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...unprecedented choral effort on this campus, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum will perform the St. Matthew's Passion by J. S. Bach this evening in Sanders Theater...
According to Jameson Marvin, Director of Collegium Musicum and of Choral Activities at Harvard University, St. Matthew's Passion represents the height of Baroque music and masterpieces. Marvin says that Bach makes use of all contemporary music forms, including the aria, ariosa, recitative and the accompanied and a cappeila choruses that were popular at the time...
Marvin says that the 65-member group, which performs a cappella pieces as well as choral/orchestral works, has been working on the St. Matthew's Passion since November. The Passion requires eight choral parts as well as eight solo parts. Tonight's performance will feature seven solo performances: Nancy Armstrong will sing soprano; Gloria Raymond will sing mezzosoprano; Jon Humphrey and Frank Kelley will sing tenor; Sanford Sylvan and Thomas Jones will sing baritone, and David Ripley will sing the bass part...
Twenty sopranos from the Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS) will accompany the Collegium in two sections of the Passion orginally written for boy's choruses. This additional soprano section will stand above the Collegium performers in the stage balcony at Sanders Theater, allowing the higher melodies to float above those of the main body of the chorus...
Tonght will mark the first time Collegium has performed the entire Bach masterpiece, although in recent years the group has performed the Bach Mass in B-minor. Several years ago, according to Marvin, the combined choruses of the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society and Collegium performed selections from the work...