The Chattanooga Bach Choir will perform Bach's St. John Passion this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul at 214 E. 8th St. in Chattanooga. Tickets are $25-$35 and available ...
The opening piece was the solo cantata Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, which Bach wrote in 1726 when he was Kantor of St Thomas School in Leipzig. This work deals with the common Lutheran theme of ...
Now in its 33rd year, Evanston’s annual Bach Week festival concludes with Bach’s emotionally intense choral masterpiece Saint John Passion (1723). Its surprisingly creepy chromatic opening turns ...
It would be hard to imagine a better program than the one played by the Bach Society Orchestra Sunday night. Consisting of Bach and Mozart, with excellent soloists, the concert played to a packed ...
Balance was a problem though, with the players often overpowering the singers (no choir here, the chorales and choruses all sung one to a part). The orchestra was bigger, with two desks each of first ...