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2010 - 2011 Season
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Origins: The Mass in B-Minor
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 3 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Johann David Heinichen, Magnificat in A Major
Francesco Maria Veracini, Ouverture No. 6 in B-Flat
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Te Deum in D, ZWV 145
Johann Sebastian Bach, Missa in B Minor
Was the Mass in B Minor Bach's nod to posterity or a sublime meditation on his personal faith? He never heard the Mass performed in its entirety, yet he returned to the work again and again during the last twenty years of his life. Our Season opens with a program centered around the nucleus of what was to become the Mass in B minor, a work Bach hoped would garner him an official title and a position of leadership in the Court of King Augustus III at Dresden. We include music by Bach's rivals and colleagues from the flourishing musical traditions and opulent musical resources of this major artistic center.
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Noontime Cantata
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 12:10 p.m.
BWV 24: Ein ungefarbt Gemute
Organ Soloist: J. Reilly Lewis
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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Noontime Cantata
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 12:10 p.m.
BWV 162: Ach, ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe
Organ Soloist: Victoria Shields
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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Noontime Cantata
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 12:10 p.m.
BWV 155: Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Organ Soloist: Jeremy Filsell
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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A Baroque Christmas
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
In contrast to our exploration during the previous two seasons of 20th and 21st century seasonal repertoire, the renowned Consort Chorus and continuo group embrace the extraordinary variety of styles and textures inherent in the music of the Baroque period not only in Europe but also in Latin America and Mexico. Throughout this fascinating exploration, we are guided and uplifted by the inimitable finesse and stylistic versatility of our superb singers.
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Noontime Cantata
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 12:10 p.m.
BWV 182: Himmelskonig, sei willkommen
Organ Soloist: Todd Fickley
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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The Art of the Keyboard
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 3 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Concerto in C Major for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1061
Excerpts from the Six Schubler Chorales and the Leipzig Eighteen Chorale Preludes
...and more
J. Reilly Lewis and Scott Dettra join forces for an afternoon of virtuoso music performed on harpsichord and National Presbyterian Church's magnificent pipe organ. Bach was the consummate keyboard artist and this program highlights many of the different genres of great works he penned for solo harpsichord, two harpsichords and, of course, the instrument on which Bach's preeminence as both a composer and performer was indisputable, the pipe organ, the "King of Instruments."
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Noontime Cantata
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:10 p.m.
BWV 22: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe
Organ Soloist: Carol Feather Martin
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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Easter Oratorio
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 3 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069
Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV 249
Celebrate the first day of May and the finale of the Season with themes of rebirth and renewal, drawing from four distinct areas of Bach's incomparable creative genius. Setting the stage is Bach's exuberant three-movement organ work which truly pulls out all the stops! The Orchestral Suite No. 4 gives our splendid instrumental ensemble a chance to strut their stuff in the festive overture and the successive dance movements. Closing the first half is the most famous, and one of the most demanding, of all of Bach's motets. The first time Mozart heard Singet dem Herrn he was completely overwhelmed by the extraordinary contrapuntal dexterity and grand choral effect of this joyful work for double choir. The concert concludes with the grand Easter Oratorio which showcases soloists, chorus and orchestra in classic Bachian grandiloquence.
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Noontime Cantata
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 12:10 p.m.
BWV 31: Die Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret
Organ Soloist: Scott Dettra
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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