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March 2018
A Celebration of the Choral Art
Two festive tours-de-force for choir and brass by William Walton and John Rutter are combined with J.S. Bach’s Cantata 118 O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (O Jesus Christ, light of my life), and Morten Lauridsen’s earliest choral cycle, the Mid-Winter Songs on poetry by Robert Graves. The concert gives eloquent expression to both cosmic praise and deep intimacy. Walton’s ebullient Coronation Te Deum was composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953, and features lush double-choir writing and infectious rhythm. …
Find out more »April 2018
Bach at Noon
Free Admission and no need for a reservation. Doors open at 11:30am - come early to be sure of a seat. Greg Funfgeld will introduce the music performed by members of The Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra with an informal and enlightening talk. Free-will contributions gratefully received. At the April Bach at Noon, Moravian College will confer an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Moravian College upon Greg Funfgeld. Musical Program includes: Bach: from the Fifth French…
Find out more »May 2018
Lehigh University Choral Arts
Featuring Britten's War Requiem Performing with the Lehigh University Choral Arts ensemble: members of The Bel Canto Children's Chorus of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem This performance will be held in Zoellner Arts Center's Baker Hall.
Find out more »Lehigh University Choral Arts
Featuring Britten's War Requiem Performing with the Lehigh University Choral Arts ensemble: members of The Bel Canto Children's Chorus of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem This performance will be held in Zoellner Arts Center's Baker Hall.
Find out more »WWFM Spring Concert Broadcast
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem’s Spring Concert: A Celebration of the Choral Art, will be broadcast on May 8 at noon eastern time on wwfm.org. This glorious program, sponsored by HYDAC, includes: William Walton: Coronation Te Deum John Rutter: Gloria Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs J.S. Bach: Cantata 118 Listen live online or check the website for stations broadcasting in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Colorado.
Find out more »Bach Outdoors!
The Festival opens outside on Lehigh University’s beautiful campus with unique and upbeat performances by our principal violist Paul Miller and friends. They will play electric violin along with other “modern” instruments to offer original arrangements of some of Bach’s most beloved masterpieces.
Find out more »Distinguished Scholar Lecture — Dr. Robin A. Leaver
Greg Funfgeld has invited Robin Leaver to give this lecture to celebrate the 120th birthday of The Choir and to honor his esteemed colleague. Dr. Leaver has been The Bach Choir’s eminent concert program annotator throughout Funfgeld’s tenure of 35 years. He is Visiting Professor, Yale University, and Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Emeritus Professor, Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Find out more »Bach at 4
The centerpiece of this concert is Bach’s Cantata 106, Gottes Zeit is die allerbeste Zeit (God’s time is the very best time). This gem of a cantata scored for recorders, gambas, and basso continuo was written when Bach was in his early twenties and yet as Nicholas Kenyon wrote “he never surpassed the interior drama of this concentrated piece” and as Jim Gaines wrote of this masterpiece “All of Bach begins here.”
Find out more »Chamber Music in the Saal: SOLD OUT
Charlotte Mattax Moersch launched our Chamber Music in the Saal series in 1997 with a performance of Bach’s epic Goldberg Variations, one of the most ambitious works ever written for the harpsichord. She is delighted to revisit this set of variations, unmatched in their scope and ingenuity, for our 120th birthday.
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