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dunedin consort, kelvingrove art gallery & museum, Glasgow

To be honest, my preference would have been to hear John Butt direct his choristers and instrumental ensemble in his liturgical revision of Bach's John Passion in the more intimate acoustic of Perth's St John's Kirk this evening, the day of release of their recording of the work.

That turned out a good instinct when Professor Butt revealed in his preparatory remarks that the mighty Kelvingrove organ would not be deployed for the organ preludes included in this version because the choir had learned only that afternoon that it was inoperable. Someone at Glasgow Life should be carpeted for that.Butt's intro was also an invitation to the audience to join in three congregational chorales in his score, insisting that a little "heterophony" in the performance would not be a problem. Until the familiar closing Now Thank We All Our God, only the more confident took up the challenge.

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