The music of Bach translates easily into musical languages he scarcely could have imagined as he toiled in his study and the choir loft.  Countless composers have found much value in tinkering with his music, which is as it should be.  Young Bach is thought to have learned his compositional craft, in part, by copying… Continue Reading »

If the music for the first two Bach at Noons this year were somewhat atypical examples from Bach’s monumental oeuvre (a solo soprano cantata in September, and the first Bethlehem performance of an almost motet-like early choral piece in October), the program for the November performance returns us to the terra firma of familiarity, while… Continue Reading »

Last spring, after Greg Funfgeld’s fall, and after the Board of Managers decided to postpone our Spring Concert, I volunteered in the Bach Choir office to help contact our patrons to let them know of the postponement and to promise more details at a later date.  I left a great many answering machine messages, and,… Continue Reading »

Philip Metzger has penned an interesting preview of our upcoming concert in the Allentown Morning Call here.  We had an excellent rehearsal on Monday evening, and choir members are now preparing for two intense rehearsals with the brass players on Friday and Saturday.  The office has informed us that there were, as of this morning, only… Continue Reading »

The Choir’s been off to a rapid start this year with the preparation for our Fall Concert, entitled Bach, Brass, and Beyond.  Members of the Bach Choir Family may recall that we had to postpone last year’s much-anticipated Spring Concert when our beloved conductor sustained injuries from a fall.  The Choir members and the Board of… Continue Reading »