March 20 and 21
Cantata
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
St. John Passion
Bach composed his St. John Passion during his first year in Leipzig. It was first performed at the St. Nicholas Church on Good Friday, April 7, 1724. Recitatives and arias dramatize the scripture text while poetic arias reflect on the meaning of Christ’s Passion for us.
Join us one hour prior to each performance in the Sanctuary at Grace for a pre-service lecture by Carl Grapentine on the St. John Passion. Grapentine regularly presents pre-concert lectures for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Music of the Baroque, and enjoyed a 46-year career in classical music radio, including 25 years as host of the Morning Program on Chicago’s classical music station, WFMT.
The Passion will be presented in concert without intermission.
Admission is free; a free-will offering will be received.
Saturday, March 20, 7:00 p.m. (Preview lecture at 6:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 21, 4:00 p.m. (Preview lecture at 3:00 p.m.)
Only the Sunday, March 21 performance will be streamed.
Musicians
Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra
in collaboration with Consonance–Chicago Choral Artists
Grace Cantor Michael D. Costello, conducting
Hoss Brock, tenor (Evangelist)
Aaron Wardell, bass-baritone (Jesus)
Peter Wesoloski, baritone (Peter/Pilate)
Carolyne DalMonte, soprano
Sarah Ponder, mezzo-soprano
Brian Skoog, tenor
Daniel Eifert, bass
