Bach in Baltimore is excitedly preparing its return to LIVE performances in the 2021-2022 Season as able! Join us as we showcase some of the most uplifting chorale masterpieces ever composed, including:
Bach’s B Minor Mass | Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Handel’s Coronation Anthems Zadok the Priest & The King Shall Rejoice
Brahms Requiem | Bach’s Cantata 1 “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star”
Bach Cantatas AND MORE!
Tickets go on sale August 15, 2021!
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
October 3, 2021
WE’RE
BACH!
Cantata 1: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
We are thrilled to perform live for you once again! We open our 34th season with a concert of firsts: Bach’s Cantata 1: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern & Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
November 7, 2021
HOLLIS THOMS REQUIEM (2020)
[in the time of coronavirus]
World Premiere Event &
Bach’s Cantata 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden
Welcome back local composer Hollis Thoms for the World Premiere of his new work, honoring and commemorating those we have lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, we will perform Bach’s beloved Cantata 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
December 5, 2021
CHRISTMAS IN LEIPZIG
Bach’s Uns ist ien Kind geboren (Onto us a child is born)
Selections from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio & Handel’s Messiah
Cherished Holiday Carols
Celebrate the splendor of the holiday season with a concert of treasured holiday tunes from Bach, Handel and more that are sure to transport you from Baltimore to Leipzig, where Bach lived and worked from 1723 until his death in 1750.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
January 1, 2022
NEW YEAR’S DAY BAROQUE CELEBRATION
Join Us for An Annual Tradition
Out with the old and in with the new! Usher in the fresh New Year with our cherished annual tradition, featuring Baroque instrumental favorites selected by our beloved first chair musicians on flute, violin, oboe, cello, and harpsichord. There is no better way to welcome 2022!
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
January 2, 2022
WINTER JOYS:
HANDEL & BACH
Handel’s Chandos Anthem: O Be Joyful In The Lord
Bach’s Cantata 32: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Dearest Jesus, my desire)
Arias from Bach’s Cantata 140: Wachet Auf (Sleeper’s Awake!)
We invite you to leave the cozy comfort of your homes for an uplifting program of Baroque treasures selected to warm your heart, including Handel’s Chandos Anthem: Oh Be Joyful in the Lord and arias from one of Bach’s most enduring works, Cantata 140: Wachet Auf (Sleeper’s Awake!)
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
February 6, 2022
J.S. BACH’S
B MINOR MASS
Don’t Miss the Crown Jewel in Bach’s Oeuvre:
The Heavenly B Minor Mass
Bach’s B Minor Mass represents Bach’s lifelong and tireless artistry as a composer and musician of the highest caliber and is a grand synthesis of his every musical innovation and contribution. Bach began the B Minor Mass early in his career and didn’t finish it until the very end of his life when he had already gone blind. Bach never got a chance to hear a full performance of his magnum opus, but his virtuosity lives on forever with the B Minor Mass.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
March 6, 2022
MENDELSSOHN’S
ELIJAH
You Won’t Want to Miss this Powerful Performance of this Enduring Work of Art
Under the direction of T. Herbert Dimmock, four talented soloists–soprano, alto, tenor, and bass–and the full Bach in Baltimore Choir & Orchestra bring the Hebrew Biblical story of the prophet Elijah to life. This work alone cemented Mendelssohn’s place in history as one of the greatest composers of sacred music.
BEYOND BACH CONCERT SERIES
March 20, 2022
THE PUPIL & HIS TUTOR:
BEETHOVEN & HAYDN
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
Haydn’s Symphony No. 1
A young Beethoven studied for a short time under Haydn, and though Beethoven once said “I never learned anything from Haydn,” their relationship is a source of fascination for musicologists. Enjoy a pair of symphonies from the pupil and tutor in this Beyond Bach concert.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
April 3, 2022
BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL BOUQUET
Dedicated to the Memory of Leslie Starr
Viet Cuong’s Extra(ordinarily) Fancy: Concerto for two oboes
Bach’s Oboe Concerto, BWV 1055R
Albinoni’s Concerto for two oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 in C Major
Bach’s Violin & Harpsichord Sonata in E Major, Adagio ma non tanto, BWV 1016
Bach’s Violin Concerto in E Major, Adagio, BWV 1042
Bach in Baltimore dedicates this Spring-themed instrumental concert to the memory of oboist Leslie Elena Starr.
BEYOND BACH CONCERT SERIES
April 24, 2022
BRAHMS
REQUIEM
Brahms Requiem
Sprenkle’s Go Down Death
The Bach in Baltimore Choir and Orchestra is pleased to present Brahms Requiem, a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, soprano soloist, and baritone soloist. Additionally, we will perform Sprenkle’s Go Down Death, dedicated to Maestro Dimmock in memory of his mother. We offer this performance in loving memory to all the loved ones lost during the pandemic. Sung in English.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
May 1, 2022
HANDEL FESTIVAL
Zadok the Priest
The King Shall Rejoice
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Water Music (excerpts)
Join us for a Handel Festival celebrating the pomp and fanfare of some of Handel’s most famous works.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
June 5, 2022
SUMMER SOIREE
Handel’s Organ Concerto, Op. 4 No. 2
Vivaldi’s Concerto for Flute in G minor
Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe in D minor
Telemann’s Concerto for Viola d’amore, Oboe d’amore and Flute
Bach’s Sinfonia from Cantata No 35
Don’t miss our lively. instrumental send-off to summer!
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