“Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen” from St. Matthew Passion - Gene Stenger, Gonzalo Ruiz

Описание: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Selection from The Passion According to St. Matthew, BWV 244 (1736)
Performed live by TENET Vocal Artists (www.tenet.nyc) and the Sebastians (sebastians.org)
Friday, March 29, 2019
St. Peter’s Chelsea Episcopal Church, New York City

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Music Director: Jeffrey Grossman
Artistic Director: Jolle Greenleaf

Gene Stenger, tenor

Soprano soloists: Jolle Greenleaf, Laura Heimes
Alto soloists: Doug Dodson, Virginia Warnken Kelsey
Tenor soloists: Jason McStoots, Gene Stenger
Bass soloists: Charles Wesley Evans, Sumner Thompson
Ripieno chorus: Martha Cluver, Jonathan May, Donald Meineke, Enrico Lagasca

Orchestra I
Oboe: Gonzalo X. Ruiz
Violoncello: Ezra Seltzer
Contrabass: Nathaniel Chase
Organ: Jeffrey Grossman

Orchestra II
Traverso: Immanuel Davis, Mili Chang
Violin I: Nicholas DiEugenio, Karen Dekker, Dongmyung Ahn
Violin II: Francis Liu, Tatiana Daubek
Viola: Lisa Rautenberg, Scot Moore
Violoncello: Shirley Hunt
Contrabass: Doug Balliett
Organ: Michael Beattie

Video recording: Erik Ryding
Audio recording: Paul Howells
Audio/video editing and mastering: Overtone Audio

Text:
Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen,
So schlafen unsre Sünden ein.
Meinen Tod
Büßet seine Seelennot;
Sein Trauren machet mich voll Freuden.
Drum muß uns sein verdienstlich Leiden
Recht bitter und doch süße sein.

Translation:
I will watch with my Jesus,
So our sins fall asleep.
My death
is atoned for by his soul’s anguish; his sorrow makes me full of joy.
Therefore his deserved suffering
must be truly bitter and yet sweet to us.
(translation (c) Pamela Dellal, courtesy Emmanuel Music, Inc.)