"Enriching the experience with other elements can be really meaningful and lead you to hear the music in a new way." Music director and founding member of the Sebastians, Jeffrey Grossman speaks with Early Music America’s Anne E. Johnson ahead of the world premiere staged version of Bach’s Markus Passion at Corpus Christi Church on April 13. To read more from the EMA feature, visit: https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/getting-creative-a-new-bach-passion-vivaldi-seasons-opera/ For tickets to the world premiere this Sunday, April 13, visit the MB1800 website! ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ MARKUS PASSION ⁣ April 13 at Corpus Christi Church⁣, NYC ⁣ featuring⁣ Joseph Marcell, actor⁣ the Sebastians Chatham Baroque ⁣ Produced by Concert Theatre Works Directed by Bill Barclay (fb)

A Bach WORLD PREMIERE!!! This Sunday, April 13, the first-ever staged production of J.S. Bach’s long-lost Markus Passion is coming to NYC's Corpus Christi Church!⁣ ⁣ J. S. Bach wrote Passion settings for the gospels of Mark as well as for Matthew and John – two of the greatest artistic works of all time. Shortly after Bach’s death in 1750, his Markus Passion manuscript was hand-delivered by his son C.P.E. to his publisher, Johann Breitkopf, but was subsequently lost. The new Markus edition by musicologist Malcolm Bruno is an ingenious reconstruction drawing on material from other works by Bach.⁣ ⁣ Markus Passion is produced by Concert Theatre Works and directed by Bill Barclay, and features iconic actor Joseph Marcell in the role of the Evangelist, with a selection of the genre’s finest performers including the Sebastians and Chatham Baroque, led by music director Jeffrey Grossman.⁠⁣ ⁣ For tickets and to learn more, visit the Music Before 1800 website.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ —⁣ ⁣ ⁣ MARKUS PASSION⁣ ⁣ Joseph Marcell, actor⁣ (Pascale Beaudin, soprano) Cody Bowers, countertenor,⁣ James Reese, tenor⁣ Jonathan Woody, Bass-Baritone⁣ Jeffrey Grossman, Music Director & Harpsichord ⁣ the Sebastians ⁣ Emi Ferguson, flute Mei Yoshimura Stone, flute⁣ Priscilla Herreid, oboe d’amore Caroline Giassi, oboe d’amore⁣ Daniel Lee, violin Shelby Yamin, viola Caroline Nicolas, viola da gamba Ezra Seltzer, violoncello⁣ Nathaniel Chase, contrabass⁣ Kevin Payne, theorbo⁣ Jeffrey Grossman, organ, harpsichord, music director⁣ ⁣ Chatham Baroque Andrew Fouts, violin Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba⁣ Scott Pauley, theorbo ⁣ Adapted and Directed by Bill Barclay ⁣ Edited by Malcolm Bruno⁣ ⁣ Produced by Concert Theatre Works (fb)