Bach Cantata Concert Features Reformation Music
The theme of our next Bach Cantata concert on Sunday, October 20, at 5:00 p.m. is "Leipzig I: Reformation Music" and features:
- Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BWV 80)
- Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (BWV 111)
- Organ music by Johann Pachelbel, Dieterich Buxtehude, and J. S. Bach
Watch a preview of the concert featuring an excerpt from the last performance:
No charge for admission. 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 the surface lot at the same address.
This year, we are following Bach's musical footsteps through the various stages of his career, from his earliest appointments in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, to Weimar, and to the culmination of his work in Leipzig. Each place and each employment offered Bach different opportunities to focus his creative energies.
Learn more about the music in this concert by attending a pre-concert conversation at 4:00 p.m. in Goodson Chapel in the Divinity School's Westbrook Building. Dr. Zebulon Highben, director of Chapel Music, will give a talk titled "Ein feste Burg: Music of Comfort?"
Families with younger children, and those unable to attend the Sunday performance, are welcome at the dress rehearsal the day before (October 19) between 1:30 and 4:00 p.m. in Duke Chapel.