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February 2021
Bach at Noon February
Join us – virtually – for our Bach at Noon concert recorded at Central Moravian Church in downtown Bethlehem. The Bethlehem Bach at Noon program is presented in September, October, November, January, February, March and April; there are no Bach at Noon performances in December or May. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, and following our own safety protocol, we are unable to gather large groups of singers and instrumentalists or an audience. Each virtual performance features vocal soloists, along with a small ensemble of Bach Festival Orchestra members, with…
Find out more »Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
The Greg Funfgeld Family Concert *** UPDATE: Due to ongoing community health concerns surrounding Covid-19, along with gathering restrictions that will impact both the musicians and our audience, we regret to announce this concert has been cancelled. If you have purchased tickets, please click HERE to review your options. *** At the center of our Family Concert is English composer Benjamin Britten’s show-stopping Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which will include the Lehigh University Philharmonic, as well as dancers…
Find out more »March 2021
Bach at Noon March
Join us at Central Moravian Church in downtown Bethlehem for our Bach at Noon concerts. The Bach at Noon program is presented on the second Tuesday of the month in in Bethlehem in September, October, November, January, February, March and April; there are no Bach at Noon performances in December or May. Always free and open to the public. Doors open at 11:30 am and concerts begin at 12:10 pm. Each performance will feature soloists, along with members of The Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra,…
Find out more »Spring Concert
*** UPDATE: Due to ongoing community health concerns surrounding Covid-19, along with gathering restrictions that will impact both the musicians and our audience, we regret to announce this concert has been cancelled. If you have purchased tickets, please click HERE to review your options. *** Join us for our Spring Concert, where we will present Duruflé’s Requiem, his longest and most substantial work, composed at the end of World War II, in 1947. Coupled with this piece is the Choir's…
Find out more »April 2021
Bach at Noon April
Join us at Central Moravian Church in downtown Bethlehem for our Bach at Noon concerts. The Bach at Noon program is presented on the second Tuesday of the month in in Bethlehem in September, October, November, January, February, March and April; there are no Bach at Noon performances in December or May. Always free and open to the public. Doors open at 11:30 am and concerts begin at 12:10 pm. Each performance will feature soloists, along with members of The Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra,…
Find out more »May 2021
Bach Outdoors
Paul Miller, Electric violin Kick off your Festival experience with us on Friday at noon. Fair weather will have us enjoying blue skies as we hear a very special FREE concert by Paul Miller and friends, as they perform on electric violin along with other “modern” instruments to offer some classic pieces. ** Rain location: The Old Chapel, 412 Heckewelder Place, behind the Moravian Museum on Church Street **
Find out more »The Barnette Distinguished Scholar Lecture – George Stauffer, Ph.D.
Bach in Leipzig: The Great Passion We are delighted to welcome back Dr. George Stauffer to present our lecture at this year's Festival. Dr. Stauffer is a Distinguished Professor of Music History and Dean Emeritus, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. His publications include Bach: The Mass in B Minor—The Great Catholic Mass. ( December 2018) FREE Lecture - no tickets are required. The lecture will take place in Zoellner Arts Center’s Room 145.
Find out more »Saint Matthew Passion
4:00 pm - 6 pm • Part 1 8:00 pm - 10 pm • Part 2 The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bach Festival Orchestra and distinguished soloists ONE TICKET is good for both Part 1 and Part 2 of this performance. This year’s Festival includes two of Bach’s towering choral masterpieces, Everest and K2, alongside one another. The Saint Matthew Passion is cosmic, operatic in its scope, making use of three choirs, two orchestras, and a wealth of soloists, and…
Find out more »Festival Dinner/Bach at 8 Pre-Concert Lecture
Larry Lipkis, Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Moravian College Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center Registration required
Find out more »Ifor Jones Chamber Music Concert
The Bach Festival Orchestra and artist-in-residence The Paul Taylor Dance Company: Saturday May 15 ONLY Brandenburgs Opus Number: 88 Music: Johann Sebastian Bach “Beauty is the only word for Brandenburgs… celebrates the good things in life. Such a radiant, seamless flow of invention that the choreography seems an entirely natural way of moving to this music.” – Mary Clarke, Manchester Guardian Esplanade Opus Number: 61 Music: Johann Sebastian Bach “The dancers, crashing wave upon wave into those falls, have a happy insane spirit…
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