Sydney Philharmonia Choirs couldn't let the Easter weekend pass without a moment to share the glory and beauty of Bach's St John Passion. The Choirs had originally intended to perform this piece at Sydney Town Hall on Easter Saturday, but as the Covid-19 pandemic forced us all into isolation, they started working towards a plan to record a section for digital release this weekend instead.
Amid the current situation with COVID-19, Pennsylvania Ballet will postpone the remainder of the 2019-20 season, including April's production of Suspended in Time at the Merriam Theater and May's Breathtaking Balanchine at the Academy of Music. The postponement of these ballets will alter the programming for the 2020-21 season.
The program for today's live stream of the Bayerische Staatsorchester's 5th Academy Concert at 8 pm on STAATSOPER.TV had to be changed at short notice: 'In these times, the well-being of our employees is most important to us.
The Chicago area's 47th annual Bach Week Festival has announced details of its 2020 season of concerts in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, May 1 to May 30, 2020, including the Baroque music festival's first mainstage period-instrument program and its first concert in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, among other events.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Great Music in a Great Space concert series continues with a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion on Tuesday, March 31st at 7:30pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan.
State Theatre New Jersey presents Complexions Contemporary Ballet in Bach to Bowie on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 8pm. The works featured in this program include Bach 25 and StarDust. Tickets range from $19-$49.
The Spreckels Organ Society will present an All Bach Celebration concert in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday (1685-1750). Celebrate with San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez on Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m. at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
El joven pianista Pablo Suaste Cherizola interpretará música de cinco compositores considerados los más importantes de la música clásica: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel y Liszt, en un recital que ofrecerá el sábado 29 de febrero a las 11:30 horas en el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte (Munal), el cual estará abierto a todo público.
La compañía mexicano-española Mal Pelo presentará la pieza Bach proyecto escénico en el cual dialogan el movimiento y la obra del compositor alemán, en un espectáculo que se llevará a cabo por única vez el 1 de marzo en la Sala CCB del Centro Cultural del Bosque del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL).
The Handel and Haydn Society will perform one of the greatest works in Western classical music, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, on Friday, April 3 and Sunday, April 5 at Boston's Symphony Hall. Under the direction of Artistic Director Harry Christophers, the H+H Orchestra, Chorus, and Youth Choruses will deliver a moving and spiritual musical experience.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents The Wallis debut of award-winning pianist Angela Hewitt, celebrated worldwide for her performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, on Sunday, February 23, 2020, 7 pm, in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater. The Bach Odyssey program features Hewitt on Bach's Recital XI; Four Duets, BWV 802-805; Eighteen Little Preludes, BWV 924-928, 930, 933-938, 939-943, 999; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; and French Overture in B minor, BWV 831. A pre-concert Preludes @ The Wallis conversation with Hewitt, moderated by Classical KUSC's Brian Lauritzen will take place at 6 pm.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents The Wallis debut of award-winning pianist Angela Hewitt, celebrated worldwide for her performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, on Sunday, February 23, 2020, 7 pm,in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater. The Bach Odyssey program features Hewitt on Bach's Recital XI; Four Duets, BWV 802-805; Eighteen Little Preludes, BWV 924-928, 930, 933-938, 939-943, 999; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; and French Overture in B minor, BWV 831. A pre-concert Preludes @ The Wallis conversation with Hewitt, moderated by Classical KUSC's Brian Lauritzen will take place at 6 pm.
Founding Artistic and Executive Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson founded Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 1994. Richardson enjoyed a stellar performing career, having danced with numerous prestigious dance companies, including American Ballet Theatre where he was the first African American principal dancer, as well as Broadway shows. Rhoden, who is the principal choreographer of Complexions, has danced with contemporary and jazz companies and has become a sought-after choreographer.
Usually known for presenting the work of Bach and his contemporaries, Bach in Baltimore is thrilled to announce that Maestro T. Herbert Dimmock will lead the Bach in Baltimore Choir, Orchestra, and honored guests in a concert homage to the Classical composer Joseph Haydn. The performance set for March 1 at 4pm, at the Towson United Methodist Church, located at 501 Hampton Lane in Towson, will feature celebrated works: Heiligmesse, the Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida in B-flat major and Symphony No. 94 in G major.
Boston Baroque returns to Vivaldi's masterworks, The Four Seasons and Gloria in D, along with Monteverdi's Beatus Vir this March, featuring Concertmaster Christina Day Martinson and conducted by Music Director Martin Pearlman. Two performances of this program will take place at NEC's Jordan Halla?"the first, on Friday, March 27 at 8pm, and the second on Sunday, March 29 at 3pm. Pre-concert speaker Laury Gutiérrez, founding director of La Donna Musicale, will give a talk before both performances at 7pm and 2pm.
On January 18, the fourth Youth Music Culture Guangdong presented a unique Bach Marathon Concert at the Xinghai Concert Hall performed by all the young musicians of the 2020 YMCG Orchestra, lead by YMCG Artistic Director Yo-Yo Ma, Music Director Michael Stern and the YMCG faculty. The concert displayed its four core elements surrounding its moniker youth, music, culture, and Guangdong including open-mindedness, tolerance, communication, and development.
Under the talented direction of T. Herbert Dimmock, the Bach in Baltimore Orchestra performs an instrumental concert to warm the soul during midwinter on February 2, 2020 at 4 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, located at 3604 Chatham Road in Ellicott City.
2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze gives his Konzerthaus Berlin debut in the Kleiner Saal on Sunday, January 26 at 8:00 PM followed by his London recital debut at Wigmore Hall on Sunday, February 16 at 7:30 PM. Both programs include Namoradze's own set of Etudes - receiving their United Kingdom premiere at Wigmore Hall - which American composer John Corigliano describes as 'some of the most innovative and dynamic works of this century.'
Johann Sebastian Bach, when he was appointed music director for the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen in 1717, had a pretty sweet gig. The pay was good, he had creative freedom, and his boss was an amateur musician.
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