Grand Finale: The Cantata Hour (p

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 Oboe 1: Jeanette Zyko Violin 2: Isabella Gorman; Nicholas Kitchen Oboe 2: Yi-Ping Chen Viola 1: Steven Baloue English Horn: Miguel Ramirez Viola 2: Jessica Embach Bassoon: Suzanne Pattison Cellos: Yeesun Kim; Benjamin Fried Trumpet: Nick Harvey Double Bass: Misha Bjerken Organ Continuo: Florence Jowers