The San Diego Bach Collegium: The Passion

Our “Early Music Ensemble-in-Residence,” the Bach Collegium, performs Bach’s Passion on Palm Sunday under the direction of Reuben Valenzuela

Aaron Sheehan E V A N G E L I S T

Claire Fedoruk SOPRANO

Katherine Growdon MEZZO-SOPRANO

Pablo Cora TENOR

Michael Blinco C H R I S T U S

Mischa Bouvier P I L A T U S

 J.S. Bach’s contract as Cantor of St. Thomas’ church in Leipzig

stipulated––“In order to preserve the good order in the churches, [he would]

so arrange the music that it shall not make an operatic impression, but

rather incite the listeners to devotion”. J.S. Bach's fusion of the liturgical and

the dramatic provides a view of Christ’s final hours, and the Christian

believer’s response to this story in a manner beyond the greatest of Baroque

operas.

Tickets$35-$15 available online at www.bachcollegiumsd.org