The Yale Institute of Sacred Music Presents:
Christ’s Passion in Context: Symposium and Musical Offerings
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion (1725 version)
Yale Schola Cantorum
Simon Carrington, conductor
Saturday, April 1, 8:00 p.m.
St. Mary’s Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven
Soloists:
Derek Chester, the Evangelist
Douglas Williams, Jesus
Abigail Haynes and Mellissa Hughes,soprano
Ian Howell and Sylvia Ryder, alto
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Joshua Copeland, bass
Pre-concert talk at 7:00pm:
“John Meets Matthew: The Second Version of Bach’s St. John Passion”
Markus Rathey, Assistant Professor of Music History, Yale University
Collection of Musical Instruments
15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven
Marcel Dupré: Le chemin de la croix, op. 29
Martin Jean, organ
Sunday, April 2, 5:00 p.m.
to be performed in the context of a traditional service of the Stations of the Cross
Christ Church Episcopal, 84 Broadway, New Haven
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Yale Camerata
Marguerite Brooks, conductor
Sunday, April 9, 3:00 p.m.
Woolsey Hall, New Haven
Soloists:
Thomas Cooley, the Evangelist
David Arnold, Jesus
Julia Blue Raspe, Soprano
Judith Malafronte, Mezzo-Soprano
Jeffrey Douma, Tenor
Andrew Wentzel, Bass
with
Edward Clark, Organ
Stephen Rapp, Organ
Steven Thomas, Cello
Pre-concert talk at 2:00pm:
“Staffing the St. Matthew Passion Then and Now”
Daniel Melamed, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies, Indiana University School of Music
President’s Room
Second floor of Woolsey Hall
Christ’s Passion in Context
A Symposium on Theological, Historical, and Artistic Considerations of the Passion
“Passion Narratives in the Gospels”
Adela Yarbro Collins, Yale University
“Seeing with the Heart: The Passion of Christ in the Theology and Culture of Early Lutheranism”
Guy Erwin, California Lutheran University
“Sacred Blood: the Rehabilitation of Human Sacrifice”
Jaime Lara, Yale University
Saturday, April 8, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (with refreshments).
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, New Haven
Register free online or by calling 203-432-3220.