Nick Pritchard, tenor (Evangelist)
Florian Störtz, bass (Jesus)
Carolyn Sampson and Jone Martínez, soprano
Alexander Chance and Matthias Dähling, alto
Hugo Hymas, tenor
Timothy Edlin, bass
Sister period-music ensembles the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir—the gold standard in Baroque performance for decades—join forces with conductor Masaaki Suzuki for a very special US performance of Bach’s crowning masterpiece during its 300th anniversary year. The majestic and powerfully dramatic St. Matthew Passion sets the 26th and 27th chapters of the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew to music with interspersed chorales and arias, and is scored for massive forces: a double choir, double orchestra, and vocal soloists. Bach’s transcendent oratorio conveys the story’s intense human drama and moral dilemma, as recounted here by featured soloists Nick Pritchard as the Evangelist and Florian Störtz as Jesus.
This performance is made possible in part by Susan Graham Harrison.
| BACH | St. Matthew Passion |
Program notes will be available approximately one week before the performance.
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