- JUN5
JS Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
Bach Akademie Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
- JUN6
JS Bach: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
Bach Akademie Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
- JUN7
Mozart Requiem
Bach Akademie Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
- JUN17JUN21>
Equal the Stars in Number: On the Cusp of the 16th Century
Ampersand
Lincoln, MA, Andover, MA, Boston, MA and Keene, NY
- MAY17
Handel's Messiah: As Heard in His Time
Cantata Singers with Finger Lakes Early Music
Elmira, NY
- MAY11
Bach: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, BWV 112
Emmanuel Music
Boston, MA
- APR30MAY4>
Rachmaninoff Vespers
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
East Sandwich, MA, Newburyport, MA, Cambridge, MA and Greenwich, CT
- APR6
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Pegasus Early Music
Rochester, NY
- APR4APR5>
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
NYS Baroque
Syracuse and Ithaca, NY
- MAR28MAR30>
Haydn + Beethoven
Handel and Haydn Society
Boston, MA
- MAR13MAR15>
Take Flight
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Falmouth, Newburyport and Chestnut Hill, MA
- MAR9
Lamentation
Ampersand
Rutland, VT
- FEB2
Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157
Emmanuel Music
Boston, MA
- JAN30
Bach: St. John Passion
American Classical Orchestra
New York, NY
- JAN12
Residency: University of Oregon
Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble
Eugene, OR
- DEC24
Bach: Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122
Emmanuel Music
Boston, MA
- DEC15
Christmas at Emmanuel
Emmanuel Music
Boston, MA
- DEC6DEC7>
A French Twist - À la Vierge - Music for the Virgin Mary and the Nativity
Bach Collegium San Diego
San Diego and La Jolla, CA
- NOV24
Bach: Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117
Emmanuel Music
Boston, MA
- NOV16
Ariadne Unbound
TENET Vocal Artists
New York, NY
- OCT24OCT26>
Sleepy Hollow
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Falmouth, Newburyport and Chestnut Hill, MA
- OCT18
Triomphi
TENET Vocal Artists and Piffaro, the Renaissance Band
New York, NY
- OCT11OCT13>
Triomphi
TENET Vocal Artists and Piffaro, the Renaissance Band
Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE
- OCT5
Return to Earth
Ampersand
Richmond, VT
- SEP27SEP29>
Mozart Requiem
Handel and Haydn Society
Boston, MA
- SEP8
Graupner: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, GWV 1108/42
Emmanuel Music and the Emmanuel Chapel Choir
Boston, MA
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directed by Guy Fishman and Aisslinn Nosky
directed by Guy Fishman and Aisslinn Nosky
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now come, Savior of the heathens), BWV 61, in Weimar for the first Sunday in Advent, the Sunday which begins the liturgical year, and first performed it on December 2, 1714. For Lutherans, the festive start to the liturgical year had a hopeful character. After all, it was almost Christmas time. On March 2, 1714 Bach was appointed concertmaster of the Weimar court capelle of the co-reigning dukes Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar. As concertmaster, he assumed the principal responsibility for composing new works, specifically cantatas for the Schlosskirche (palace church), on a monthly schedule. Bach structured this cantata in six movements, beginning with chorale fantasia, followed by a series of alternating recitatives and arias and concluded by a chorale. The words of the cantata are derived from Luther's Advent chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, which was well-known at the time. The first and the last movement follow Luther's text literally, and the middle movements are based on it. This melody is first documented as a Roman Catholic Latin hymn based upon Gregorian chant in manuscript form in Einsiedeln (Switzerland) around 1120.
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- Thursday, June 5 at 12:00 PMMyers Park Presbyterian Church
2501 Oxford Place, Charlotte, NC