PERFORMANCE

Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 4 p.m.
Washington National Cathedral
Washington, DC

Cathedral Choral Society and Washington Bach Consort join forces to celebrate baroque music from Mexico City’s Cathedral, extraordinary music resulting from a collision of cultures.

When the Spanish conquistadors overran Tenochtitlan and established Mexico City, they built a European-style Cathedral directly on top of an Aztec temple; over time, it became a place for music that blended Catholicism with the indigenous cultures of the region. Baroque music emerged with a uniquely North American flavor, and it is this beauty and diversity that CCS and WBC celebrate in a musical love letter from one great Cathedral to another. Featuring Ignacio de Jerusalem’s astounding Mass for Double Choir. Learn More»

Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Dumbarton Concerts
Dumbarton United Methodist Church
Washington, DC

Barbara Strozzi: L’astratto, Op. 8
George Frideric Handel: Sonata in G Minor Op. 2 No. 2, HWV 387
Johann Sebastian Bach: Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen,
     from BWV 202
Die Schatzbarkeit die Weiten Erden, from BWV 204
Handel: Armida abbandonata, HWV 105
Francesca Caccini: Lasciatemi qui solo
Strozzi: Hor che Apollo, Op. 8
Bach: Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn, from BWV 147
Schwingt freudig euch empor, from BWV 36

Postponed until May 2024
Southwest Duck Pond
Washington, DC

Washington Bach Consort present Sisters in Harmony: Women of the Baroque, a program of music including several pieces written or inspired by women composers of the 17th century. Leslie Nero, violin and Amy Domingues, cello.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.
Bethesda Jewish Congregation
Bethesda, MD

Washington Bach Consort is partnering with both Bethesda Jewish Congregation and Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, to facilitate an earnest and authentic interfaith conversation on the St. John Passion and other works by Bach that are imbued with antisemitism. The panel will be hosted in a space with a community that has a long history of interfaith cooperation and dialogue. The panel will comprise both Jewish and Lutheran faith leaders familiar with Bach as well as leading historians, scholars of antisemitism, musicologists, and performers. Learn More»