CAST 2023
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA “GLI ASPETTI”

“Well aware that extraordinarily competent professionals stood and sat before him, Matthes gave leave to his ensemble to play, make music, sing, interact, lose themselves in the music, group and regroup, perform to the utmost of their capability. Here nothing was suppressed: as the last chord of each number died away, the conductor’s gesture was carried to its conclusion. The remarkable, intangibly transcendental quality of this music may have something to do with the way it was conducted: we proceed through this Passion together, discovering it and letting it sound. To realize such a complex score so logically, gently (I would almost like to say, ‘lovingly’), and energetically is a high art, something that cannot be forced out of the ensemble, but only allowed to grow and prosper.”

Pius Strassmann, Lucerne

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ORCHESTRA

1^st Traverso – Johanna Bartz
2^nd Traverso – Luis Martínez Pueyo
1^st Recorder – Mira Gloor
2^nd Recorder – HyeonHo Jeon
1^st Oboe – Andreas Helm
2^nd Oboe – Ana Inés Feola
3^rd Oboe – Amy Power
4^th Oboe – Georg Fritz
Bassoon – Susann Landert
Contrabassoon – Eckhard Lenzing
Horn – Thomas Müller

1^st Violins – Germán Echeverri Chamorro (concertmaster), Matthias Müller, Léna Ruisz, Rahel Wittling
2^nd Violins – Karoline Echeverri Klemm (principal), Shant Eskenian, Andrés Murillo
Viola – Matthias Jäggi (principal), Jesús Merino Ruiz, Joanna Michalak
Viola d’amore – Germán Echeverri Chamorro, Karoline Echeverri Klemm
Viola da gamba – Soma Salat-Zakariás, Giulio Tanasini

Violoncello – Alex Jellici, Giulio Sanna
Violone – Markus Bernhard, Shuko Sugama
Harpsichord – Sebastian Wienand
Organ – Johannes Keller
Lute and baroque guitar – Julian Behr

SOLOISTS

Evangelists – Daniel Johannsen and Georg Poplutz
Jesus – Daniel Pérez

Soprano – Maya Boog
Alto – Annekathrin Laabs
Tenor – Daniel Johannsen, Georg Poplutz
Baritone – Matthias Helm

SOLILOQUENTS

Judas – Luís Neiva
Peter – Matthias Helm
High Priest – Breno Quinderé
Maid – Maria Pujades Seguí
Pilate – Damiano Capelli
Soldier – Michael Schwarze
Centurion – Tiago Oliveira

CHOIR

Soprano – Jeanne-Marie Lelièvre, Charlotte Nachtsheim, Maria Pujades Seguí, Mirjam Striegel, Anastasia Terranova
Alto – Ingeborg Aadland, Giovanna Baviera, Renate Berger, Tobias Knaus
Tenor – Tiago Oliveira, Akinobu Ono, Csongor Szántó, Christopher Wattam
Bass – Damiano Capelli, Luís Neiva, Breno Quinderé, Michael Schwarze

CONDUCTOR

Nikolaus Matthes

PRODUCTION TEAM

Project and production management – Nikolaus Matthes
Production support – Marco Trüeb
Graphics and advertising – T’SIGN Werbeagentur
Musical assistance – Johannes Keller
Catering – Gabri’s Pasta, Gabriele Auciello; Matthias and Hartmut Morgenroth, Florence Bamert, Alice Mundschin
Stage manager, transports, logistics – Stefan Toth
Photography – Bettina Brotbek
Organ rental – Massimo Cialfi
Tuners – Massimo Cialfi, Thierry Dobler, Johannes Keller, Sebastian Wienand
Sound recording – GALLUS MEDIA AG
Recording producer – Stefan Ritzenthaler
Recording assistant – Jonathan Purchase
Executive producer – Johannes J. Wallbrecher, resonando
Box office – Christina Meier, Beatrice Fiechter, Sue Brand, Marco Trüeb