Voice of the Arts

Chatham Baroque Reflects on the Markus Passion

Episode Summary

It's a little over a week away until a world premiere of Malcolm Bruno's edition of Markus Passion, presented by Chatham Baroque! Co-Artistic Director and theorbo player, Scott Pauley, talks live with Anna Singer about the upcoming world premiere. Scott also talks about the WQED short documentary about the creation of this edition, and the significance of premiering it in Pittsburgh. Scott talks about the history of the Passion, and how it became lost to time after JS Bach's publishers lost the manuscript. He talks about the others involved in the production, including the Sebastians, Bill Barclay and Concert Theatre Works, and the singers with the instrumentalists. You can see Chatham Baroque with the Sebastians, Joseph Marcell, and 4 singers, at the Carnegie Music Hall on April 11th at 7:30 pm Visit https://www.chathambaroque.org/ to learn more. Also, view WQED's newest short documentary about the creation of this Passion on WQED's YouTube! Or see it on WQED TV on Saturday, April 5th at 8:50 pm, and Monday April 7th at 5:50 pm.

Episode Notes

Watch WQED's documentary here!