What does sacrifice mean to you? A contemporary passion story with tales of suffering
In religious traditions, passion narratives are about suffering, sacrifice, and transformation, usually centered around one hero or savior. This Passio is a contemporary concert where the passion story takes a different turn: that of polyphony. We meet survivors, pioneers, and creators who reveal an often unheard story of resilience and transformation, where various classical singing techniques, fortepiano, jazz, blues, South Asian percussion, and baroque strings merge with each other, time, and space.
With the direction of soprano and creator Maribeth Diggle and compositions by Lucie de Saint Vincent and the ensemble, Passio becomes a collective act with voices based on interviews with the musicians of the ensemble themselves. One that makes the passion stories we share with each other visibly more complete. And Bach would surely have loved that.
Credits
Director | soprano Maribeth Diggle
Musical direction Lucie de Saint Vincent
Indian percussion Rajna Swaminathan
Saxophone Alejandra Borzyk
Viola da gamba Tina Chancey
Jazz and Moroccan vocals Laïla Amezian
Blues vocals Joyce Scott
Dramaturgy Gaia Saitta
Artistic advisor Timothy Nelson