Hallé Orchestra - Seven Last Words from the Cross

The Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Sir James MacMillan, performs Bach, Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov and MacMillan's Seven Last Words from the Cross with the BBC Singers.

The Hallé Orchestra presents an Easter Festival programme of music exploring suffering and solace, conducted by Sir James MacMillan. Bach's motet Komm, Jesu, komm opens the evening, followed by the Good Friday Music from Wagner's Parsifal and Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture. The concert closes with MacMillan's Seven Last Words from the Cross, performed with the BBC Singers and conducted by the composer himself.