Bach: The Great Passion is a 2017 biographical radio play by the English writer James Runcie, dealing with the inception and premiere of the St Matthew Passion. It premiered on BBC Radio 4 on 15 April 2017, with Simon Russell Beale in the title role, directed by Eoin O'Callaghan and produced by Marilyn Imrie.
Premiere cast Johann Sebastian Bach - Simon Russell Beale Anna Magdalena Bach - Melody Grove Christian Henrici - Al Weaver Stefan Meissner - Adam Greaves Neal Paul Christian Stolle, one of Bach's pupils - Stephen Boxer Salomon Deyling - David Horovitch Johann Gottlieb Gorner - Tom Goodman-Hill Herman - Ewan Rutherford Bach's Child - Damon Denton-Snape
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