John Butt
Born: 17th November 1960, Solihull, England
Nationality: British
John Butt is an English orchestral and choral conductor, organist, harpsichordist and scholar. He holds the Gardiner Chair of Music at the University of Glasgow and is music director of the Dunedin Consort with whom he has made award-winning recordings in historically informed performance. He is a prolific scholar, conductor and performer of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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John Butt on Bach's elusive St Mark Passion (and theatrical Handel)
4th Sep 2025
The conductor of the Dunedin Consort talks about his upcoming performance of an innovative hybrid reconstruction of Bach's fragmentary third Passion setting, and his recent recording of dramatic Handel cantatas featuring soprano Nardus Williams.
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John Butt on Monteverdi's Vespers 1610
18th Sep 2017
John Butt talks to David about his new recording of Monteverdi's majestic Vespers with the Dunedin Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
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Handel: Samson
Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Sophie Bevan(soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Vitali Rozynko (bass-baritone) Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Handel in Rome
Nardus Williams (soprano) The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Dunedin Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, John Butt
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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