2006-2007 Bach Society Season
September 10, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Abendmusik . Worldly Delights: Bach's Secular Cantatas
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
The Coffee Cantata: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211
Hercules' Decision: Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen, BWV 213
Melissa Givens, soprano; Joseph Schlesinger, countertenor;
Randolph Lacy, tenor; Scott Guinn, bass
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, director

September 24, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Johannes Unger (Leipzig)

October 8, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music: Gotthold Schwarz, bass,
     and Stefan Altner, piano (Leipzig)
Works for voice and piano by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wolf, Reger, and Schubert

October 15, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach: Cantata Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149
J.S. Bach: Motet Der Gerechte kommt um BWV deest
Mendelssohn: Herr, wir trauen auf deine Güte
Melissa Givens, soprano; Stephanie Prewitt, alto;
Randolph Lacy, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Gotthold Schwarz, guest conductor (Leipzig)

November 19, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music: La Follia (Austin)
Instrumental and vocal works by
Georg Philipp Telemann

December 3, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Abendmusik: Music for Advent and Christmas
Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Melissa Givens, soprano; Christine Reber, soprano
Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor
Randolph Lacy, tenor; Timothy Jones, bass
Bach Choir & Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, director

January 7, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
Bach: Ihr Menschen rühmet Gottes Liebe BWV 167
Buxtehude: O fröhliche Stunden BuxWV 85
Schütz: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden SWV 363
Melissa Givens, soprano; Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor
Randolph Lacy, tenor; Ryan Villaverde, bass
Bach Choir & Orchestra • Matthew Dirst, guest conductor

January 14, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Magnus Kjellson (Göteborg)

February 4, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106
Sharlu Melville, soprano; Sarah Brauer, alto
Myron Karner, tenor; Ryan Villaverde, bass
Bach Choir & Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, director

February 18, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Abendmusik: Calmus Ensemble (Leipzig)
Bach: Motet Jesu, mein Freude, BWV 227
Works by Josquin, di Lasso, Elgar, Taverner, and others

February 25, 2007 • 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music: The Buxtehude Trio (Amsterdam)
Mimi Mitchell, violin; Cassandra Luckhardt, viola da gamba
Christina Edelen, harpsichord
Works by Buxtehude, Krieger, Erlbach, Becker, Spiegler, and Richter.

March 18, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Christoph Kegenhoff (Speyer)

April 1, 2007 • 5:00 p.m. (Palm Sunday)
April 3, 2007 • 7:30 p.m.
April 6, 2007 • 3:00 p.m. (Good Friday)
Abendmusik • Music for Passiontide
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Melissa Givens, soprano; Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor
Myron Karner, tenor
Randolph Lacy, Evangelist
Bach Choir & Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, director

April 29, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music: Martin Rost (Stralsund)
Secular chamber works for organ
Inaugural concert of the new Taylor & Boody continuo organ

May 6, 2007 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
Bach: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal BWV 146
Melissa Givens, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, alto
Jeffrey Ragsdale, tenor; Ryan Villaverde, bass
Bach Choir & Orchestra • Richard Erickson, guest conductor
2005-2006 Bach Society Season
October 9, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
Telemann: Es segne uns Gott (Ps. 67: 8)
J. S. Bach: Cantata Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16
Stravinsky: Pater noster
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

October 16, 2005 • 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music: Timeline to Bach
Mimi Mitchell, violin, and Christina Edelen, harpsichord

October 30, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: 60 Years Christ the King Lutheran Church
Mendelssohn: Richte mich, Gott (Ps. 43)
J. S. Bach: Cantata O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34
Jakob Handl: Pater noster
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor

November 13, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
William Porter (Montreal)

November 27, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Abendmusik: Music for Advent and Christmas
Distler: Choral Partita on Es ist ein Ros (from Weihnachtsgeschichte)
J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, parts I and II
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

January 8, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music: The Goldberg Variations
J. S. Bach: Aria with 30 Variations, BWV 988
Zoya Shuhatovich, piano

January 15, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
Lully: Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus (Ps. 47: 2)
J. S. Bach: Cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32
Schütz: Vater unser, SWV 411
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Matthew Dirst, conductor

January 29, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Sebastian Knebel (Dresden)

February 19, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Abendmusik: 500 Years Jakob Obrecht
Ensemble inCanto (Weimar) • Tilo Krause, Director

February 26, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Music for the Feast of the Transfiguration
Program TBA
Bach Choir a cappella • Peter Kopp, conductor (Dresden)

March 19, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Pieter van Dijk (Alkmaar/Hamburg)

April 9 (Palm Sunday) • 5:00 p.m.
April 11 (Holy Tuesday) • 7:30 p.m.
April 14 (Good Friday) • 3:00 p.m.
Abendmusik: Music for Passiontide
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Christfried Brödel, conductor (Dresden)

April 30, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music: The Art of Dietrich Buxtehude
Ars Lyrica Houston • Matthew Dirst, director

May 21, 2006 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: 250 Years Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bruckner: Afferentur (Ps. 45: 15-16)
Mozart: Solemn Vespers K. 339
J.S. Bach et al.: Settings of Vater unser
Reger: Nachtlied
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

2004-2005 Bach Society Season
October 17, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach: Cantata Aus der Tiefen ruf ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Schütz: Siehe, wie fein und lieblich, SWV 412
Schütz: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, SWV 433
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

November 14, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Jonathan Oldengarm (Montreal/Stuttgart)

November 28, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Music for Advent
J.S. Bach: Magnificat in E-flat
J.S. Bach: Kyrie, BWV 233a
Brahms: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

December 6, 2005 • 7:30 p.m.
A Concert of Early Music for Advent and Christmas
Ferrara Ensemble (Basel, Switzerland) • Crawford Young, Director
Made possible in part bv PRO HELVETIA, Arts Council of Switzerland.

January 23, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
J. S. Bach: Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51
       (Dalma Boronkai, soprano)
J. S. Bach: Motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Johann Walter: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Brewer, conductor

February 27, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Matthew Dirst (Houston)

Sunday, March 20, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 • 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25, 2005 • 3:00 p.m.
Music for Passiontide
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Peter Kopp, conductor

Sunday, April 10, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Ludger Lohmann (Stuttgart)

May 22, 2005 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach: Credo from the Mass in B Minor
Palestrina: Exsultate Deo
Mendelssohn: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

2003-2004 Bach Society Season
Sunday, October 5, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Concert: Calmus Ensemble (Leipzig,Germany)
Air travel provided by Lufthansa German Airlines

Sunday, October 19, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Hymns of the Church
J.S. Bach: Cantata Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottessohn BWV 96
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Albert LeDoux, conductor

Sunday, November 16, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Peter Sykes (Boston, MA)

Sunday, November 30, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Concert: Music for Advent and Christmas
J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts I-III
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor

Sunday, January 18, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers
Kristian Olesen (Roskilde, Denmark)

Sunday, February 8, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Hymns of the Church
J.S. Bach: Cantata Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 96
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Leon Couch, conductor

Sunday, February 29, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Music for Passiontide
Martin Rost, Organ (Stralsund, Germany)
Daniel Roob, Baritone (London, England)
Works by Tunder, Buxtehude, Scheidt, Weckmann, Bruhns, and Bach

Sunday, March 28 • 2004, 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Hymns of the Church
J.S. Bach — Cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Allen Hightower, conductor

Palm Sunday, April 4, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Holy Week Organ Recital
Leon Couch, Organ
Assistant Professor of Music, Texas A&M University

Sunday, April 25, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Eastertide Organ Recital
Dale Voelker, Organ
Professor and Chairman, Department of Music, Judson College,IL

Sunday, May 16, 2004 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Hymns of the Church
J.S. Bach: Cantata Lobe den Herren BWV 137
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Dale Voelker, conductor

2002-2003 Bach Society Season
20th Anniversary Year
Sunday, September 22, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Concert: Körnerscher Sing-Verein Dresden
Peter Kopp, Director
Johann Sebastian Bach and others: Motets
Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
The 2002 American concert tour of the Körnerscher Sing-Verein Dresden is made possible in part by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, German Program for Trans-Atlantic Engagement.

Sunday, October 20, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Music of Bach and Handel
J.S. Bach: Motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
G.F. Handel: Anthem As Pants the Hart
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor

Sunday, November 10, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Christopher Stembridge (Brescia, Italy)

Sunday, December 1, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Music for Advent
J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major
       Cantata Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor

Sunday, January 19, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Lynn Edwards Butler (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Sunday, February 16, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: Music Related to Philipp Melanchthon
J.S. Bach: Cantata Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir BWV 130
and Renaissance works with texts by Melanchthon
or composed in his honor
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Peter Kopp, guest conductor

Sunday, March 9, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Sebastian Knebel (Dresden, Germany)

Palm Sunday, April 13, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Good Friday, April 18, 2003 • 3:00 p.m.
Music for Passiontide
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Peter Kopp, guest conductor

Sunday, May 18, 2003 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach: Cantata Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Peter Kopp, conductor

2001-2002 Bach Society Season
Celebrating Our 20th Season
Originally Sunday, September 23, 2001 • 6:00 p.m.
Postponed to the 2002-2003 season
Concert: Körnerscher Sing-Verein Dresden
Peter Kopp, Director

October 14, 2001 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers: A Tribute to Anna Magdalena Bach
on the 300th anniversary of her birth (September 22, 1701)
J.S. Bach: Music from the Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, 1725
J.S. Bach: Mass in A Major, BWV 234
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor

Sunday, November 11 • 2001, 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Ludger Lohmann (Stuttgart, Germany)

Sunday, December 2, 2001 • 5:00 p.m.
Christmas Concert
J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, parts I-III

Sunday, January 27, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Hans Davidsson (Göteborg, Sweden)

February 24, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
Carlo Gesualdo, François Couperin, Rudolf Mauersberger:
     Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah
J.S. Bach: Cantata Schauet doch und sehet BWV 46
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor

Sunday, March 17, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Organ Vespers: Felix Hell (Frankenthal,Germany)

Saturday, April 27, 2002 • 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 28, 2002 • 7:30 p.m.
Concert
C.P.E. Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Bach Choir and Orchestra • Robert Lynn, conductor
The newly discovered St. Matthew Passion (1786)from the archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, stored in Kiev since the end of World War II. The Bach Society is one of only five organizations in the world [the others are in Hamburg, Leipzig, Cambridge (MA), and Pittsburgh] chosen to take part in the introduction of this work considered lost for more than 50 years, by Johann Sebastian Bach's second son Carl Philipp Emanuel.

Sunday, June 2, 2002 • 5:00 p.m.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach: Cantata Brich den Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39
Robert Nelson: First performance of a new work
     composed for the Bach Choir

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