The Sebastians and TENET present

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 7:00pm
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7:00pm

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Chelsea
346 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011

Accessibility: There are three steps with a hand-rail to reach the church from the outside. Unfortunately, though there is a wheelchair lift, we have regretfully learned it is broken and cannot be fixed before our performances. Please contact us if you’d like to discuss further. Here is an image of those steps:

In 2015, the Sebastians and TENET’s spectacular performance of Bach’s St. John Passion was called “a riveting example, easily the most compelling of the recent spate of New York performances [of the St. John Passion]” by The New York Times. In 2019, the groups are teaming up again to present Bach’s even more stunning St. Matthew Passion, which features two orchestras and two group of vocal soloists! This unconducted performance features an exceptional orchestra and cast of singers, and it is truly the highlight of our season—a MUST-SEE for all New York music-lovers. Jeffrey Grossman will lead the two ensembles from the chamber organ with tenor Aaron Sheehan as the Evangelist and Tyler Duncan as Jesus. Daniel S. Lee leads the first orchestra and Nicholas DiEugenio the second, for a special experience: the St. Matthew Passion as chamber music.

Grammy Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan is regarded as a first-rate singer of oratorios and cantatas. His performances have been praised as for their “shining quality and deep sensitivity” (The New York Times) and “finely nuanced” (Gramophone), and past performances as the Evangelist were hailed as “superb” (ClassicalVoice.org), and “quite simply astounding!” (San Francisco Classical Voice).

Music Director

Jeffrey Grossman

Artistic Director

Jolle Greenleaf

Evangelist

Aaron Sheehan

Jesus

Tyler Duncan

Soprano

Jolle Greenleaf, Laura Heimes

Alto

Doug Dodson, Virginia Warnken Kelsey

Tenor

Jason McStoots, Gene Stenger

Bass

Charles Wesley Evans, Sumner Thompson

Ripieno chorus

Martha Cluver, Jonathan May, Donald Meineke, Enrico Lagasca

Flute

David Ross, Andrea LeBlanc, Immanuel Davis, Mili Chang

Oboe

Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Kristin Olson, Caroline Giassi, Julie Brye

Violin

Daniel S. Lee, Alana Youssefian, Chloe Fedor, Beth Wenstrom, Augusta McKay Lodge, Nicholas DiEugenio, Karen Dekker, Francis Liu, Tatiana Daubek, Dongmyung Ahn