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AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS (ABS) were founded in 1989 with the mission of introducing contemporary audiences to the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach through historically informed performances. The first public concerts were given in February 1990 at St. Stephen’s Church in Belvedere, where the ensemble serves as Artists-in-Residence. Under the leadership of co-founder and Music Director Jeffrey Thomas, the ensemble has achieved its vision of assembling the world’s finest vocalists and period-instrument performers to bring this brilliant music to life.

For more than two decades, Jeffrey Thomas has brought thoughtful, meaningful, and informed perspectives to his performances as Artistic and Music Director of the American Bach Soloists. Recognized worldwide as one of the foremost interpreters of the music of Bach and the Baroque, he continues to inspire audiences and performers alike through his keen insights into the passions behind musical expression. Fanfare Magazine proclaimed that “Thomas’ direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music…there is no higher praise for Bach performance.”

In July 2010, the American Bach Soloists inaugurated North America’s newest annual professional training program in Historically Informed Performance Practice. Drawing on their distinguished roster of performers, the AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS ACADEMY offers unique opportunities to advanced conservatory-level students and emerging professionals to study and perform Baroque music in a multi-disciplinary learning environment. The Academy is held in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s exquisite new facilities in the heart of the city’s arts district.

In 2013, to commemorate ABS music director Jeffrey Thomas’s 25-year tenure of inspired leadership, the American Bach Soloists created the Jeffrey Thomas Award to honor, recognize, and encourage exceptionally gifted emerging professionals in the field of early music.

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AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS • AMERICAN BACH CHOIR
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor

Mary Wilson, soprano
Eric Jurenas, countertenor
Kyle Stegall, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
John Thiessen, trumpet

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0:00:00 Opening

PART ONE (0:01:30)

0:01:31 SINFONY

SCENE I
0:05:05 Recitative, accompanied - Tenor - Comfort ye, my people
0:08:06 Aria - Tenor - Ev’ry Valley shall be exalted
0:11:29 Chorus - And the Glory of the Lord shall be revealed

SCENE II
0:14:26 Recitative, accompanied - Bass - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
0:15:45 Aria – Alto - But who may abide the Day of his coming?
0:19:45 Chorus - And he shall purify the Sons of Levi

SCENE III
0:22:26 Recitative - Alto - Behold, a Virgin shall conceive
0:22:53 Aria - Alto & Chorus - O thou that tellest good Tidings to Zion
0:28:11 Recitative, accompanied - Bass - For behold, Darkness shall cover the Earth
0:29:56 Aria - Bass - The People that walked in Darkness have seen a great Light
0:33:21 Chorus - For unto us a Child is born

SCENE IV
0:37:26 Pifa (“Pastoral Symphony”)
0:38:25 Recitative - Soprano - There were Shepherds abiding in the Field
0:38:39 Arioso - Soprano - And lo, the Angel of the Lord came upon them
0:38:59 Recitative - Soprano - And the Angel said unto them, Fear not
0:39:45 Recitative, accompanied - Soprano - And suddenly there was with the Angel a Multitude of the heav’nly Host
0:40:03 Chorus - Glory to God in the Highest

SCENE V
0:42:19 Aria - Soprano - Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Sion
0:47:12 Recitative - Alto - Then shall the Eyes of the Blind be open’d
0:47:48 Duet – Alto & Soprano - He shall feed his Flock like a shepherd
0:53:32 Chorus - His Yoke is easy, his Burthen is light

PART TWO (0:55:46)

SCENE I
0:55:55 Chorus - Behold the Lamb of God
0:59:01 Aria - Alto - He was despised and rejected of Men
1:09:17 Chorus - Surely he hath borne our Griefs
1:10:58 Chorus - And with His Stripes we are healed
1:12:48 Chorus - All we, like Sheep, have gone astray
1:16:31 Recitative, accompanied - Tenor - All they that see him laugh him to scorn
1:17:14 Chorus - He trusted in God
1:19:28 Recitative, accompanied - Tenor - Thy Rebuke hath broken his Heart
1:21:23 Aria - Tenor - Behold, and see

SCENE II
1:22:51 Recitative, accompanied - Soprano - He was cut off out of the Land of the Living
1:23:13 Aria - Soprano - But Thou didst not leave his Soul in Hell

SCENE III
1:25:59 Chorus - Lift up your Heads

SCENE IV
1:28:56 Recitative - Tenor - Unto which of the Angels said He at any time
1:29:13 Chorus - Let all the Angels of God worship Him

SCENE V
1:30:49 Aria - Alto - Thou art gone up on High
1:33:52 Chorus - The Lord gave the Word
1:35:03 Aria - Soprano - How beautiful are the Feet of them that preach the gospel of peace
1:37:26 Chorus - Their Sound is gone out into all Lands

SCENE VI
1:38:53 Aria - Bass - Why do the Nations so furiously rage together?
1:40:18 Chorus - Let us break their Bonds asunder

SCENE VII
1:42:12 Recitative - Tenor - He that dwelleth in Heaven shall laugh them to scorn
1:42:27 Aria - Tenor - Thou shalt break them with a Rod of Iron
1:44:33 Chorus - Hallelujah!

PART THREE (1:48:11)

SCENE I
1:48:23 Aria - Soprano - I know that my Redeemer liveth
1:55:27 Chorus - Since by Man came Death, by Man came also the Resurrection of the Dead

SCENE II
1:57:25 Recitative, accompanied - Bass - Behold, I tell you a Mystery
1:57:59 Aria - Bass - The trumpet shall sound

SCENE III
2:06:40 Recitative - Alto - Then shall be brought to pass the Saying that is written
2:07:00 Duet - Alto and Tenor - O Death, where is thy Sting?
2:08:08 Chorus - But Thanks be to God
2:10:50 Aria - Alto - If God is for us, who can be against us?

SCENE IV
2:15:21 Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
2:18:39 Chorus - Amen.

2:23:02 CREDITS

1753 Foundling Hospital Version (https://americanbach.org/media/About_...)
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