Bach composed this cantata for Quinquagesima, the last Sunday before Lent, and it was first performed in Leipzig on February 27, 1729. Most of the music for Quinquagesima alludes to the Passion story, in no small part because cantatas were not sung during the penitential season of Lent. The next time Leipzig churchgoers would hear orchestrated choral music in 1729 would be April 15, Good Friday, at a performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Children of Grace Lutheran School join us to sing the final chorale of this cantata.
Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra
5–8 Grade Choir of Grace Lutheran School
Grace Cantor Michael D. Costello, conducting
Amanda Koopman, mezzo-soprano
Ryan Townsend Strand, tenor
Douglas Anderson, baritone
Admission is free; a free-will offering will be received.
Bach Cantata Vespers is a ministry of Grace Lutheran Church and School, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
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Later Event: February 28
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