{"id":26221,"date":"2011-02-02T08:55:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T12:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/02\/st-matthews-passion-to-be-pres\/"},"modified":"2011-02-02T08:55:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T12:55:03","slug":"st-matthews-passion-to-be-pres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/02\/st-matthews-passion-to-be-pres\/","title":{"rendered":"St Matthew’s Passion to be presented by St Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in NYC Feb. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary<\/a> (Yonkers,
\nNY) will present a setting of the St. Matthew Passion.<\/p>\n

The musical setting of Passion of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Saint Matthew is an exquisite
\ninterplay of soloists, choir, and orchestra. This concert will be the U.S.
\nEnglish-language premiere of the piece by Russian Orthodox Christian composer
\nand churchman Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev.<\/p>\n

Performers will include The Salomé
\nChamber Orchestra, famed soloists soprano Mary Mackenzie, mezzo-soprano Ana Mihanovic,
\ntenor Blake Friedman, and bass Aaron Theno, and the New York Virtuoso Singers
\nprepared by Harold Rosenbaum.<\/p>\n

The concert will take place at 7:30 pm in the
\nChurch of the Saint Paul the Apostle (at the corner of Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street, NY 10019).<\/p>\n

Please click HERE<\/a> for more
\ninformation and to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev<\/a>, 46, is the Russian born Oxford and Paris educated theologian and musician. He’s wonderfully talented in many areas. Last May it was a pleasure of mine to see him and hear his work in Rome at a concert he organized for Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

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