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Evangelical fervour: Dunedin Consort's St Matthew Passion at Wigmore Hall

By Roy Westbrook, 13 April 2022
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“more Leipzig 1736 than Edwardian London”
Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 12 April 2022
Programme
Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Performers
Dunedin Consort
Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor, Director
Stephan Loges, Bass-baritone
Fflur Wyn, Soprano
Anna Dennis, Soprano
Claudia Huckle, Contralto
Amy Lyddon, Soprano
David Lee, Tenor
William Gaunt, Bass
Claire Evans, Soprano
Julia Doyle, Soprano
Tom Kelly, Tenor
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Roy Westbrook
Roy Westbrook
Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.