SEASON 2019/2020 • THE SEVENTEENTH SEASON
Ruben Valenzuela, Founder & Artistic Director
Michael Sponseller, Associate Director
Soloists:
Aaron Sheehan, Evangelist
Paul Max Tipton, Bass (Christus)
Mischa Bouvier, Bass (Pilatus)
Clara Rottsolk, Soprano
Margot Rood, Soprano
Virginia Warnken, Mezzo-Soprano
Jay Carter, Countertenor
Members of The San Diego Children's Choir, The All Souls' Episcopal Church Choristers (Point Loma), and Choir of Academy of Our Lady of Peace (San Diego).
J.S. Bach's vivid account of Christ's Passion combines striking drama with devotion like no other. It challenges, questions, comforts, and contains some of the most exquisitely crafted music ever written. Bach's St. Matthew Passion is rich in depth and spirituality, as relevant today as when it was first performed at Good Friday Vespers at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in the late 1720s.
Join BCSD in its debut performance of this iconic work, featuring Grammy-award winning tenor Aaron Sheehan (Evangelist), supported by a stellar cast of musicians divided into two choirs and two orchestras.