Monday 1/02/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM
Masaaki Suzuki Conducts Choral Works by J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn
In the spring of 2013, the NY Phil presented The Bach Variations: A Philharmonic Festival, during which Japanese Bach specialist Masaaki Suzuki made his Philharmonic debut leading the Bach Collegium Japan, the Yale Schola Cantorum, and a quartet of soloists. On this program, we will hear two Magnificats, by J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn, as well as a Bach motet and Mendelssohn’s Christus. Alec Baldwin is your host on The New York Philharmonic This Week.
CONDUCTOR: Masaaki Suzuki
SOLOISTS: Sherezade Panthaki, Soprano
Joélle Harvey, Soprano
Iestyn Davies, Countertenor
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
Bach Collegium Japan, chorus
Yale Schola Cantorum, chorus
J.S. BACH: Singet dem Hern ein Neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a New Song)
MENDELSSOHN: Magnificat in D major
MENDELSSOHN: Christus
J.S. BACH: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
