Schedule for the upcoming 43rd Season of
BACH VESPERS at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NYC
Sunday Oct. 31 - 5:00 p.m.
Reformation Day
Bach Cantata 80 - Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott
Johann Pachelbel - Gott ist unser’ Zuversicht
Sunday Nov. 7 - 5:00 p.m.
All Saints Sunday
Bach Cantata 52 - Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht (Premiere!)
Johann Christoph Bach - Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren
Sunday Nov. 14 - 5:00 p.m.
25th Sunday after Pentecost
Bach Cantata 33 - Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Premiere!)
Ludwig Senfl - Deus in Adjutorium
Johann Krieger - Sonata No. 3 in E minor
PRE-VESPERS TALK 3:45 p.m.
Michael Marissen, Professor of Music, Swarthmore College
Sunday Nov. 21 - 5:00 p.m.
Christ the King Sunday
Bach Cantata 117 - Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut
Heinrich Schütz - Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt, SWV 36
Johann Krieger - Sonata No. 1 in C major
Monday Nov. 22 - 7:00 p.m.
Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
"Sounds of Thanks and Praise"
Songs & Anthems to Celebrate Thanksgiving, with the Bach Soloists
Sunday Nov. 28 - 5:00 p.m.
1st Sunday of Advent
Bach Cantata 62 - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Georg Telemann - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, TWV 1:1174
PRE-VESPERS TALK 3:45 p.m. Michael Marissen
Sunday Dec. 5 - 5:00 p.m.
2nd Sunday of Advent / World AIDS Day observed
Bach Cantata 167 - Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe (Premiere!)
Heinrich Schütz - Die Stimm des Herren, SWV 331
Sunday Dec. 12 - 5:00 p.m.
3rd Sunday of Advent
Bach - MAGNIFICAT, BWV 243
Jacob Arcadelt - Ave Maria gratia plena
Sunday Dec. 19 - 5:00 p.m.
4th Sunday of Advent
CANDLELIGHT LESSONS & CAROLS
Our beloved annual celebration of the season
With the Bach & Parish Choirs
Friday Dec. 24 - 10:30 p.m.
Christmas Eve / Nativity of Our Lord
THE CHRIST-MASS
With members of the Bach Choir, Trumpet & Organ
Monday Dec. 27 - 7:00 p.m.
Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
“More Music for Christmas” with Joe Damon Chappel, bass;
Nathan Botts, valveless trumpet; Rick Erickson, organ
Winter Break
Monday Jan. 24 - 7:00 p.m.
Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
"Teutonic Treasures: Bach and His School"
Music of Bach, Krieger, Buxtehude, Telemann & Rosenmüller
with Musica Dissepolta - Robert Seletsky, Director
Sunday Feb. 6 - 5:00 p.m.
5th Sunday after Epiphany
Bach Cantata 39 - Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (Premiere!)
Heinrich Schütz - Die mit Tränen säen, SVW 378
Johann Krieger - Sonata No. 6 in A minor
PRE-VESPERS TALK 3:45 p.m. Michael Marissen
Sunday Feb. 13 - 5:00 p.m.
6th Sunday after Epiphany
Bach Cantata 9 - Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Premiere!)
Hieronymus Praetorius - Cantate Domino
Sunday Feb. 20 - 5:00 p.m.
7th Sunday after Epiphany
Bach Cantata 134 - Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß (Premiere!)
Bach Cantata 56 - Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
PRE-VESPERS TALK 3:45 p.m. Michael Marissen
Sunday Feb. 27 - 5:00 p.m.
8th Sunday after Epiphany
Bach Cantata 93 - Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Premiere!)
Bach Cantata 51 - Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!
Monday Feb. 28 - 7:00 p.m.
Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
“New Baroque Soloists”
Music for Trumpet, Horn, Oboe, Strings & Keyboard
Bach, Händel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Quantz, Graun, Heinichen & Albinoni
Sunday Mar. 6 - 5:00 p.m.
9th Sunday after Epiphany/Transfiguration
Bach Cantata 113 - Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (Premiere!)
Heinrich Schütz - Unser Wandel ist im Himmel, SWV 390
Johann Krieger - Sonata No. 4 in F major
Concert Vespers in Lent
J. S. Bach presented no cantatas during Lent in Leipzig.
We follow that tradition as well, offering these
other diverse works by Bach and his peers!
Sunday Mar. 13 - 5:00 p.m.
Invocavit (1st Sunday in Lent)
Bach - Complete Toccatas & Fantasies, Part 1
Rick Erickson, organ
PRE-VESPERS TALK in the loft, 4:15 p.m.
Sunday Mar. 20 - 5:00 p.m.
Reminiscere (2nd Sunday in Lent)
Bach - Complete Toccatas & Fantasies, Part 2
Paul-Martin Maki, organ
PRE-VESPERS TALK in the loft, 4:15 p.m.
Sunday Mar. 27 - 5:00 p.m.
Oculi (3rd Sunday in Lent)
Bach - Complete Toccatas & Fantasies, Part 3
Claudia Dumschat, organ
PRE-VESPERS TALK in the loft, 4:15 p.m.
Monday Mar. 28 - 7:00 p.m.
Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
"The Elbereth Duo” three Bach sonatas for violin & harpsichord
Dongmyung Ahn, baroque violin; Yi-heng Yang, harpsichord
Sunday Apr. 3 - 5:00 p.m.
Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent)
“German Baroque Trios for Violin, Viol da gamba & Harpsichord”
Including works by Bach, Buxtehude, Erlenbach & Krieger
Peter Kupfer, violin; Carlene Stober, gamba; Avi Stein, harpsichord PRE-VESPERS TALK with the artists, 4:15 p.m.
Sunday Apr. 10 - 5:00 p.m.
Judica (5th Sunday in Lent)
Georg Friedrich Händel - BROCKES PASSION, HWV 48
Sunday Apr. 17 - 5:00 p.m.
Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion
Bach Cantata 150 - Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Richte mich, Gott, Op. 78, No. 2
Friday Apr. 22 - 12:00 p.m.
Good Friday Liturgy
Rick Erickson’s setting of the St. John Passion
With soloists from the Bach Choir
Sunday Apr. 24 - 5:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday / Resurrection of Our Lord
Bach Cantata 145 - Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen (Premiere!)
Johann Bach - Sei nun wieder zufrieden, meine Seele
Monday May 2 - 7:00 p.m.
First Monday Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
NOTE THE DATE SHIFT! "A Baroque Cornucopia"
Susan Iadone, viola da gamba; Larry Zukoff, recorder;
Drew Santini, baritone; Rick Erickson, harpsichord
Monday May 23 - 7:00 p.m.
Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door)
"Hustle" Virtuoso Snapshots of Bartók, Françaix, Gillespie, Isaac & Theodore Wiprud's Hustle premiere by The New York Clarinet Quartet
Sunday Jul. 31 - 7:00 p.m.
Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, Musician
Our Annual Summer “Sauna” Vespers
Details will be announced!
