A Bach Birthday Bash featuring the Robert Dale Chorale and the Bach Festival Orchestra.
Sunday, March 21, 2010 3:00 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scranton
CHORAL
CONCERT
A
Bach Birthday Bash featuring the Robert Dale Chorale and the Bach Festival
Orchestra.
Sunday,
March 21, 2010 3:00 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scranton
The 25th Annual NEPA Bach Festival concludes with “A
Bach Birthday Bash” on Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 pm in St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church in Scranton.
March 21 is J. S. Bach’s 325th birthday, and to mark
the occasion the Robert Dale Chorale and the Bach Festival Orchestra will
perform Cantata 36 “Schwingt freudig euch empor” (Soar
joyfully upwards), Cantata 66 “Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen” (Rejoice, you hearts),
and the famous “Sheep May Safely Graze” aria from Cantata 208. Bach wrote each
of these works to celebrate the birthday of someone important to him, and the
Chorale now returns the favor.
Featured soloists are Kathy Brink, Larry
Hickernell, Kathleen Shucosky, Janet Thatcher, Carol Tome, and Larry
Vojtko.