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The greatest music of the 18th century – no arguments, please – is given a fine reading at London's Barbican. 

L'Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment et Mark Padmore proposent au TCE une Passion selon saint Jean de Bach solide et ciselée mais par endroit trop contenue. 

This Evangelist had just come straight from Golgotha, where he had witnessed events so momentous he was compelled to recount them at once.

It was unfair to pair the exquisite madrigals and songs of Barbara Strozzi with a weighty piece by Monteverdi.