WINTER CELEBRATION CONCERT
Sunday, January 7 at 4 pm
Grace United Methodist, 5407 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210
This concert was part of Bach in Baltimore’s 2017-2018 Season. View the full season in our Archives.
FULL PROGRAM:
Bach’s Cantata 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Bach’s Cantata 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Handel’s Organ Concerto, Op. 4, No. 5 in F major
FEATURED SOLOISTS:
Kate Vetter Cain, soprano
Charles Humphries, countertenor
Christopher Schroeder, organ
STUDENT VOICE EXCHANGE GUEST CHOIR:
Institute of Notre Dame
Bach in Baltimore’s Winter Celebration Concert features Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (It is our salvation come here to us), a church cantata written for performances in Leipzig in 1724. It is based on a hymn by Paul Speratus. Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin) is Bach’s first surviving cantata for a solo voice. This performance features one of the most sought after countertenors worldwide, Charles Humphries. Christopher Schroeder will open the program as the organ soloist for the magnificent Handel Organ Concerto.
Admission: $20 in advance, $22 at the door
Kate Vetter Cain, soprano
Soprano Kate Vetter Cain’s “sweetness of timbre and vocal power” (The Washington Post) has allowed her to collaborate with some of our region’s most renowned ensembles. She is pleased to return for her third season as a soloist with Bach in Baltimore. She has sung a soloist and ensemble member for many seasons with the Washington Bach Consort, and has especially enjoyed both soprano solo parts in the Mass in B-minor and many cantata solos with the late and much beloved J. Reilly Lewis. Kate has also been a soloist for Leonard Slatkin with the National Chamber Players in Mahler’s 4th Symphony, for Kenneth Slowik in BWV 51 “Jauchzet Gott,” and also with the Cathedral Choral Society, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with conductor Marin Alsop, Folger Consort, Chantry, Cathedra, Washington Concert Opera with conductor Antony Walker, Orchestra of St. Luke’s with conductor Will Crutchfield, Washington Ballet, DC’s In Series, Ash-Lawn Highland Festival, Caramoor Festival Opera, Tanglewood Music Center, and Off-Broadway with The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Kate earned a B.A. in History from Yale University, as well as a Master in Voice from Manhattan School of Music and a DMA from the University of Maryland, and served for ten years as music teacher at a bilingual DC public charter school. Kate currently maintains a private voice studio in Washington, DC.
Christopher Schroeder, organ
Christopher Schroeder is Minister of Music and Organist at Grace United Methodist Church and is also the Chapel Organist at St. Paul School for Boys. Chris has been a church musician for nearly 40 years, serving churches in the Baltimore area as well as churches in his home state of Indiana. Chris holds a Masters Degree in Church Music and Organ Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He has performed solo organ recitals and has accompanied choral ensembles throughout his career. Chris finds enjoyment in choral singing, running, biking and crossword puzzles.