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May 2023
Festival Luncheon
Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center Limited seating is available for this full-course, served luncheon which includes comments from one of acclaimed Festival soloists. Conveniently located in Zoellner Arts Center and open to the public. Members of the Heritage Society and Guarantors in the top 3 giving circles ($750+) attend as our guests. Tickets / Advance registration required. No tickets available at the door. Guarantors: $27 Public: $34
Find out more »The Mass in B Minor
Part 1 • 2:30pm Part 2 • 4:30pm Tickets ordered after May 5, 2023 will be held at WILL CALL for pick up prior to the concert. ONLINE ticketing closes at 9:30am on May 13. Tickets will be available at Packer Memorial Church starting at 1:30pm on May 13. Dr. Christopher Jackson conducts The Choir, Bach Festival Orchestra and soloists at our 115th Bethlehem Bach Festival – his first as our Artistic Director and Conductor. The Mass is our treasured tradition, attended and warmly…
Find out more »Zimmermann’s Coffee House- SOLD OUT!
This relaxed event is modeled after Zimmermann’s Coffee House of Bach’s time in Leipzig. This year, the event will be held in the renovated 1869 Luckenbach Mill. You will hear Baroque chamber music performed by young musicians (chosen by audition); with a menu of German fare, wine, and beer available for purchase. ($25 cover charge includes one drink voucher.) There will also be appearances by Artistic Director and Conductor Christopher Jackson and friends to add to the festivities. End your…
Find out more »The Barnette Distinguished Scholar Lecture
Discovering Bach - The Story of Unearthing the Aria "Alles mit Gott" BWV 1127 In 2005 Michael Maul, member of the research department of Bach-Archive Leipzig, meanwhile artistic director of Bachfest Leipzig, made an sensational discovery. After digging deep into hundreds of Central German archives for almost four years, he came across an anonymous music score of an aria, written on two empty pages of a printed Birthday poem for Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar in 1713. He was able…
Find out more »Bach at 4
Join us for the “conversation + concert” as Christopher Jackson shares insights into works by Bach, including a newly discovered Bach cantata.
J. S. Bach – Actus Tragicus, or, “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”, BWV 106, for soloists, choir, violas da gamba and recorders.
Johann Michael Bach - seldom heard Bach Family Motets
J. S. Bach – “Lobet den Herrn”, BWV 230, newly discovered and making its Bethlehem premiere!
Chamber Music in the Saal
Please note: The Saal is on the second floor of the museum and is not handicapped accessible. The Vivaldi Project Praised for its brilliant and expressive playing, The Vivaldi Project, founded in 2006, is dedicated to presenting innovative programs of Baroque and Classical string repertoire that combine scholarship and performance to both educate and delight audiences. The period instrument ensemble takes its name from the virtuoso violinist and innovative composer Antonio Vivaldi in recognition of his pivotal position between earlier Baroque…
Find out more »Festival Dinner | Lecture
Delicious (and convenient!) dinner at the Festival, please join us as Dr. Larry Lipkis offers remarks and insight into the music of Bach. Seating is limited and this event sells out quickly! Dr. Larry Lipkis, Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Moravian University Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center Tickets/Registration required: no tickets available at the door.
Find out more »Bach at 8
Dr. Christopher Jackson leads The Choir, and The Bach Festival Orchestra, along with our 2023 Artist-in-Residence Loretta O'Sullivan and guest soloists as we return to our Bach at 8 Concert at the 115th Festival. J.S. Bach - “Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir”, BWV 131 C.P.E. Bach - Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Wq. 170 - Featuring Loretta O’Sullivan, cello, Artist in Residence J.S. Bach - “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis”, BWV 21 To read more about the…
Find out more »Ifor Jones Chamber Music Concert
Baker Hall | Zoellner Arts Center · Lehigh University, Bethlehem
The Bel Canto Youth Chorus
Artist-in-Residence Loretta O'Sullivan will accompany Bel Canto Concert Choir on "Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten" from Cantata 78 , Jesu der du meine Seele
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531
J. S. Bach - Orchestral Suite in D Major, BWV 1068
Festival Luncheon
Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center Limited seating is available for this full-course, served luncheon which includes comments from one of acclaimed Festival soloists. Conveniently located in Zoellner Arts Center and open to the public. Members of the Heritage Society and Guarantors in the top 3 giving circles ($750+) attend as our guests. Tickets / Advance registration required. No tickets available at the door. Guarantors: $27 Public: $34
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