Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Musicologist Leo Duarte introduces the British Library's manuscript copies of Handel's Brockes-Passion. 300 years from the first known performance (Hamburg, Holy week, 1719), the Academy of Ancient Music re-discovered this neglected masterpiece with a new edition of the music, new translation, new recording, and a concert performance on Good Friday 2019 at London's Barbican Hall.

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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
tenor: Gwilym Bowen
director & harpsichord: Steven Devine
leader: Bojan Cicic

Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
August 2018
Music Producer: Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Dave Rowell
Filming: Guy Wigmore

Project: Season Sessions 18-19; Handel's Brockes-Passion
with grateful thanks to the AAM Strategic Recording Fund