Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Sunday Reformation Sunday Oct. 25 Bach Cantata 80 - Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott 5:00 p.m. Bach Motet - Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, BWV Anh. 160, 1

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) Oct. 26 “Bach then and now to Strauss” works by Bach, Lasser & Strauss 6:30 p.m. Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violin; Craig Ketter, Piano

Sunday All Saints Day Nov. 1 Bach Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit 5:00 p.m. Johann Christoph Bach - Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m. Michael Marissen, Professor of Music, Swarthmore College

Sunday 22nd Sunday after Trinity Nov. 8 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL 5:00 p.m. Bach Cantata 178 - Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (Premiere!) Bach Motet - Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228 (Also being sung by the Thomanerchor in Leipzig this year for the same celebration!) Organ: Fantasy on Wo Gott der Herr, BWV 1128 (newly found!)

Sunday 23rd Sunday after Trinity Nov. 15 Bach Cantata 139 - Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott 5:00 p.m. Hans Leo Hassler - Laetentur caeli

Sunday 24th Sunday after Trinity / Christ the King Nov. 22 Bach Cantata 96 - Herr Christ, der einige Gottessohn 5:00 p.m. Bach Motet - O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht, BWV 118

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) Nov. 23 “The Complete Mendelssohn Sonatas for Organ”, Op. 65 6:30 p.m. (Celebrating the 200th anniversary year of his birth!) Rick Erickson, Organ

Sunday 1st Sunday of Advent / World AIDS Day observed Nov. 29 Bach Cantata 61 - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 5:00 p.m. Dieterich Buxtehude - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BuxWV 101

Sunday 2nd Sunday of Advent Dec. 6 MOTETS FOR ADVENT 5:00 p.m. Including works by Johann Bach, Hammerschmidt, Lauridsen and Mendelssohn; with the Bach Choir

Sunday 3rd Sunday of Advent Dec. 13 Bach - MAGNIFICAT, BWV 243 5:00 p.m. Hans Leo Hassler - Dixit Maria Pre-Vespers talk 3:45p.m. Michael Marissen

Sunday 4th Sunday of Advent Dec. 20 CANDLELIGHT LESSONS & CAROLS 5:00 p.m. Our beloved annual celebration with carols of the season With the Bach & Parish Choirs, Harp, Percussion and Organ

Thursday Christmas Eve / Nativity of Our Lord Dec. 24 THE CHRIST-MASS 10:30 p.m. With members of the Bach Choir, Trumpet and Organ

Sunday 1st Sunday of Christmas Dec. 27 Bach Cantata 32 - Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Premiere!) 5:00 p.m. Jacob Handl - Resonet in laudibus

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) Dec. 28 “Bach Concertos for Violin and Harpsichord” 6:30 p.m. Avi Stein, Harpsichord

Sunday 2nd Sunday of Christmas Jan. 3 Cantata 121 - Christum wir sollen loben schon (Premiere!) 5:00 p.m. Johann Michael Bach - Sei lieber Tag willkommen

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) Jan. 25 “Music for Natural Baroque Trumpet and Organ” 6:30 p.m. Nathan Botts, Trumpet; Rick Erickson, Organ

Sunday 5th Sunday after Epiphany / Presentation of Our Lord Feb. 7 Bach Cantata 82 - Ich habe genug 5:00 p.m. Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m. Michael Marissen

Sunday 6th Sunday after Epiphany / Transfiguration of Our Lord Feb. 14 Bach Cantata 111 - Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit 5:00 p.m. Johann Michael Bach - Halt, was du hast

J. S. Bach presented no cantatas during Lent in Leipzig. We follow that tradition as well, offering these other diverse works by Bach!

Sunday Invocavit (1st Sunday in Lent) Feb. 21 Bach - Complete Preludes and Fugues, Part 1 5:00 p.m. Rick Erickson, Organ Pre-Vespers talk with the artist, 4:15 p.m.

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) Feb. 22 “The Virtuoso Viol in Germany” Abel, Bach, Kertzinger, Kühnel 6:30 p.m. Carlene Stober, Viola da Gamba; Rick Erickson, Organ

Sunday Reminiscere (2nd Sunday in Lent) Feb. 28 Bach - Complete Preludes and Fugues, Part 2 5:00 p.m. Kathrine Handford, Organ Pre-Vespers talk with the artist, 4:15 p.m.

Sunday Oculi (3rd Sunday in Lent) Mar. 7 Bach - Complete Preludes and Fugues, Part 3 5:00 p.m. Joe Arndt, Organ Pre-Vespers talk with the artist, 4:15 p.m.

Sunday Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent) Mar. 14 BACH IN THE ROUND 5:00 p.m. A kaleidoscope event of Bach in sounds ancient and modern

Sunday Judica (5th Sunday in Lent) Mar. 21 Bach - ST. JOHN PASSION, BWV 245 5:00 p.m. (Sung on Johann Sebastian’s 325th birthday!)

Sunday Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion Mar. 28 Bach Cantata 182 - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen 5:00 p.m. Andreas Hammerschmidt - Zion Spricht

Monday Fifth Monday Concert ($15/$10 at the door) Mar. 29 François Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres 6:30 p.m. Jennifer Bates, Sarah Brailey, Sopranos; Carlene Stober, Gamba

Friday Good Friday Liturgy Apr. 2 Rick Erickson’s setting of the St. John Passion 12:00 p.m. With soloists from the Bach Choir

Sunday Easter Sunday / Resurrection of Our Lord Apr. 4 Bach Cantata 4 - Christ lag in Todesbanden 5:00 p.m. Bach Motet - Jauchzet dem Herrn, BWV Anh. 160, 2 & 3

Sunday Quasi Modo Geniti (2nd Sunday of Easter) Apr. 11 Bach Cantata 42 - Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas 5:00 p.m. Johann Eccard - Freut euch ihr Christen alle

Sunday Misericordia Domini (3rd Sunday of Easter) Apr. 18 Bach Cantata 104 - Du Hirte Israel, höre 5:00 p.m. Bach - Schafe können sicher weiden, from BWV 208

Sunday Jubilate (4th Sunday of Easter) Apr. 25 Bach Cantata 12 - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen 5:00 p.m. Giovanni Gabrieli - Jubilate Deo Pre-Vespers talk 3:45 p.m. Michael Marissen

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) April 26 “Buxtehude for Countertenor” New CD Release Celebration! 6:30 p.m. Ryland Angel, Countertenor; and members of the Bach Players

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) May 24 Johannes Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52a 6:30 p.m. With members of the Bach Choir and duo piano

Monday Fourth Mondays Concert ($15/$10 at the door) June 28 “Short Stories” Milhaud, Rosenblum, Bliss, Gordon, Stravinsky 6:30 p.m. The Pit Stop Players, with Jennifer Bates, Soprano

Weekend BACH SOMMERFEST 2010 of July 25 Featuring the “King and Queen of Chorales” in Cantatas 140 & 1 Wachet auf & Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern Details will be announced!

Doors open one half-hour before each event. We appreciate your free-will offering at Vespers services.Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 65th Street and Central Park West New York City

42nd Season Schedule 2009 / 2010

Concert Vespers in Lent

Winter Break