Bach: The Great Passion
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British radio programme
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Bach: The Great Passion is a 2017 biographical radio play by the English writer James Runcie, dealing with the inception and premiere of the St Matthew Passion.[1] It premiered on BBC Radio 4 on 15 April 2017, with Simon Russell Beale in the title role, directed by Eoin O'Callaghan and produced by Marilyn Imrie.
Premiere cast
[edit ]- Johann Sebastian Bach - Simon Russell Beale
- Anna Magdalena Bach - Melody Grove
- Christian Henrici - Al Weaver
- Stefan Meissner - Adam Greaves Neal
- Paul Christian Stolle, one of Bach's pupils[2] - Stephen Boxer
- Salomon Deyling - David Horovitch
- Johann Gottlieb Gorner - Tom Goodman-Hill
- Herman - Ewan Rutherford
- Bach's Child - Damon Denton-Snape