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The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Songs Of Hope

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The Bach Choir of Bethlehem 2013 Educational Outreach Video
Bach at Noon and The Bach Choir of Bethlehem 2014

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04/12/2019 - Zoellner Arts Center / Bethlehem, PA
04/13/2019 - Zoellner Arts Center / Bethlehem, PA
05/04/2019 - Wesley United Methodist Church / Bethlehem, PA
05/10/2019 - Payrow Plaza / Bethlehem, PA
05/11/2019 - Zoellner Arts Center / Bethlehem, PA
05/17/2019 - Payrow Plaza / Bethlehem, PA
05/18/2019 - Zoellner Arts Center / Bethlehem, PA
01/14/2020 - Central Moravian Church / Bethlehem, PA
1 Chorus (Psalm 149:1-3)  
2 Aria & Chorale  
3 Chorus (Psalm 150:2,6)  
4 Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30  
5 Maestoso ma energico (Psalms 108:2; 100)  
6 Andante con moto, ma tranquillo (Psalm 23; 2:1-4)  
7 Prelude, Peacefully flowing (Psalms 131; 133:1)  
8 A Dream of Time  
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After a first recording on the Analekta label featuring Bach's Magnificat and Vivaldi's Gloria, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs Songs of Hope, an inspired program of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Stephen Paulus, Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein. All of the music on this album was commissioned, one way or another, for special occasions, in thankfulness for the past and in hopefulness for the future. Bach's stunning motet for double choir Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, was composed either for New Year Day or Reformation Day. It was discovered in 1789 by Mozart, who listened with astonishment and said, "Now there is something one can learn from!"

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  • For its 125th season, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem presents their annual Spring Concert: 'BACH Inspired' / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: March 11, 2024 12:00 AM
    BroadwayWorld's Chloe Rabinowitz writes…..Celebrating a rich legacy, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem annual Spring Concert: 'BACH Inspired' performance will take place on Sunday afternoon March 17, 2024, at 4 pm, at the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem (2744 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA). The program is focused on exploring connections between the rich past and dynamic present of choral music, and is as f...
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  • The Bach Choir of Bethlehem present: 'Mr. Bach Comes to Call' at Lehigh University / WFMZ 69News
    Posted At: February 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    When 12-year-old Bethlehem piano student Elizabeth suddenly has her lesson observed by Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach, a time-traveling journey begins the story of friendship and connections across the centuries. It all happens when The Bach Choir of Bethlehem presents its family concert, "Mr. Bach Comes to Call," on February 25 at 3 p.m., in Baker Hall at the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University in Beth...
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  • The Bach Choir of Bethlehem: A Child?s Christmas in Bethlehem is WFMT: Chicago 'New Release of the Week
    Posted At: December 15, 2013 12:00 AM

    "It's the night before Christmas and all through the world people gather to share stories, poems and music of this wondrous night." Thus the narrator of ‘A Child's Christmas in Bethlehem' draws us into a magical recording that includes carols spanning seven centuries and five languages. Poems and stories take us from Bethlehem in the Holy Land, where we are present at the birth of Jesus as seen thr...
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  • The Bach Choir of Bethlehem presents an inspiring album of works by Bach in 'Songs of Hope'
    Posted At: October 23, 2011 12:00 AM

    After a first recording on the Analekta label featuring Bach's Magnificat and Vivaldi's Gloria, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs Songs of Hope, an inspired program of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Stephen Paulus, Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein (his Chichester Psalms).   All of the music on this album was commissioned, one way or another, for special occas...
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  • The Bach Choir of Bethlehem record their first recording for Analekta
    Posted At: December 3, 2009 12:00 AM

    The oldest American Bach Choir, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs, on their first recording on the Analekta label, works celebrating the Creator by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Such renowned singers as Daniel Taylor, Daniel Lichti and Benjamin Butterfield are joining conductor Greg Funfgeld on this glorious recording. This recording could have been titled "Glorious Glorias," since the fir...
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