Repertoire

Repertoire

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

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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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