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...cantata, David Evitts, had been recruited in extremely short order. He sounded tired, with several lapses of diction and little variation of timbre or volume. In general, he was a shadow of the big, confident singer he had been just one night before as soloist with the Collegium in the St. John Passion...
GOOD FRIDAY was commemorated in traditional style in Sanders Theater, as F. John Adams led the Collegium Musicum and a talented group of soloists and instrumentalists in an emotional performance of Bach's The Passion According to St. John...
...Collegium played the role of the mob which howls for the crucifixion of Jesus. Throughout the piece, they displayed a lovely tone coupled with impeccable clarity of pronunciation, proving again they are a highly disciplined, professional-sounding chorus...
Beyond their role as the mob, the Collegium sang a number of meditative chorales. In the earliest performances of the Passion, these were probably sung by the whole congregation, a large untrained group which doubtlessly obliterated the breathtaking subtlety and power of these short masterpieces. The Collegium, however, sang with clarity and grace, bringing to these contemplative pieces the same deep involvement and energy with which they performed the loud and menacing mob choruses...
...Collegium Musicum. Bach: St. John Passion. Tickets: $5-$2. Friday, April...