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Bach Interactions: A Dynamic Performance & Learning Experience
About the Series
Nine virtual programs offer some of the finest works in the cantata and oratorio repertory. You’ll enjoy the Washington Bach Consort as you’ve never heard them before, but you’ll also gain revelations and insights into the music itself coming from our two leading Bach experts, Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed. Supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bach Interactions is a new digital concert experience offering the expressive heights of Bach’s musical language as well as the story behind its creation.
The series features three renowned cantatas monthly, Wachet auf, BWV 140, Aus der Tiefen, BWV 131, and Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, followed by all six parts of Bach’s beloved Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, with each part presented on its intended day of liturgical observation, from Christmas Day to the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6).
September 2020
Bach Interactions Cantatas
Bach Interactions Cantatas
A Voice of Awakening
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 8 p.m. on Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Bach Interactions Cantatas
Bach Interactions Cantatas
A Voice of Awakening
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 5 p.m. on YouTube
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
October 2020
Bach Interactions Cantatas
Bach Interactions Cantatas
A Voice in the Abyss
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 8 p.m. on Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Bach Interactions Cantatas
Bach Interactions Cantatas
A Voice in the Abyss
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 5 p.m. on YouTube
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
November 2020
Bach Interactions Cantatas
Bach Interactions Cantatas
A Voice of Expectation
Nun komm, der Heiden Heilan,BWV 61
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 8 p.m. on Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
Bach Interactions Cantatas
Bach Interactions Cantatas
A Voice of Expectation
Nun komm, der Heiden Heilan,BWV 61
Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 5 p.m. on YouTube
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
December 2020
Christmas Oratorio
Bach Interactions
Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio
Part I: The First Day of Christmas
Streamed Event:
Friday, December 25, 2020 at 8 p.m. on YouTube & Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage, BWV 248/I
Christmas Oratorio
Bach Interactions
Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio
Part II: The Second Day of Christmas
Streamed Event:
Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 8 p.m. on YouTube & Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, BWV 248/II
Christmas Oratorio
Bach Interactions
Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio
Part III: The Third Day of Christmas
Streamed Event:
Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 5 p.m. on YouTube & Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, BWV 248/III
January 2021
Christmas Oratorio
Bach Interactions
Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio
Part IV: New Year’s Day
Streamed Event:
Friday, January 1, 2021 at 8 p.m. on YouTube & Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben, BWV 248/IV
Christmas Oratorio
Bach Interactions
Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio
Part V: The Sunday After New Year’s Day
Streamed Event:
Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 5 p.m on YouTube & Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen,BWV 248/V
Christmas Oratorio
Bach Interactions
Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio
Part VI: The Feast of the Epiphany
Streamed Event:
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 8 p.m. on YouTube & Facebook
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben, BWV 248/VI
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