Luther in Worms: a work of its time at Göttingen

By Catriona Graham, 22 May 2017

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Reviewed at St Johannis Kirche, Göttingen on 21 May 2017

Meinardus, Luther in Worms

Bernd Eberhardt, Conductor

Stephanie Henke, Katarina

Clemens Löschmann, Justus Jonas, Kaiser Karl V

Andreas Scheibner, Luther

Jürgen Orelly, Georg Frundsberg, Glapio, Kurfürst Friedrich der Weise, Ulrich von Hutten

Anna Haase, Marta

Göttinger Stadtkantorei

Göttingen Symphony Orchestra

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Catriona Graham

Catriona Graham has been attending concerts and operas since childhood. She saw the 1966 Scottish Opera production of Albert Herring and the 1967 production of Cosi fan tutte, with Janet Baker. Her interest in early music was piqued by studying the troubadours at university.