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Thank you to everyone who celebrated our 15th Anniversary of Bach at Noon!
It was so gratifying to see the very full church and offer this music to our always enthusiastic and appreciative audience. Our next Bethlehem concert will be on Tuesday, February 11.
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Bach at Noon concerts may be heard on WWFM.
Our January 14 Bach at Noon concert will be broadcast on Monday, February 10 at 1 pm. Listen online at wwfm.org or on one of their regional broadcast stations.
Join us for The Greg Funfgeld Family Concert:
Benjamin Britten’s Noah’s Flood (Noyes Fludde)
Featured Soloists:
David Newman, bass-baritone, as Noah
Meg Bragel, mezzo-soprano, as Mrs. Noah
John Hare, as the Voice of God
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Bach at Noon
Initiated in 2005, this free concert series was designed as a community and economic development initiative educating new audiences about Bach’s music. It includes seven performances throughout the year at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem and three summer concerts at St. John’s Lutheran Church in downtown Allentown. Greg Funfgeld introduces each program with an engaging, informal talk. Bach at Noon has been a phenomenal success attracting audiences of all ages totaling more than 8,000 a year. A frequent response from audience members is, “This is such a blessing!”
This season, we’re thrilled to announce that our Bach at Noon concerts will be broadcast by WWFM, the Classical Network. This award-winning classical music station is listener supported, and has offered a number of Bach Choir concerts in previous seasons. We’re delighted that they’ll be sharing our joyous Bach at Noon concerts with listeners near and far each month!
The schedule for the WWFM broadcasts is shown below, listing the concert, followed by the broadcast date. Note that each month, the broadcasts take place at 1 PM on the second Monday of the month.
2019:
September 10 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, October 7
October 8 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, November 11
November 12 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, January 13
2020:
January 14 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, February 10
February 11 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, March 9
March 10 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, April 9
April 14 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, June 8
Allentown Concerts:
June 9 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, July 13
July 14 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, August 10
August 11 Bach at Noon / Broadcast on Monday, September 7
Family Concerts
Initiated in 2000, the annual Greg Funfgeld Family Concerts are imaginative, collaborative, interactive concerts that feature professional and student artists in the fields of music, dance, theater, visual arts, and poetry, performing with the full Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra. For many parents, the Greg Funfgeld Family Concert offers the perfect opportunity to introduce their children to Bach, classical music and a live performance.
Spring Concerts
Welcoming the spring and celebrating the sacred Easter season with the music of J.S. Bach has been a long been a tradition of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Centerpieces of these performances over the years have included Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude and The Passion According to Saint John, along with the works of more contemporary composers including Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten and Morten Lauridsen.
113th Bethlehem Bach Festival
Our largest event of the year takes place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on the campus of Lehigh University and on the historic grounds of the Moravian community. The Festival is a glorious tradition treasured by thousands of people from throughout the United States and beyond since the American premiere of Bach’s monumental Mass at the first Bethlehem Bach Festival in 1900. The Festival is presented each year over two weekends in May, and includes guest artists-in-residence, featured young musicians, lectures and chorale sings with the audience.
Gala Concert & Fundraiser
Building on the successful presentation of such high profile artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Dave Brubeck, Emma Kirkby, Tiempo Libre, Hilary Hahn, the Swingle Singers, Eliot Fisk, the American Boychoir, Bach Collegium Japan, Roomful of Teeth, Thomanerchor and Peter Serkin, the annual Gala is a fundraiser and a fun musical and social event featuring Bach connections in different genres with guest artists at the top of their field.
Christmas Concerts
The Choir’s long tradition of offering Christmas music concerts began with the first complete performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in the United States in 1901. Since then, the Choir has continued to bring Bach’s music, along with the sacred Christmas music of other composers, including more contemporary pieces, to the community with its annual December concerts in Allentown and Bethlehem.
