ANNUAL NEW MEXICO BACH SOCIETY CONCERTS

Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5:30 pm
Hope in the Desert Episcopal Church, 8700 Alameda Blvd NE in Albuquerque

PROGRAM
The New Mexico Bach Society presents the complete St. John Passion BWV 245 with soloists, chorus and orchestra. The St. John Passion has not been performed in its entirety in Santa Fe or Albuquerque for over a decade. NMPAS is excited to offer this program to in-person audiences in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and to live-stream the Santa Fe performance from our Santa Fe venue on Friday evening, September 6, 2024 beginning at 6 pm/ on Sunday evening, September 8, 2024 at 5:30 PM at Hope in the Desert Episcopal Church in Albuquerque. Artistic Director Franz Vote, a veteran of the Metropolitan Opera, Bayreuth Wagner Festival, and conductor of the Seattle RING in 2000-2001, among many others, leads the all-professional ensemble.

ARTIST ROSTER

Franz Vote, Artistic Director and conductor
Gregory Gallagher, Evangelist
Javier Ortiz, Jesus

New Mexico Bach Chorale
Nancy Maret*, Amy Owens*, Jennifer Perez* and Hannah Stephens, sopranos
Patricia Henning, Kehar Koslowsky*, Melissa Riedel* and Amanda Sidebottom, altos
Gabriel Deyarmond, Gregory Gallagher*, André García-Nuthmann* and *Jonah Mendelsohn, tenors
Tjett Gerdom, Javier Ortiz*, Andrew Paulson* and Tim Willson*, basses

New Mexico Bach Society Orchestra
Linda Marianiello and Vicki Schaevitz, flutes
Kevin Darrow and Elaine Heltman, oboes
Elizabeth Baker, concertmaster
Lidja Peno Kelly and Jeffrey Smith, violin 1
Carla Kountoupes, principal second violin
Lisa Grodin and Alan Mar, violin 2
Joyce Huang, principal viola
Michael Anderson and Tori Anderson, violas
Sally Guenther and James Holland, cellos
Bob Barney, string bass
Matthew Sebald, continuo

*Denotes a vocal soloist