the Sebastians and TENET – Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
The Passion according to St. Matthew, BWV 244 (1736)
St. Peter’s Chelsea Episcopal Church
Recorded Friday, March 29, 2019

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Tyler Duncan

Soprano soloists

Jolle Greenleaf, Laura Heimes

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Doug Dodson, Virginia Warnken Kelsey

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Jason McStoots, Gene Stenger

Bass soloists

Charles Wesley Evans, Sumner Thompson

Ripieno chorus

Martha Cluver, Jonathan May, Donald Meineke, Enrico Lagasca

Orchestra I
Traverso

David Ross, Andrea LeBlanc

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Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Kristin Olson

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Beth Wenstrom, Alana Youssefian

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Theresa Salomon, Stephen Goist

Viola da gamba

Shirley Hunt

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Ezra Seltzer

Contrabass

Nathaniel Chase

Organ

Jeffrey Grossman

Orchestra II
Traverso

Immanuel Davis, Mili Chang

Oboe, Oboe d’amore

Caroline Giassi, Julie Brye

Violin I

Nicholas DiEugenio, Karen Dekker, Dongmyung Ahn

Violin II

Francis Liu, Tatiana Daubek

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Lisa Rautenberg, Scot Moore

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Shirley Hunt

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Overtone Audio

the Sebastians

Dongmyung Ahn

violin

Doug Balliett

contrabass

Michael Beattie

organ

Julie Brye

oboe

Mili Chang

flute

Nathaniel Chase

contrabass

Tatiana Daubek

violin

Immanuel Davis

traverso

Karen Dekker

violin

Nicholas DiEugenio

violin

Chloe Fedor

violin

Caroline Giassi

oboe

Stephen Goist

viola

Jeffrey Grossman

harpsichord

Shirley Hunt

cello & gamba

Andrea LeBlanc

flute

Daniel S. Lee

violin

Francis Liu

violin

Augusta McKay Lodge

violin

Scot Moore

viola

Kristin Olson

oboe

Lisa Rautenberg

viol

David Ross

traverso

Gonzalo Ruiz

oboe

Theresa Salomon

viola

Ezra Seltzer

cello

Beth Wenstrom

violin

Alana Youssefian

violin



TENET Vocal Artists

Martha Cluver

soprano

Doug Dodson

alto

Tyler Duncan

bass

Charles Wesley Evans

bass

Jolle Greenleaf

soprano

Laura Heimes

soprano

Virginia Warnken Kelsey

alto

Enrico Lagasca

bass

Jonathan May

countertenor

Jason McStoots

tenor

Donald Meineke

baritone

Aaron Sheehan

tenor

Gene Stenger

tenor

Sumner Thompson

baritone

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