
Sunday | Reformation Sunday |
Monday | Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students) |
Sunday | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Christmas Eve / Nativity of Our Lord THE CHRIST-MASS With members of the Bach Choir, Trumpet and Organ |
Sunday | 1st Sunday of Christmas Bach Cantata 32 - Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Premiere!) Jacob Handl - Resonet in laudibus Organ: Johann Pachelbel - Freu dich sehr |
Monday | Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students) “Bach Concertos for Violin and Harpsichord” Avi Stein, Harpsichord |
Sunday | 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 | Fourth Mondays Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students) “Music for Natural Baroque Trumpet and Organ” Nathan Botts, Trumpet; Rick Erickson, Organ |
Sunday | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent) BACH IN THE ROUND A kaleidoscope event of Bach in sounds ancient and modern |
Sunday | Judica (5th Sunday in Lent) |
Sunday | 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 | Fifth Monday Concert ($15 at the door; $10 Seniors/Students) François Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres Jennifer Bates, Sarah Brailey, Sopranos; Carlene Stober, Gamba |
Friday | Good Friday Liturgy Rick Erickson’s setting of the St. John Passion With soloists from the Bach Choir |
Sunday | 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 | Quasi Modo Geniti (2nd Sunday of Easter) Bach Cantata 42 - Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas Johann Eccard - Freut euch ihr Christen alle |
Sunday | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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! |
