NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Bach's Mass in B minor

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 | 4:00 PM
The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse
1904 Walnut Street
​Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Program

Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232

Program is approximately 2 hours

Artists

Donald Meineke, Conductor
Choral Arts Philadelphia
​Philadelphia Bach Collegium

Venue

Church of the Holy Trinity Rittenhouse
1904 Walnut Street
​Philadelphia, PA 19103

Program booklet

Bach's Mass in B Minor PDF

For years now, the hottest ticket in Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve is Choral Arts Philadelphia’s afternoon concert. Ring in the new year with J. S. Bach’s colossal Mass in B minor with the full resources of Choral Arts Philadelphia and Philadelphia Bach Collegium. Considered by many musicologists and historians to be the finest piece of music ever written, the Mass in B minor represents the pinnacle of Bach’s most mature compositional output and a lifetime of refinement and mastery of craft.

Core musicians

SOPRANO
Jessica Beebe
​Rebecca Myers
​Franny Geller
​Clara Swartzentruber

ALTO
Nicholas Garza
​Robin Bier

TENOR
Eric Carey
Colin Doyle

BASS
Steven Eddy
Erik Potteiger

Choral Arts Philadelphia

SOPRANO
Julianne Baird
Patty Cheek
Karen Dante
Susannah Edmonds
Patricia S. Fisher
Emily Kerl
Elizabeth Konneker
Kate Nicole Hoffman
Patti McLaughlin
​Alexis Romeo
​Alisa Rubinstein
Kelly Sullivan
Laura Vanderkam
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ALTO
Miranda Chang
Jennifer Cole
Pamela Henderson
Madeleine Herst
Amey Hutchins
Victoria McManus
Grace Anne Meloy
Jodi Nieman
Nina Thomson
Joy Warren
​Abigail Wisdom

TENOR
​Eli Anders
Matthew Crooke
Jeremy Emata
Brian Felty
Nathan P. Gibson
Mark Jenssen
Scott Ness
Edward Landin Senn
​Dylan Steinberg 

BASS
Theodore Cheek
​Rodney Derstine
William Dowling
Benjamin Emata
Andrew D. Gutknecht
David Mosteller
​Wesley Parrott
Andrew Reumann-Moore
Daniel Russell
Tim Schellenberg
Ryan Sheaffer
​Ricky Torres-Cooban

Philadelphia bach collegium

VIOLIN
Evan Few
Karen Dekker
​Margaret Humphrey
Mandy Wolman
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VIOLA
Daniel Elyar 

CELLO
Eve Miller

VIOLONE
​Heather Miller

FLUTE
Steven Zohn
Gwyn Roberts

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​OBOE
Geoffrey Burgess
Priscilla Herreid
Pablo O’Connell

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BASSOON
Ben Matus
​Ezra Gans

​TRUMPET
Steve Marquardt Perry Sutton
​Hugo Moreno

HORN
Megan Hurley

TIMPANI
​Elijah Nice

HARPSICHORD Leon Shelhase

ORGAN
​John Walthausen 

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