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February 2018
Mr. Bach Comes to Call
The cast and creative team of Mr. Bach Comes to Call “Mr. Bach Comes to Call is an excellent primer for the life and work of this great composer. It will excite, amuse and educate children ages 6 – 12, and provide a foundation for an appreciation of Bach’s music that will last a lifetime.” —Scene Magazine, London, Ontario, 2007 LIVE AND ON STAGE for the first time since 2006, the cast, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and the Bach Festival…
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 »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 »Dinner Discussion: SOLD OUT!
Larry Lipkis, Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Moravian College.
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 »Festival Luncheon: SOLD OUT!
Open to the public, the luncheon includes conversation with one of our Festival soloists. Members of the Heritage Society and Guarantors in the top 3 giving circles ($750+) are our guests.
Find out more »February 2019
Family Concert – Youth Choirs Festival
Gifted students from our region join The Bach Choir of Bethlehem and members of The Bach Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Greg Funfgeld, to present a program ranging from glorious Bach to works from 21st century composers. This year's youth choirs include: Bel Canto Youth Chorus (Joy Hirokawa), Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Touring Choir (David Macbeth), Emmaus High School Chorale (Rita Cortez) and Parkland High School Chorale (Frank Anonia). These 200 voices join together to…
Find out more »April 2019
Spring Concert: Mozart Requiem with The Lehigh University Philharmonic
Greg Funfgeld conducts members of The Bach Choir and The Bach Festival Orchestra alongside Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra to present a program of Mozart and Walton. One of the most familiar and beloved classical compositions of all time, Mozart's Requiem in D Minor, K626, evokes some of the deepest feelings of loss and anguish, along with consolation and redemption. This stirring program includes his Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K467, with Eugene Albulescu, piano, and William Walton's Coronation Te…
Find out more »Spring Concert: Mozart Requiem with The Lehigh University Philharmonic
Greg Funfgeld conducts members of The Bach Choir and The Bach Festival Orchestra alongside Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra to present a program of Mozart and Walton. One of the most familiar and beloved classical compositions of all time, Mozart's Requiem in D Minor, K626, evokes some of the deepest feelings of loss and anguish, along with consolation and redemption. This stirring program includes his Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K467, with Eugene Albulescu, piano, and William Walton's Coronation Te…
Find out more »May 2019
Dinner Discussion: Bach at 8 Concert preview
Larry Lipkis, Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Moravian College.
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Festival Luncheon
Open to the public, the luncheon includes conversation with one of our Festival soloists. Members of the Heritage Society and Guarantors in the top 3 giving circles ($750+) are our guests.
Find out more »October 2019
A Joyful Noise for Touchstone Theatre’s Festival Unbound
Join us as we give voice to community through song. Touchstone Theatre and The Bach Choir partner again, this time as part of Festival Unbound! Featuring The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bel Canto Youth Chorus, Shiloh Baptist Choir, Nazareth High School Chorale, and the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, this event explores how the collective act of music making can bring people together and make the world a smaller place. The Bach Choir performs “A Dream of…
Find out more »February 2021
Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Cancelled
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 »February 2022
Greg Funfgeld Family Concert | “Dancing with Bach”
Beginning on FEBRUARY 23: To purchase tickets ONLINE, please contact the ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER Box Office by clicking HERE. PHONE: 610-758-2787 You may choose to print your ticket(s) at home or pick them up at the WILL CALL WINDOW on Sunday afternoon. Doors to the concert open at 2:30 pm. Tickets ordered from The Bach Choir on or after February 22 will be held at the Zoellner Arts Center "Will Call " window for pick up on Sunday, February 27.…
Find out more »May 2022
The Barnette Distinguished Scholar Lecture –
George Stauffer, Ph.D.
Great Expectations: Bach in Leipzig 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. Educated at Dartmouth College, Bryn Mawr College, and Columbia University, he is well known for his writings on the music and culture of the Baroque Era and the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach, in particular.…
Find out more »May 2023
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 »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 »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
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 »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 »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
Find out more »February 2024
The Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Dancing with Bach
In collaboration with the dance departments of Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts and Muhlenberg College. Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes + Bach First Orchestral Suite Featuring Greg Funfgeld and Eugene Albulescu playing piano 4 hands.
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