SEASON 32: 2019-2020

October 2018 through June 2019

BEYOND BACH CONCERT SERIES: MUSIC OF THE GODS

Sunday, September 15 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., Baltimore

Program
Handel’s Water Music (Suite No. 2)
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Op 84
Mozart’s Symphony 41 in C major, “Jupiter” Symphony

BAROQUE OKTOBERFEST
FEATURING BACH’S CANTATA 20 & TELEMANN’S TAFELMUSIK II

Sunday, October 6 at 4 p.m.
Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Charles Street, Baltimore

Program
Bach’s Cantata 20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
Telemann’s Tafelmusik II: Ouverture Suite in D major

Artists
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Alto
Matthew Loyal Smith, Tenor
Phillip Collister, Bass

Student Voice Exchange
Maryland State Boys Choir

FREE FALL BALTIMORE CONCERT

Wednesday, October 23 at 8 p.m.
Roland Park Place, 830 W 40th St, Baltimore

Bach in Baltimore’s annual FREE Community Concert, generously sponsored in part by Free Fall Baltimore, a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts features the Bach in Baltimore Choir performing uplifting works from the 2019-2020 Season–Baroque’s Greatest Hits.

BEYOND BACH CONCERT SERIES: MUSIC OF HUMANITY
FEATURING MOZART’S SYMPHONY NO. 40 & BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 2

Sunday, October 27 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., Baltimore

Program
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 36

REFLECTIONS AND RENEWAL
FEATURING HOLLIS THOMS’S ADAM & EVE, BACH’S CANTATA 165, AND MOZART’S EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK

Sunday, November 3 at 4 p.m.
Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Charles Street, Baltimore

Program
Hollis Thoms’s Adam & Eve, World Premiere
Bach’s Cantata 165: O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad
Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik (allegro)

Artists
Sarah Bleasdale, Soprano
Maria Sheehan, Alto
Kristopher Jean, Tenor
Jason Thoms, Bass

Student Voice Exchange
Archbiship Curley High School Schola

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
First Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City

Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.
St. Casimir Church, 2800 O’Donnell St, Baltimore

Program
Handel’s Messiah

Artists
Elissa Edwards, Soprano
Jessica Renfro, Alto
Dr. Min Jin, Tenor
Lorenzo Zapata, Bass

NEW YEAR’S DAY CELEBRATION

Wednesday, January 1 at 4 p.m.
Central Presbyterian Church, 7308 York Rd, Towson, MD

Artists
Grechen Gettes, Cello
Kimberly Valerio, Flute
Sandra Lisicky, Oboe
Ronald Mutchnik, Violin
Bozena Brown, Harpschord
Herbert Dimmock, Organ
Mel Wilhoit, Trumpet
Terry B. Ewell, Bassoon

WINTER LIGHTS
BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO, PART V & CANTATA 153

Sunday, January 5 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles Street, Baltimore

Program
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Part V: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
Bach’s Cantata 153: Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind
Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto Opus 9, No. 2

Artists
Kerry Holahan, Soprano
Janna Critz, Alto
Jeffrey Fahnestock, Tenor
Ross Tamaccio, Bass

Student Voice Exchange
Calvert Hall College High School Choir

MIDWINTER BAROQUE DAYDREAM
FEATURING BACH’S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 & TELEMANN’S TAFELMUSIK I

Sunday, February 2 at 4 p.m.
First Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City

Program
Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Telemann’s Tafelmusik I: Ouverture in E minor
Vivaldi’s Concerto for two flutes
Bach’s Concerto for two harpsichords

Artists
Kimberly Valerio, flute
Anita Thesen, flute
Bozena Jedrzejczak Brown, harpsichord
Wayne L. Wold, harpsichord

Guest Quartet
Güde String Quartet, part of the Performance  Academy for Strings at Peabody Preparatory under the direction of Christian Tremblay.

Program
Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E Minor, Op 44, No. 2,  Allegro assai appassionato.

Artists
Anne-Marie Wnek, violin
Miyabi Henriksen, violin
Martin Rojas, viola
Jennifer Park, cello

A HAYDN AFFAIR
FEATURING HEILIGMESSE & “SURPRISE SYMPHONY”

Sunday, March 1 at 4 p.m.
Towson United Methodist Church, 501 Hampton Lane, Towson

Program
Heiligmesse, Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida
“Surprise Symphony,” Symphony No. 94 in G major

Artists
Stephanie Kruskol, Soprano
Taylor Boykins, Alto
Joseph Regan, Tenor
David Dimmock, Bass*

Student Voice Exchange
Richard Montgomery High School Madrigals

CANCELED: OBOE LOVERS DELIGHT CONCERT
Featuring Bach’s “Air on a G String” & Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Oboes

Sunday, May 24 at 4 p.m.
Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Charles Street, Inner Harbor Baltimore

Program

Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major
Vivaldi’s Concerto for two oboes
Albinoni’s Concerto for two oboes Op 9, No. 9
Bach’s “Air on the G String” from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major

Artists
Sandra (Gerster) Lisicky, oboe
Michael Lisicky, oboe

Student Voice Exchange
Wilde Lake High School Choir

CANCELED: B MINOR MASS

Sunday, May 3 at 4 p.m.
Towson United Methodist Church, 501 Hampton Lane, Towson

Program
Bach’s B Minor Mass

Artists
Katherine Vetter Cain, Soprano
Claire Galloway, Soprano II
Jeffrey Fahnestock, Tenor
William Marshall, Bass

CANCELED: SUMMER SUNSET
FEATURING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF ALBINONI, HANDEL, TELEMAN, VIVALDI, & ZELENKA

Sunday, June 7 at 4 p.m.
The Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles Street, Baltimore

Program
Zelenka’s Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti in A major
Vivaldi’s Flute Concerto No 1 in F major, La tempesta di mare
Vivaldi’s Chamber Concerto in F major
Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto in in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2
Handel’s Overture from the Oratorio Saul
Handel’s Water Music, Suite in G major
Telemann’s Water Music (excerpts)

Artist
Sandra Lisicky, oboe