7:30 PM
Grand Finale: The Cantata Hour
Our day-long celebration journeys from darkness to light, beginning with the lament of indescribable grief from The St. John Passion, and concluding with two of Bach’s most heartfelt cantatas, from sorrow to serenity.
- Program -
Aria, Es ist Vollbracht from St. John Passion, BWV 245 Cantata BWV 12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen Cantata BWV 140 Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme SOLOISTS Sheila Dietrich, soprano Brian Thorsett, tenor Biraj Barkakaty, countertenor Adrian Smith, bass Cecelia McKinley, contralto
CHAMBER CHOIR Soprano
Nancy Dennis, Sarah Grove-Humphries, Autry Harper, Anne-Michele Maher, Jennifer Roe, Megan Sharp, Kaitlyn Townsend
Alto
Erin Blackwood, Laura Douglass, Charles Humphries, Jonathan Schakel, Narumi Sousa, Anne Stanford
Tenor
Sean Dye, Jonathan Greer, Aaron Reichert, Joel VanderZee
Bass
Matthew Hunsberger, Sam Kauffman, Jeffrey Smoker, Brian Sousa
ORCHESTRA Conductor: Paul Weber Violin I: Strauss Shi; Liana Branscome Violin 2: Isabella Gorman; Nicholas Kitchen Viola 1: Steven Baloue Viola 2: Jessica Embach Cellos: Yeesun Kim; Benjamin Fried Double Bass: Misha Bjerken
Oboe 1: Jeanette Zyko Oboe 2: Yi-Ping Chen English Horn: Miguel Ramirez Bassoon: Suzanne Pattison Trumpet: Nick Harvey Organ Continuo: Florence Jowers
