Bach in Baltimore Performs Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Part V

Bach in Baltimore invites the community to start the new year off with music. On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 4 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer, located at 5603 N. Charles Street in Baltimore, the Bach in Baltimore Choir and Orchestra performs a Winter Lights Concerts, featuring works by J.S. Bach and Tomaso Albinoni.

The highlight of the concert is J.S. Bach's cantata for the new year: Christmas Oratorio, Part V, Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen. This work opens with a timpani encouraging the rest of the orchestra to “wake up.” The flutes, oboe, and strings join the timpani, followed by the chorus in a celebration of triumphant sound. The piece closes with a chorale that sings, “Now the rays of the sun are full of dazzling light and splendor,” which is a wonderful way to usher in 2020.

The afternoon concert concludes with neo-Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni’s innovative Oboe Concerto Opus 9, No. 2, which is considered the first Italian work for the oboe, an emerging instrument in the early eighteenth century.

The featured vocalists for this concert include Kerry Holahan, soprano; Janna Critz, alto; Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor; Ross Tamaccio, bass; and Calvert Hall College High School Choir, Student Voice Exchange Choir.

Admission for each of this concerts is $25 in advance or $27 at the door. Tickets for this concert are available online at BachinBaltimore.org or by calling 410-941-9262. Individual tickets are also available at the door 30 minutes prior to a performance. Child and student tickets are also available for purchase at the door–$5 Children 5-12 / $10 Children 12-18 and full-time students with ID.