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Gabriel Jackson’s compelling new Passion at Merton College, Oxford

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Reviewed at Merton College Chapel, Oxford on 4 April 2014
Jackson, The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ (World Premiere)
Works by Bach
Hough, Other (World Premiere)
Laukvik, Other (World Premiere)
Martin, Other (World Premiere)
Oxford Choir of Merton College
William Whitehead, Organ
Emma Tring, Soprano
Nick Pritchard, Tenor
Benjamin Nicholas, Conductor
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Academy of Ancient Music delivers a majestic Messiah
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Bach cantatas, American spirituals, global calamity
***11
Hymns of praise: a stirring climax to Schiff's Mendelssohn cycle
****1
A rare Handel pastoral ode at Carnegie Hall
****1
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