Monica Huggett brings her characteristic alert and lively musicianship to this performance of the 1724 version of J.S. Bach's St. John Passion both as conductor and violin soloist. She has been conductor of the Portland Baroque Orchestra since the mid-'90s and the attentive, chamber music-like intimacy of this performance is testimony to the depth of the relationship. With Capella Romana, the chorus formed in 1991 to work with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and an exceptionally fine group of soloists, Huggett offers a ...
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Monica Huggett brings her characteristic alert and lively musicianship to this performance of the 1724 version of J.S. Bach's St. John Passion both as conductor and violin soloist. She has been conductor of the Portland Baroque Orchestra since the mid-'90s and the attentive, chamber music-like intimacy of this performance is testimony to the depth of the relationship. With Capella Romana, the chorus formed in 1991 to work with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and an exceptionally fine group of soloists, Huggett offers a vibrant performance of Bach's early masterpiece that surges with urgency and dramatic intensity. The chorus is especially adept at driving the drama with its colorful tonal variety. The opening is almost scarily ominous, and the chorus, when it enters, sounds appropriately like a frenzied mob, but in the chorales it has an aching sweetness. Huggett maintains the focused intensity throughout the Passion. Her skillful and sensitive exploitation of the Bach's varied scoring -- from vocal...
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