While we do not know what the future will bring, we at Bach in Baltimore are deeply committed to bringing you musical content in our 2020-21 season. At this time, we will NOT PERFORM IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, OR APRIL 2021*
However, we are thrilled to present our 2020-2021 VIRTUAL SERIES, featuring interviews with Bach in Baltimore Artists; “Musical Notes with Maestro T. Herbert Dimmock,” and Audio Recordings from previous concerts, all at no cost!
*Any Season Passes, Mini-Passes, and Beyond Bach Passes purchased for the 2020-2021 Season will remain VALID for any postponed concerts at the time of their rescheduling.
Join Us in 2020-2021, for 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’s Requiem | Bach’s Cantata 1 “How Brightly Shines the Morning Sun”
Bach Cantatas AND MORE!
Attend all of Bach in Baltimore’s First Sunday Season Events for one low price! Save up to 31% off the cost of regularly priced tickets with a First Sunday Season Pass.
For those that crave freedom & flexibility, our Mini Pass is for you! Receive 3 vouchers to attend 1 $40 concert of your choice and 2 $25 concerts of your choice. Save 16% off the cost of regularly priced tickets with the MINI PASS.
You told us you wanted more instrumental concerts & you asked us to branch out into music beyond the Baroque. With our Beyond Bach Concert Series, we have delivered! Experience works by Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, and Haydn in our 20-21 Season. Catch both Beyond Bach concerts at a 10% discount!
Despite current economic difficulties, we are NOT raising our ticket prices for the second year in a row. We strongly believe music and the arts need to be accessible now more than ever, and we are working diligently towards that end as we prepare both concerts AND new virtual online content (details to come)! For this reason, we hope that you will also consider making a donation to our 33rd season of great music in great spaces–for all!
PURCHASE FIRST SUNDAY SEASON PASS:
Attend all of Bach in Baltimore’s First Sunday Concert Series Events for one low price! Save up to 31% off the cost of regularly priced tickets with a Full Season Pass.
PURCHASE BEYOND BACH PASS:
You told us you wanted more instrumental concerts & you asked us to branch out into music beyond the Baroque. With our Beyond Bach Concert Series, we have delivered! Experience the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, and Haydn in our 2020-2021 Season. See both concerts in our Beyond Bach Concert Series at a 10% discount!
PURCHASE MINI PASS:
For those that crave freedom & flexibility. Receive 3 vouchers to attend 1 $40 concert of your choice and 2 $25 concerts of your choice. Save 16% off the cost of regularly priced tickets with the MINI PASS.
The 2020-2021 Season has been thoughtfully curated with the intention of performing in person at such a time as it is safe and permitted to do so. We do not know what the future may bring, but we are optimistically preparing to bring you great music in great spaces as soon as possible. You will notice that there are no dates or venue locations listed to date. These details will be announced as soon as they are finalized, due to ongoing changes in light of COVID-19.
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
WE’RE BACH
WITH A PAIR OF BACH FIRSTS
Cantata 1: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
We open our 33rd season with a concert of firsts: Bach’s Cantata 1: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern & Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
HOLLIS THOMS REQUIEM
A WORLD PREMIERE EVENT
Welcome back local composer Hollis Thoms for the world premeire of his new work, honoring and commemorating those we have lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
BELOVED HOLIDAY CLASSICS
Bach’s Uns ist ien Kind geboren (Onto us a child is born)
Selections from Handel’s Messiah & Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Celebrate the wonder of the season with a concert featuring Bach’s Uns ist ien Kind geboren, Handel’s “Comfort Ye” from Messiah & Bach’s “Prepare thyself” and “Slumber softly” from Christmas Oratorio, and enjoy such treasured carols as O Holy Night, In the Bleak Midwinter, and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
NEW YEAR’S DAY BAROQUE CELEBRATION
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 2021!
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
BACH’S B MINOR MASS
There is no question. The crown jewel in Bach’s oeuvre is the heavenly B Minor Mass. It 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.
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
WINTER JOYS:
HANDEL, BACH & TELEMANN
Handel’s O Be Joyful In The Lord
Bach’s Cantata 32: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen
Telemann’s Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 18 in d minor
We invite you to a warm and welcoming program of Baroque treasures from Handel, Bach, and Telemann.
CONCERT POSTPONED
BEYOND BACH CONCERT SERIES
MUSIC TO IGNITE THE SOUL: BEETHOVEN, HAYDN & COPLAND
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
Haydn’s Symphony No. 1
Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Beethoven praised his Symphony, No. 7 as one of his best efforts, and a generation later, Richard Wagner called it a “dance in its highest aspect, the loftiest deed of bodily motion.” Together with Haydn’s zesty Symphony No. 1 & Copland’s Appalachian Spring, you are guaranteed to float out of the concert feeling inspired, renewed, and uplifted!
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
MENDELSSOHN’S
ELIJAH
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 Old Testament 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.
You won’t want to miss this powerful performance of this enduring work of art.
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
BAROQUE EASTER CELEBRATION
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
Vivaldi’s Chamber Concerto in F major
Vivaldi’s Concerto for Oboe
Handel’s Overture from the Oratorio Saul
Celebrate Easter with Baroque masters Handel, Vivaldi, and Zelenka—in a delightful instrumental concert.
CONCERT POSTPONED
BEYOND BACH CONCERT SERIES
BRAHMS’S
GERMAN REQUIEM
The Bach in Baltimore Choir and Orchestra is pleased to present Brahm’s German Requiem, a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and a soprano and a baritone soloist. It is a moving, sacred but non-liturgical requiem composed in German. Our performance is dedicated in celebration and remembrance of the lives of those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONCERT POSTPONED
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
HANDEL FESTIVAL
Zadok the Priest
The King Shall Rejoice
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Join us for a Handel Festival celebrating the pomp and fanfare of some of Handel’s most famous anthems.
$40 ADVANCED | $42 DOOR
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL BOUQUET
Bach’s Cantata 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Handel’s Overture to Alexander’s Feast
Vivaldi’s Concerto for Flute in g minor
Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe in d minor
We conclude our Season with a bouquet of Baroque instrumental delights.
$25 ADVANCED | $27 DOOR
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