reeve Susan ­Latham
Mark West Tessa ­Mayhew
and other anonymous P ­ atrons Mr and Mrs Hideto Nakahara
Nick and Margaret P ­ arker
Principal ­Benefactors Bruno Schroder and family
(Donations £1,000 – £2,499 per annum) Victoria Sharp
John and Gilly Baker Peter ­Thomson
George and Kay B­ rock Janet Unwin
Mrs D ­Broke Pippa Wicks

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