Rogers

Rottsolk

Reutter-Harrah

Chester

Bouvier

Copeland

Olsen

Carter

Sheehan

Stafford

Wesley Rogers tenor (Evangelista)
Joshua Copeland baritone (Christus)

Clara Rottsolk soprano
Anne-Kathryn Olsen soprano
Jay Carter countertenor
Danielle Reutter-Harrah alto
Derek Chester tenor
Aaron Sheehan tenor
Mischa Bouvier baritone
Robert Stafford baritone

with the American Bach Choir
and Pacific Boychoir

In Bach's rarely performed early version of the world's greatest passion setting, the dramatic narrative is heightened by the intensity of its orchestration that renders the immediacy of the passion story in finely honed detail. This first version manuscript – handed down to us via Bach's principal assistant (and son-in-law) Johann Christoph Altnickol – transparently reveals in unclouded relief the exact proportions of Bach's forces. These performances will feature the use of one of Bach's favorite keyboard instruments, the Lautenwerk or lute-harpsichord.

These performances are generously sponsored by
Hugh Davies & Kaneez Munjee.

ABS' St. Matthew Passion recording