Bach’s grand, chorale-based “Jesu, meine Freude,” BWV 227, rounds out this season of our namesake’s motets. Sharing the program will be British composer Jonathan Dove’s thrilling cycle for chorus and piano, The Passing of the Year. The concert will be held at 3:00 pm at Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, in Seattle. Admission is by donation.
We begin our celebration of J. S. Bach’s choruses with selections from cantatas for the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, Reformation Day, Advent, and Christmas. Other music and readings for these and the general seasons of fall and winter complete the program.
Our journey through the year with Bach continues with choruses from cantatas for the Feasts of Epiphany, the Purification of Mary, the Visitation, the Annunciation, and others. Related music and readings celebrate winter and the transition to spring.
Seattle Bach Choir’s annual fundraising gala held in honor of Bach’s birthday! Enjoy a German-themed buffet dinner, a mini-concert by the Choir, and a whole evening of fun festivities! Get your tickets here!
We end our season with a celebration of spring and the beginning of summer. Cantata choruses for Easter and the Feasts of Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity are supplemented by other works and poetry rejoicing in the brightness of the season.
Throughout history, people have heralded the rising of the sun with music. So, we begin our anniversary season with music for the morning, including music from the matins liturgy. Works by Benjamin Britten, Charles Villiers Stanford, Heinrich Schütz, and the Shakers complement the centerpiece of this program—Te Deum by American-Swedish composer Steve Dobrogosz.
When Martin Luther wrote about liturgy, he identified or composed German chorales that could be used to substitute for parts of the Latin Mass. Settings of some these surround a work we’ve commissioned to celebrate our 40th anniversary—“We All Believe in One True God” by Minnesota composer Linda Kachelmeier. Our namesake’s Mass in G will also be featured.
