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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. [1] 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.
James Robert Runcie (born 7 May 1959) [1] is a British novelist, documentary filmmaker, television producer and playwright. [2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at Bath Spa University and was Commissioning Editor for Arts on BBC Radio 4 from 2016 - 2020.
The Grantchester Mysteries is a series of cosy mystery crime fiction books of short stories by the British author James Runcie, [1] beginning during the 1950s in Grantchester, a village near Cambridge in England. The books feature the clergyman-detective Canon Sidney Chambers, an Honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral.
The oratorio Passion, made famous by Johann Sebastian Bach in his St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, is the style that is most familiar to the modern listener. It makes use of recitative to tell the Passion narrative and initially intersperses reflective chorales but later arias and choruses as well.
Runcie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie , American pianist and composer
Constance Runcie is the author of works including short stories, plays and music compositions. Selected works include: Literary: The Burning Question non-fiction; Divinely Led non-fiction; Woman, an essay; The Bab, a novel [3] She composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble and a number of songs. Selected works include: Hear Us, Oh, Hear Us; Round ...
The work was commissioned by Helmuth Rilling, from the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart in 1996 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach.It was initially conceived to pay homage to Bach's St Matthew Passion, as part of a project called Passion 2000, in which Wolfgang Rihm, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Tan Dun also took part.
Margaret Runcie born Margaret Mary Power (19 October 1925 – 23 December 2022) was a Scottish-based pony breeder who won 18 Gold Medals at the Royal Highland Show. Life [ edit ]