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© Michael Wharley
Markus Passion: Die Sebastians und Chatham Baroque
New York, Corpus Christi Church
Über die Veranstaltung
Erleben Sie klassische Musik wie nie zuvor in dieser erstaunlichen Aufführung von Meisterwerken Johann Sebastian Bachs in der bemerkenswerten Corpus Christi Church in New York.
J. S. Bach schrieb Passionsvertonungen zu den Evangelien Markus sowie Matthäus und Johannes — zwei der größten künstlerischen Werke aller Zeiten. Kurz nach Bachs Tod im Jahr 1750 wurde das Manuskript der Markus‐Passion von seinem Sohn C.P.E. an seinen Verleger Johann Breitkopf übergeben, ging dann aber verloren.
Die neue Markus‐Ausgabe des Musikwissenschaftlers Malcolm Bruno ist eine geniale Rekonstruktion, die auf Material aus anderen Werken Bachs zurückgreift. Mit vier Sängern, 14 Instrumentalisten und einer einzigartigen Rolle für einen Schauspieler als Evangelist.
Diese allererste szenische Version geht auf Tournee nach Großbritannien und an die Westküste, aber nicht bevor sie in Pittsburgh (11. April) und am Palmsonntag im MB1800 in einem Meilenstein für Alte Musik gemeinsam uraufgeführt wird. In der Hauptrolle: der kultige Schauspieler Joseph Marcell (Royal Shakespeare Company, The Fresh Prince of Bel‐Air).
Programm
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Markus‐Passion, BMV 247
Besetzung / Stab
Joseph Marcell, Schauspieler
Pascale Beaudin, Sopran
Cody Bowers, Countertenor
James Reese, Tenor
Jonathan Woody, Bass
Jeffrey Grossman Regie & Cembalo
Bearbeitung und Regie: Bill Barclay
Redaktion: Malcolm Bruno
Produktion: Concert Theatre Works
Auftragswerk:
Oregon Bach Festival
The Sebastians mit Chatham Baroque
Emi Ferguson, Flöte
Mei Yoshimura Stone, Flöte
Priscilla Herreid, Oboe d'amore
Caroline Giassi, Oboe d'amore
Daniel Lee, Violine
Andrew Fouts (Chatham Baroque), Violine
Shelby Yamin, Viola
Patricia Halverson (Chatham Baroque), Viola da Gamba
Caroline Nicolas, Viola da Gamba
Ezra Seltzer, Violoncello
Nathaniel Chase, Kontrabass
Scott Pauley (Chatham Baroque), Theorbe
Kevin Payne, Theorbe
Jeffrey Grossman, Orgel, Cembalo, Musikdirektor
Künstler
| Ensemble: | The Sebastians |
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| Ensemble: | Chatham Baroque |
Johann Sebastian Bach
The name Bach and the word musician had long been synonyms in Germany as the world saw 56 musicians from this kin. But it was Johann Sebastian Bach, a genius composer and virtuoso organ player, who shed lustre on his family name. He was born on th 31st of March 1685 in Eisenach, a small town in Thuringia. At the age of 10 he became an orphan and was brought up by his elder brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist in a neighbouring town. His brother was the one to teach music to the young Johann Sebastian. Later he moved to Luneburg where he attended a church school and mastered the techniques of playing violin, viola, piano and organ by the age of 17. Besides that, Bach was a choir singer and later after his voice broke he became a chanter’s assistant. In 1703 Bach was hired as a court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst III. He earned such a good reputation there that he was later invited to Arnstadt to be an organist at the New Church, where he wrote his best organ works. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig to be a chantor at St. Thomas Church where he stayed until his death of a stroke in 1750. In the year of his death he had undergone unsuccessful eye surgery which lead him to lose his eyesight. During that strenuous time his second wife Anna Magdalena helped him to write his last musical pieces. Bach’s artistic legacy is vast. He created compositions in all genres of the time: oratorias, cantatas, masses, motets, music for organ, piano and violin.
Adresse
Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street, New York, USA — Google Maps
