Join the celebration of Bach's 325th year, the Society's 70th concert season, and maestro's 25th anniversary season with music by Sebastian and his four celebrated sons. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied and other motets performed colla parte are combined with instrumental works and Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, the ‘wedding' cantata, featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki.
Christine Brewer, internationally-acclaimed and Grammy-winner soprano, joins the Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra to “celebrate the traditional joys of Christmas.” Christmas classics and traditional carols include a reprise of the popular Musicological Journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas. The angelic voices of the Archdiocesan Children's Choir directed by John Romeri and audience carols led by Ron Klemm combined with the only candlelight procession at Powell Hall complete the perfect holiday experience.
The Lenten portion of Handel's beloved oratorio continues to inspire listeners 260 years after it was first performed. The magnificent acoustical setting of College Church is the perfect venue for the Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra along with the Society's 1991-92 Young Artist soprano Karen Fergurson, mezzo soprano Debra Hillabrand, tenor Francisco Almanza and baritone Ian Greenlaw.
The rich textures, deep sonorities and passionate emotions of Russian liturgical music are enhanced by the beauty and acoustics of one of the area's most extraordinary churches. Experience “a foretaste and sign of the heavenly kingdom” in the ethereal Vesper settings of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pavel Chesnokov and Alexander Gretchaninov.
