James MacMillan brings us echoes of Latin motets, Gregorian chant, Bach chorales and Scottish folk accents in a modern re-telling of the St. John Passion
Good Friday Dublin
Broadcast recording:
https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/lyric-live/2025/0418/1508441-rte-lyric-live-friday-18-april-2025/

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Review:
https://theartsdesk.com/classical-music/macmillan-st-john-passion-boylan-national-symphony-orchestra-chorus-hill-nch-dublin

"professional voices as collective narrator (Chamber Choir Ireland directed by Paul Hillier, no less), a committed amateur chorus, top-notch orchestra, knockout soloist Sean Boylan "