Santa Fe Pro Musica to Perform St. Matthew Passion in Guest Recital on Monday, April 10, 7 P.M., in Finney Chapel Story by Linda Shockley
	RELATED About the Vocalists The Passion: A musical setting of the Crucifixion story as recorded in the Gospels.		Oberlin College Conservatory of Music is pleased to present the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's acclaimed St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, on Monday, April 10, 7 p.m., in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College. The performance is part of Santa Fe Pro Musica's Santa Fe Bach Festival, which travels to five cities in April 2000. The concert, to be performed on original instruments, is free and open to the public. Conservatory dean Robert Dodson says, "Everyone should have at least one opportunity to hear the St. Matthew Passion in person; this magnificent work is undoubtedly one of the great achievements of our civilization." Kenneth Slowik, artistic director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society and artistic director of Oberlin Conservatory's Baroque Performance Institute, will conduct. In his program notes, Slowik writes about Passion composition, "The two monumental passion settings that survive from the pen of J.S. Bach (the St. John Passion, BWV 245 and the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244) are universally acknowledged as the pinnacle of perfection in the genre. For some listeners, the musical beauty alone of these works sets them far above all similar compositions."   "This performance of St. Matthew Passion," says Michael Lynn, associate professor of recorder and baroque flute and associate dean at Oberlin Conservatory, and member of Apollo's Fire, "offers a rare opportunity to hear one of Bach's greatest works, performed on original instruments. By baroque standards, this is a very large piece. Two chamber orchestras perform in this piece, which logistically makes it a much more difficult piece to offer than, say, Bach's St. John Passion. That it is free to the public, especially in a performance by such a high calibre chamber orchestra as Santa Fe Pro Musica, is an added bonus."   St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Music by Johann Sebastian Bach Words by Picander (Christian Friedrich Henrici) incorporating biblical and traditional chorale texts Santa Fe Pro Musica Vocalists Kenneth Slowik, conductor Voices and Characters John Elwes, Evangelist Evangelist: tenor Ann Monoyios, soprano Jesus: bass Kendra Colton, soprano Peter: bass Jane Bryden, soprano Judas: bass Danielle Svonavec, soprano Pilate: bass Janice Felty, alto Pontifex I: bass Jennifer Lane, alto Pontifex II: bass Tony Boutté, tenor Witness: tenor, alto William Sharp, bass First Servant Girl: soprano James Weaver, bass Second Servant Girl: soprano David Newman, bass Pilate's Wife: soprano Jacob Cooper, bass INSTRUMENTALISTS: CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Thomas O'Connor, Artistic Director VIOLIN FLUTE & PICCOLO Concertmasters: Carol Redman David Borishansky Dawn Harms OBOE & ENGLISH HORN Lisa Ferguson Thomas O'Connor, John Gustafson Stephen Redfield CLARINET & BASS CLARINET Tutti: Jennifer Bourianoff, Susan Doering, David Nicholson, Michael Anderson Carol Hawkins, Sarah Knutson, Alfredo Lopez Carla Kountoupes, Kerri Wikstrom-Lay, Joanna Morska-Osinska, Kay Newnam, BASSOON Steve Ognacevic Crawford Best, Beth Van Arsdel VIOLA FRENCH HORN Suzanna Giordano, Ronald Houston, Patrick Hughes, Joel Scott Emily Onderdonk, Anna Schaum, Kristi Swanson TRUMPET William Streider, Jan McDonald CELLO Erika Kirkpatrick, Joel Becktell, KEYBOARD Donald Harmsworth, Dieter Wulfhorst Kathleen McIntosh BASS HARP Patrick Neher Giuseppina Ciarla TIMPANI & PERCUSSION Gregg Koyle, David Wiles Alan Shinn, Lisa Rogers   BAROQUE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE VIOLIN VIOLONE Concertmasters: Steven Lehning Linda Quan, Stephen Redfield, Marilyn McDonald CONTREBASS Marji Danilow Tutti: Lisa Ferguson, Anthony Martin, Cheryl Smith-Ecke, Jennifer Munday, FLUTE Linda Vik, Joanna M.-Osinska, Christopher Krueger, Carol Redman, Kim Fredenburgh, Susan Doering, Michael Lynn, Marty Ronish Dawn Harms OBOE VIOLA Marc Schachman, Thomas O'Connor Lisa Grodin, Suzanna Giordano, Kevin Vigneau, Mary Ann Shore Jane Starkman BASSOON CELLO Andrew Schwartz, Kenneth Munday Myron Lutzke, Lisa Terry, Dieter Wulfhorst KEYBOARD Kathleen McIntosh VIOLA DA GAMBA James M. Weaver Kenneth Slowik Kenneth Slowik
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