Repertoire

Bach Chorale of Grand Rapids Concert Repertoire, Fall 1998 to the present

April 14, 2019 (Central Reformed Church), with Julia Brown, guest organist, Benita Wolters-Fredlund, alto, John Scheid, bass, and chamber orchestra

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Befiehl du deine Wege
  • Cantata BWV 56, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Divertimento in D major, K. 136
• J. S. Bach
  • Ach, grosser König
• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
  • Te Deum in C
• J. S. Bach
  • Jesu, deine Passion
  • Cantata BWV 182, Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
  • Ach, Herr, lass dein lieb’ Engelein

November 4, 2018 (Central Reformed Church) with Julia Brown, guest organist

• Martin Luther, arr. J. S. Bach
  • A mighty fortress is our God
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Aria from the Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1068
• Alessandro Scarlatti
  • Exsultate Deo
• Orlandus Lassus
  • Pater noster
• Adriano Banchieri
  • Alleluia cantemus omnes
• Heinrich Isaac
  • Beatus vir
• George Frederic Handel
  • Ye sons of Israel
• J. S. Bach
  • Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
• Charles Villers Stanford
  • How beauteous are their feet
• Heinrich Isaac
  • Alleluia, Pascha nostrum
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Daughters of Zion
• Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Te Deum laudamus

May 6, 2018 (Central Reformed Church) with Roman Salyutov, piano; Benita Wolters-Fredlund, soprano; Abby Bedford, alto

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cantata 73: Herr, wie du willt, so schick’s mit mir (excerpts)
  • Cantata 40: Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (excerpts)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Missa brevis in G major
  • Introibo domum tuam, Domine
  • Misericordias Domini
  • Piano Concerto no. 9 in E flat
• Anton Bruckner
  • Tantum ergo sacramentum

November 4, 2017 (Central Reformed Church) with Isabelle Demers, organ; Benita Wolters-Fredlund, soprano

• Carlo Gesualdo
  • O vos omnes
  • Tristis est anima mea
• Max Reger
  • Chorale Fantasy on “Ein feste Burg“
• Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Reformations-Oratorium

May 1, 2017 (Central Reformed Church) with Roman Salyutov, piano; Eric Tanner, violin; Jeremy Crosmer, cello; Brian Bartusch, organ

• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Jubilate Deo, op. 69 no. 2
• Johannes Brahms
  • Trio in B major op. 8
  • Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, op. 29 no. 1
  • Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, op. 29 no. 2
• Franz Liszt
  • Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, S. 260
• Charles Villiers Stanford
  • If ye then be risen with Christ

April 30, 2017 (Central Reformed Church) with Roman Salyutov, piano; Brian Bartusch, organ; and members of the Grand Rapids Symphony

• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Jubilate Deo, op. 69 no. 2
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Concerto for piano and strings, BWV 1052
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Magnificat, op. 69 no.3
  • Nunc dimittis, op. 69 no. 1
• Franz Liszt
  • Variations on “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” for piano, S. 179
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cantata 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

November 13, 2016 (Central Reformed Church) with Jeremy Crosmer, cello, and Shaun MacDonald, accompanist

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010,  intertwined with six Shakespeare songs:
    • Robert Johnson II: Full fathom five
      • Praeludium
    • Jens Klimek: Pardon, goddess of the night
      • Allemande and Courante
    • Christopher Dell: Feste’s Song 2
      • Sarabande
    • Thomas Morley: It was a lover and his lass
      • Bourrée 1 and 2
    • John Whittaker: It was a lover and his lass
      • GigueCharkes Wood: Full fathom
    • Charles Wood: Full fathom five
  • Mario Capuana
    • Messa di Defonti
  • George Frideric Handel
    • Haste thee, nymph
    • Populous cities please me then
    • These pleasures, Melancholy, give

April 17, 2016 (Central Reformed Church)

• Christoph Graupner
  • Singet dem Herrn
  • Concerto in B-flat major for two oboes and orchestra
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
  • Te Deum laudamus
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Hymn to the Trinity
• Max Reger
  • Das Agnus Dei
  • Nachtlied
  • Abendlied
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Brandenburg Concerto no. 4
  • Cantata 39, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot

November 15, 2015 (Central Reformed Church) with Ulbe Tjallingii, organ

• Dietrich Buxtehude
  • Prelude and Fugue in D major
• Johann Pachelbel
  • Magnificat in D major
• Henry Purcell
  • Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
  • O give thanks
• Michael Praetorius
  • Veni Creator Spiritus
  • Accende lumen sensibus
  • Sit laus Patri et Filio
• Matthias Weckmann
  • Praeambulum a 5 vocum
• Alessandro Scarlatti
  • Ad Dominum dum tribularer
  • Laetatus sum
  • Domine, in auxilium meum respice
• Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Laboravi clamans
• Frank Martin
  • Agnus Dei pour orgue
• Johannes Brahms
  • Geistliches Lied, op. 30
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Three movements from “Vesperae solennes de confessore”
  • Dixit Dominus
  • Beatus vir
  • laudate pueri Dominum

April 19, 2015 (Central Reformed Church), with Christopher Kantner, flute, and Marilyn Ossentjuk, organ

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cantata BWV 9, “Es ist das Heil uns kommen her”
• Johann Hermann Schein, Johannes Werlin, Michael Praetorius
  • Three Settings of “Christ lag in Todes Banden”
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Suite in B minor for Flute and Orchestra, BWV 1067
  • Missa Brevis in A major, BWV 234

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