Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity
42nd Season

 Sunday
Oct. 25
5:00 p.m.

Reformation Sunday
Bach Cantata 80 - Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott
Bach Motet - Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, BWV Anh. 160, 1
Organ: Fantasy on Ein' feste Burg, BWV 720

Monday
Oct. 26
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“Bach then and now to Strauss” works by Bach, Lasser & Strauss
  Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violin;  Craig Ketter, Piano
  Works include:
    Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita for Violin #2, in D minor, BWV 1004 (the final chaconne will be the Lasser piece)
    Philip Lasser – Chaconne Variations (based on the original Bach Chaconne)
    Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata, Op. 18

Sunday
Nov. 1
5:00 p.m.

All Saints Day
Bach Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
- Sung in memory of Robert E. A. Lee, renowned producer and author -
Johann Christoph Bach - Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt
Organ: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m.
Michael Marissen, Professor of Music, Swarthmore College

Sunday
Nov. 8
5:00 p.m.

22nd Sunday after Trinity 
20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
Bach Cantata 178 - Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (Premiere!)
Bach Motet - Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228  (Also being sung by 
the Thomanerchor in Leipzig this year for the same celebration!)
Organ: Fantasy on Wo Gott der Herr, BWV 1128  (newly found!)

Sunday
Nov. 15
5:00 p.m.

23rd Sunday after Trinity
Bach Cantata 139 - Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott
Hans Leo Hassler - Laetentur caeli
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543

Sunday
Nov. 22
5:00 p.m.

24th Sunday after Trinity / Christ the King
Bach Cantata 96 - Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn
Bach Motet - O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht, BWV 118
  

Monday
Nov. 23
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“The Complete Mendelssohn Sonatas for Organ”, Op. 65
 (Celebrating the 200th anniversary year of his birth!)
 Rick Erickson, Organ

Sunday
Nov. 29
5:00 p.m.

1st Sunday of Advent / World AIDS Day observed
Bach Cantata 61 - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Dieterich Buxtehude - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BuxWV 101
Organ:  Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 & 661

Sunday
Dec. 6
5:00 p.m.

2nd Sunday of Advent
MOTETS FOR ADVENT
Join Cantor Rick Erickson on his birthday as the Bach Choir sings some of the great motets for the Advent season, including:
Morten Lauridsen - Ave Maria
Johann Bach - Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil
Andreas Hammerschmidt - Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
Johann Hermann Schein - Ich bin die Wurzel
Heinrich Schütz - Ich bin eine rufende Stimme in der Wüsten

Sunday
Dec. 13
5:00 p.m.

3rd Sunday of Advent
Bach - MAGNIFICAT, BWV 243
Hans Leo Hassler - Dixit Maria
Organ:  Fantasie super il Magnificat, BWV 733
Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m.  Michael Marissen

Sunday
Dec. 20 
5:00 p.m.

4th Sunday of Advent
CANDLELIGHT LESSONS & CAROLS
Our beloved annual celebration with carols of the season
With the Bach & Parish Choirs, Harp, Percussion and Organ

Thursday 
Dec. 24 
10:30 p.m.

Christmas Eve / Nativity of Our Lor
THE CHRIST-MASS
With members of the Bach Choir, Trumpet and Organ

Sunday
Dec. 27
5:00 p.m.

1st Sunday of Christmas
Bach Cantata 32 - Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Premiere!)
Jacob Handl - Resonet in laudibus
Organ: Johann Pachelbel - Freu dich sehr

Monday
Dec. 28
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“Bach Concertos for Violin and Harpsichord”
 Avi Stein, Harpsichord

Sunday
Jan. 3
5:00 p.m.

2nd Sunday of Christmas
Bach Cantata 121 - Christum wir sollen loben schon (Premiere!)
Johann Michael Bach - Sei lieber Tag willkommen
Organ:  Pastorale, BWV 590

 

Winter Break

Monday
Jan. 25
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“Music for Natural Baroque Trumpet and Organ”
 Nathan Botts, Trumpet; Rick Erickson, Organ

Sunday
Feb. 7
5:00 p.m.

5th Sunday after Epiphany  / Presentation of Our Lord
Bach Cantata 82 - Ich habe genug
Organ: Fantasy and fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m.  Michael Marissen

Sunday
Feb. 14
5:00 p.m.

6th Sunday after Epiphany / Transfiguration of Our Lord
Bach Cantata 111 - Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit
Johann Michael Bach - Halt, was du hast
Organ:  Toccata in D dorian, BWV 538

Concert Vespers in Lent

J. S. Bach presented no cantatas during Lent in Leipzig.
We follow that tradition as well, offering these
other diverse works by Bach!

Sunday
Feb. 21
5:00 p.m.

Invocavit (1st Sunday in Lent)
Bach - Complete Preludes and Fugues, Part 1
Rick Erickson, Organ
Pre-Vespers talk with the artist, 4:15 p.m.    

Monday
Feb. 22
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“The Virtuoso Viol in Germany” Abel, Bach, Kertzinger, Kühnel 
 Carlene Stober, Viola da Gamba;  Rick Erickson, Organ

Sunday
Feb. 28
5:00 p.m.

Reminiscere (2nd Sunday in Lent)
Bach - Complete Preludes and Fugues, Part 2
Kathrine Handford, Organ
Pre-Vespers talk with the artist, 4:15 p.m.    

Sunday
Mar. 7
5:00 p.m.

Oculi (3rd Sunday in Lent)
Bach - Complete Preludes and Fugues, Part 3 
Joe Arndt, Organ

Pre-Vespers talk with the artist, 4:15 p.m.    

Sunday
Mar. 14
5:00 p.m.

Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent)
BACH IN THE ROUND
A kaleidoscope event of Bach in sounds ancient and modern

Sunday
Mar. 21
5:00 p.m.

Judica (5th Sunday in Lent)
Bach - ST. JOHN PASSION, BWV 245
(Sung on Johann Sebastian’s 325th birthday!)

Sunday
Mar. 28
5:00 p.m.

Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion
Bach Cantata 182 - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
Andreas Hammerschmidt - Zion Spricht
Organ:  Partita on Sei gegrüsset, Jesu, Gütig, BWV 768

Monday
Mar. 29
6:30 p.m.

Fifth Monday Concert  ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
François Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres
Jennifer Bates, Sarah Brailey, Sopranos;  Carlene Stober, Gamba

Friday
Apr. 2
12:00 p.m.

Good Friday Liturgy
Rick Erickson’s setting of the St. John Passion
With soloists from the Bach Choir

Sunday
Apr. 4
5:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday / Resurrection of Our Lord
Bach Cantata 4 - Christ lag in Todesbanden
Bach Motet - Jauchzet dem Herrn, BWV Anh. 160, 2 & 3
Organ:  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564

Sunday
Apr. 11
5:00 p.m.

Quasi Modo Geniti (2nd Sunday of Easter)
Bach Cantata 42 - Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas
Johann Eccard - Freut euch ihr Christen alle

Sunday
Apr. 18
5:00 p.m.

Misericordia Domini (3rd Sunday of Easter)
Bach Cantata 104 - Du Hirte Israel, höre
Bach - Schafe können sicher weiden, from BWV 208
Organ:  Trio on Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 663

Sunday
Apr. 25
5:00 p.m.

Jubilate (4th Sunday of Easter)
Bach Cantata 12 - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Giovanni Gabrieli - Jubilate Deo
Organ:  Johann Pachebel - Was Gott tut
Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m.  Michael Marissen

Monday
Apr. 26
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“Buxtehude for Countertenor” New CD Release Celebration! 
 Ryland Angel, Countertenor; and members of the Bach Players

Monday
May 24
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
Johannes Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52a
With members of the Bach Choir and duo piano

Monday 
June 28
6:30 p.m.

Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students)
“Short Stories” with The Pit Stop Players: Robin Zeh, violin; Ed Matthew, clarinet; Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, cello; Joshua Rosenblum, piano; joined by Jennifer Bates, Soprano 
Works include:
Darius Milhaud - Suite, Op. 157B
Joshua Rosenblum/Joanne Sydney Lessner - Arabian Nights
Arthur Bliss - Two Nursery Rhymes, Op. 20
Ricky Ian Gordon - Orpheus and Euridice
Igor Stravinsky - Suite, Histoire du soldat
Paul Moravec - Tempest Fantasy

Weekend
of
July 25

BACH SOMMERFEST 2010
Featuring the “King and Queen of Chorales” in Cantatas 140 & 1
Wachet auf  &  Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern 
Details will be announced!


 

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