Johann Theile's "St. Matthew Passion"
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Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity (130 Pine Street, Northampton, MA 01062, Northampton MA)
The German composer Johann Theile—a gifted pupil of Heinrich Schütz and a teacher of Dietrich Buxtehude—published his elegant Mätthaus-Passion in 1673, some 54 years before Johann Sebastian Bach created his own setting.
On Sunday, April 2nd at 4pm, Arcadia Players brings Theile's masterpiece to the Bombyx Center in Florence, in a performance featuring tenor William Hite *(Evangelist)* and baritone John Salvi *(Jesus).* The organist is Larry Schipull. Gregory Hayes conducts the Arcadia Players Ensemble and Chorus.