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May 2018
Bach at 8
The program opens with Cantata 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, one of Bach’s greatest Cantatas. This wonderful musical journey from sorrow and heaviness to joy and light is, for all the members of our Choir, in the top ten Cantatas they love to sing. Festival artist in residence She-e Wu follows with a transcription for marimba of J.S. Bach’s Third Cello Suite in C Major, BWV 1009. The concert closes with Handel’s Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, in honor of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music.
Find out more »Ifor Jones Chamber Music Concert
Thirty-five years ago, Greg Funfgeld played the harpsichord solo in Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1050 in one of his first concerts as the new Associate Conductor of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. In his 35th year with The Choir, he will be joined by Concertmaster Elizabeth Field and principal flautist Robin Kani in a celebratory encore performance. She-e Wu will be the featured soloist in a concerto for marimba and strings. The Bach Festival Orchestra will offer one of Bach’s most beloved works, the Third Suite in D major, BWV 1068 with its celebrated “Air”.
Find out more »The Mass in B Minor
Our treasured tradition, attended and warmly received by thousands of people from around the country and around the world since the American premiere of Bach’s monumental Mass at the very first Bethlehem Bach Festival in 1900. You may want to plan a picnic on the lovely grounds of the church between Parts 1 & 2…another treasured tradition!
Find out more »May 2019
Bach at 8
Two Bach Cantatas will be featured at this performance, as well as a Haydn concerto. Bach's Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen (Through great tribulation we enter the kingdom of God). In this cantata, we hear virtuosic organ writing and Bach's brilliant transcribing of other works. It has not been performed at the Festival since 1942! Cantata 149 Man Singet mit Freuden vom sieg (Let songs of rejoicing be raised) - a brilliant opening chorus,…
Find out more »Bach at 8
Two Bach Cantatas will be featured at this performance, as well as a Haydn concerto.
Bach's Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen (Through great tribulation we enter the kingdom of God). In this cantata, we hear virtuosic organ writing and Bach's brilliant transcribing of other works. It has not been performed at the Festival since 1942!
Cantata 149 Man Singet mit Freuden vom sieg (Let songs of rejoicing be raised) - a brilliant opening chorus, using trumpets and timpani along with an utterly charming alto/tenor duet with bassoon obligato, sets the tone of this triumphant cantata.
Franz Joseph Haydn: Second Concerto for Horn in D Major.
Ifor Jones Chamber Music Concert
The Bel Canto Youth Chorus and Bach's Concerti for Three and Four Harpsichords
This year's concert features the world premiere of The Day Is Done, a new work by distinguished composer Gwyneth Walker. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem commissioned this piece to celebrate its merger with the 25-year-old Bel Canto Youth Chorus. It will be performed by the young singers of Bel Canto and members of The Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra. Joy Hirokawa, founder and artistic director of Bel Canto, will direct this work, along with additional repertoire for The Bel Canto Youth Chorus: Bach: Duet from Cantata 93 Alexander: Faith is the Bird That Feels the LightTodd: Ave VerumWalker: I’ve Known Rivers – Jump Right in
The concert also includes J.S. Bach's Concerti for Three and Four Harpsichords BWV 1064 and 1065. These rarely heard works are delightful and full of virtuosity. Featuring Greg Funfgeld, Thomas Goeman, Kerry Heimann, and Charlotte Mattax Moersch.
This performance will be held at Baker Hall in Zoellner Arts Center.
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