Live from the PROMS: PROM 66 at 7 p.m. (British time) Programme J. S. BACH: St Matthew Passion (staging by Peter Sellars; sung in German) Interval – In Proms Plus Intro, Peter Sellars offers an insight into his semi-staged production of Bach's St Matthew Passion in conversation with Ian Skelly.
Cast
Evangelist ..... Mark Padmore (tenor)
Christus ..... Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Topi Lehtipuu (tenor)
Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
Choristers from Wells and Winchester Cathedrals
Berlin Radio Choir
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor).