72nd Concert Season 2012–2013
Peace and Reconciliation
Sunday, October 21, 2012; 7:00 p.m.
St. Francis Xavier College Church
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Napoleon's armies were invading Austria, Josef Haydn expressed the anxieties and hopes of his people with music.  His Mass in Troubled Times, later known as the Lord Nelson Mass, is filled with praise and triumph! The Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra are joined by Sherezade Panthaki, Patricia Thompson, Don Frazure and Alexander Dobson. Ms. Panthaki is also featured in Bach's cantata 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, for virtuoso soprano and trumpet.
BACH Chamber Music
Sunday, November 18, 2012; 3:00 p.m.
Church of St. Michael & St. George
Concertmaster Lenora-Marya Anop is joined by harpsichordist Charles Metz, flutist Catherine Edwards, cellist Elizabeth Macdonald and pianist Sandra Geary for an informal program of Bach instrumental works.  The afternoon also includes a few favorite Bach arias sung by the Bach Society Young Artists. Meet the performers and enjoy a glass of wine following the performance.
CHRISTMAS CANDLELIGHT CONCERT
Sunday, December 2, 2012; 7:30 p.m.
Powell Hall
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Celebrate the “joy of Christmas” with the beautiful candlelight procession, a St. Louis tradition.  Bach's festive Magnificat, written for his first Christmas in Leipzig, is the featured work, followed by familiar carols by the Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra. The angelic voices of the St. Louis Archdiocesan Children's Chorus under Dr. Horst Buchholz again join in to create the “perfect holiday experience.”
Young Artist Recital
Sunday, January 27, 2013; 3:00 p.m.
Second Presbyterian Church
The Bach Society 2012-2013 Young Artists: Christine Hemphill-Guthrie, Erin Haupt, Terrince Tackett and Matt Pentecost, accompanied by Sandra Geary, are featured in an afternoon of Bach arias and their personal favorites from operatic and recital repertoire.
Music for Voices and Strings
Sunday, April 7, 2013; 7:00 p.m.
Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
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Christ lag in Todesbanden, proclaiming Christ's triumph over the grave, demonstrates Bach's consummate skill.  Each of the seven verses of Luther's chorale is given a completely different approach, and each concludes with an “alleluia.”  The Bach Society Chorus and Strings will also perform Franz Schubert's charming Mass in G, written at the age of 18, and a new setting of the 16th century poem Dark Night of the Soul by the young Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo.
RACHMANINOFF
Sunday, May 19, 2013; 3:00 p.m.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
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A cappella masterpieces by Polish and Russian masters create a ‘vision of Heaven' when heard in the stunning acoustics of St. Stan's, a beautiful old-world architectural treasure.  The featured work is Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy, performed last by the Bach Society Chorus in 1998. Meet the performers in the adjacent Polish Heritage Center after the concert to toast the Maestro on his 100th!

 

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