Bach Cantata Concert This Sunday

The first concert in this year’s Bach Cantata Series is this Sunday, September 18, at 5:00 p.m. The program features music inspired by the Song of Mary, including one of J. S. Bach’s greatest masterpieces, the celebratory setting of the Magnificat in D, complete with trumpets and drums. The concert also presents Bach’s rarely heard cantata written for the Feast of the Purification, commonly known as the German Magnificat, and his great Fugue on the Magnificat for organ. The Chapel’s Dr. Philip Cave directs the performance with chorus and distinguished soloists accompanied by the Mallarmé Chamber Players performing on period instruments.

View the online version of the concert program.

Chad Fothergill, interim Chapel organist, will give a pre-concert lecture on historical and musical contexts for the centrality of the Magnificat in the Vespers and Evensong traditions at 4:00 pm in Goodson Chapel in Duke Divinity School.

Families with young children are invited to attend an informal open rehearsal the day before the concert, Saturday, September 17, between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. in the Chapel.

The concert will be livestreamed at this link.

There is no charge for admission to the rehearsal, lecture, livestream, or concert.

Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in surface lot at the same address. Duke students, faculty, and staff can use this link to pre-pay for parking.