The ticket link below leads to Gallery Concert’s website to purchase tickets to “Passion” at Blessed Sacrament.

Heinrich Ignacio Franz Biber’s Mystery Sonatas stand as a rare and luminous example of purely instrumental sacred music, vividly reflecting the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary. Organized into three cycles—five Joyful, five Sorrowful, and five Glorious—the sonatas trace a spiritual journey through contemplation and transformation. Virtuosity is central to the work, yet Biber deepens its expressive power by employing a different scordatura tuning in each sonata, reshaping the instrument’s voice at every turn. This program is designed to fully embrace the spacious resonance of Blessed Sacrament Parish, allowing the music’s colors and devotions to bloom within its walls.

James Garlick, violin
Amelia Sie, violin
Shelby Yamin, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
John Lenti, theorbo
Caitlyn Koester, harpsichord & organ

The Program

Saturday March 6, 2027

The Joyful Mysteries
Sonata I in D minor: The Annunciation
Sonata II in A Major: The Visitation
Sonata III in B minor: The Nativity
Sonata IV in D minor: The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Sonata V in A Major: The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

—Intermission—

The Sorrowful Mysteries
Sonata VI in C minor: The Agony in the Garden
Sonata VII in F Major: The Scourging of Jesus
Sonata VIII in Bb Major: The Crowning of Jesus with Thorns
Sonata IX in A minor: The Carrying of the Cross
Sonata X in G Minor: The Crucifixion

Sunday March 7, 2027

The Glorious Mysteries
Sonata XI in G Major: The Resurrection
Sonata XII in C Major: The Ascension
Sonata XIII in D minor: The Descent of the Holy Ghost
Sonata XIV in D Major: The Assumption of the Virgin
Sonata XV in C Major: The Coronation of the Virgin Mary
Passacaglia in G minor