BACH VESPERS FOR PENTECOST Sunday, June 4th at 5pm (lecture at 4:30pm) The Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas concludes its Vespers season on Sunday, June 4th with a Bach Vespers for Pentecost. The featured cantata is Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172, one of J. S. Bach’s favorites as it received numerous performancesContinue reading “Bach Vespers Season Finale!”
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Special Event with the May Festival!
Special FREE Lecture with the May Festival! LISTEN IN! BACH TO BASICS Presenter | Matthew Swanson Speaker | Prof. Douglas Easterling Monday May 1st at 7:30pm St. Thomas Episcopal Church 100 Miami Avenue Terrace Park, OH 45174 Learn about why J.S. Bach composed hisB Minor Mass and why it is important to music history. Enjoy live musical examplesContinue reading “Special Event with the May Festival!”
Bach Vespers – May 7th at 5pm
May Bach Vespers “Wo gehest du hin?” BWV 166 – J. S. Bach Oboe Concerto in D Minor – Alessandro Marcello . The Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas Dwight Parry, Oboe Carlton Monroe, Conductor Vocal Soloists . Join the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas and vocal soloists under Dr. Carlton Monroe for another evening exploring theContinue reading “Bach Vespers – May 7th at 5pm”
BEYOND BACH: Schütz, Johannes-Passion SWV 481
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE April 14th at 7pm This year during Holy Week, the Bach Choir will offer the splendid St. John Passion of Heinrich Schütz. Regarded as one of the most important composers of the 17th century, Schütz was arguably the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach. A sung passion has been aContinue reading “BEYOND BACH: Schütz, Johannes-Passion SWV 481”
3/12: Bach Vespers for Lent
Lenten Bach Vespers Sunday, March 12th at 5pm We invite you to join the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas and vocal soloists under Dr. Carlton Monroe for another evening exploring worship through lens of the incredible music of J. S. Bach. This month we present Cantata 131, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dirContinue reading “3/12: Bach Vespers for Lent”
Next Vespers Service: Sunday 2/12
BWV 18: Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt “Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven” We invite you to join the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas and vocal soloists under Dr. Carlton Monroe for another evening exploring worship through lens of the incredible music of J. S. Bach. We can’t waitContinue reading “Next Vespers Service: Sunday 2/12”
Bach Vespers for Epiphany
Bach Vespers at St. Thomas Sunday, January 15 at 5pm “Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort” BWV 126 The Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas Carlton Monroe, Conductor Vocal Soloists We invite you to join the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas and vocal soloists under Dr. Carlton Monroe for another evening exploring the eternal musicContinue reading “Bach Vespers for Epiphany”
2nd Annual Messiah Sing Along!
Second performance added! Click here to learn more
Bach Vespers for Advent
Bach Vespers Sunday November 27th at 5pm Cantata: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 Pre-Vespers lecture at 4:30pm Join the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas, vocal soloists and our own St. Thomas Choristers to commemorate the First Sunday of Advent with a Bach Cantata written for this very occasion in the year 1714. CantataContinue reading “Bach Vespers for Advent”
May Festival Youth Chorus make debut at the October Bach Vespers
BACH VESPERS Sunday, October 16th, 5pm St. Thomas Episcopal Church The Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas The May Festival Youth Chorus Bach: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 We invite you to join the Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas and vocal soloists under Dr. Carlton Monroe for another evening exploring the eternal musicContinue reading “May Festival Youth Chorus make debut at the October Bach Vespers”
The Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas 