The Knox Music Series presents
St. Matthew Passion ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Sunday, April 10, 2022 ~ 3 p.m.
About the Event
J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion will be presented on Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. by the Knox Music Series of Knox Presbyterian Church. Earl Rivers, Knox Director of Music, conducts the 32-voice Knox Chamber Choir, Knox Soloists, Double Orchestra and Cincinnati Youth Choir (Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music), Robyn Lana, Artistic Director.
The work will be presented in the English translation of the great American conductor, Robert Shaw. Guest Soloists include CCM Faculty Artist: Daniel Weeks, tenor, as the Evangelist, Stephen Hanna, bass-baritone, as Jesus, and Thom Mariner, baritone, as Pilate. The Knox Soloists/Section Leaders featured as the Aria Soloists include sopranos Erin Keesy and Jackie Stevens, mezzo-sopranos Ellen Graham and Debra Templeman, tenor Andrew Jones, and baritones Michael Young and Thomas Dreeze.
A free-will offering will be collected.