Princeton Pro Musica

Princeton Pro Musica

Chorus and Orchestra
Frances Fowler Slade,
Music Director

30th Season Of Choral Masterworks

“An absolutely brilliant ensemble of chorus, orchestra, and soloists.”
-- The Star Ledger

Our Exciting 2008-2009 Season

St. John Passion
Concert and Events

Monday, March 30, 7:30 p.m.
Stonebridge at Montgomery
120 Montgomery Rd. Skillman, NJ 08558

PERFORMING THE PASSION: J. S. BACH AND THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN

A film produced by Professor Margot Fassler through a grant from the Lilly Foundation. The film follows the Yale Schola Cantorum, conducted by Simon Carrington, through their preparation for a performance of the St. John Passion. Music is interspersed with commentary from musicians and scholars.

Margot Fassler is the Robert Tangeman Professor of Music History and Liturgy at the Yale University School of Divinity, and a Fellow at the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton.

Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 p.m. Stonebridge at Montgomery

SYMPOSIUM: THE TEXT AND HISTORY OF THE BACH ST. JOHN PASSION

J. Ross Wagner, Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary
Christian and Jewish relationships in the 1st Century, and how they influenced John’s Gospel.

Wendy Heller, Professor of Music, Princeton University
Professor Heller currently teaches a graduate seminar on "Music of J.S. Bach," and is a member of the Princeton University Program in Judaic Studies. She will discuss the St. John Passion and why it is important to perform it.

Michael Marissen, Daniel Underhill Professor of Music, Swarthmore College
Professor Marissen is author of Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism, and Bach's St. John Passion; he will discuss his findings.

Sunday, April 19, 3:00 pm Richardson Auditorium, Princeton

ST. JOHN PASSION, Johann Sebastian Bach
Princeton Pro Musica
Frances Fowler Slade, Conductor

Robert Petillo, Evangelist
Elem Eley, Jesus
William Walker, Pilate
Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano

Alyson Harvey, alto
Tony Boutté, tenor
Dennis Blackwell, bass

$45, $38, $25, $10 (Students) Group rates available

For tickets: 609-683-5122 or visit the Online Box Office

 

 

Creation, Franz Josef Haydn

Considered by many to be Haydn’s masterpiece, this oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the biblical Books of Genesis and Psalms, as well as John Milton's Genesis epic Paradise Lost.

Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3:00 pm
Tickets:
"A": $45 (Parterre Center, Balcony Center, Left and Right)
"B": $38 (Side Parterre, Orchestra, Side Balconies)
"C": $25 (Front Orchestra, Side Balconies)
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Messiah, G.F. Handel

Composed in the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin on the 13th of April 1742, Messiah is Handel's most famous creation and is among the most popular works in Western choral literature.

Patriots Theater, Trenton War Memorial
Sunday, December 14, 2008; 3:00 pm
Tickets:
"A": $45 (Front Orchestra, Loge and Mezzanine)
"B": $38 (Rear Orchestra, Balcony)
"C": $25 (Rear Side Orchestra, Rear Balcony)
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St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach

The St. John Passion has an immediate, dramatic quality. Bach enacts, as a kind of musical equivalent of the Passion Play, an episode from the story detailing the arrest, trial, and crucifixion, with the words of the historical persons – Christ, Pilate, Peter, and John as Evangelist.

Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
Sunday, April 19, 2009, 3:00 pm
Tickets:
"A": $45 (Parterre Center, Balcony Center, Left and Right)
"B": $38 (Side Parterre, Orchestra, Side Balconies)
"C": $25 (Front Orchestra, Side Balconies)
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Three-Concert Subscriptions:

"A": $108
"B": $91
"C": $60
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Additional Information

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Persons requiring special assistance or accommodations are asked to contact Princeton Pro Musica two weeks in advance of an event to alert staff to any special needs. Call 609.683.5122 with any questions or requests for special assistance. Every effort, of course, will be made to accommodate special needs at any time.

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Princeton Pro Musica, acclaimed as one of New Jersey’s premier choruses, presents major classical, contemporary and multicultural choral works with orchestra and soloists.

This Princeton-based chorus, including auditioned volunteer singers and a core of professionals, is committed to the highest quality of performance, partnerships with other arts organizations, encouraging the New Jersey choral arts, and maximizing the public benefit of all performances.