Bach Concert Series

This year our Director of Music, Dr Aaron James, will undertake the monumental task of performing the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, played on the newly restored Kney/Gober organ in Holy Family Church. There are 16 concerts in all, between September 2024 and May 2025, each at 7:30 pm, as follows:

Saturday, September 14^th: Bach the Young Virtuoso
(featuring Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Toccata in E, BWV 566)

Saturday, October 5^th: Bach Goes to School
(featuring Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544; Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gutig, BWV 768)

Wednesday, October 23^rd: Bach and the Italian Tradition
(featuring Concerto in C, BWV 594; Fugue on a Theme by Corelli, BWV 579)

Saturday, November 9^th: Glory to God in the Highest
(featuring Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C, BWV 564; Trio Sonata No. 6, BWV 530)

Saturday, November 23^rd: Bach and the French Connection
(featuring Pièce d’orgue in G, BWV 572; Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582)

Wednesday, December 4^th: Music for Advent
(featuring Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme, BWV 645; Magnificat Fugue, BWV 733)

Saturday, January 11^th: Music for Christmastide
(featuring Pastorale, BWV 590; Canonic Variations, BWV 769)

Saturday, January 25^th: Songs of Joy
(featuring In dir ist Freude, BWV 615; “Gigue” Fugue in G, BWV 577)

Wednesday, February 12^th: Songs of Farewell
(featuring Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Vor deinen Thron, BWV 668)

Saturday, March 1^st: Songs of Celebration
(featuring Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547; Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525)

Saturday, March 15^th: By the Waters of Babylon
(featuring An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653; Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542)

Saturday, March 29^th: Music for Lent
(featuring Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548; “Dorian”  Toccata and Fugue, BWV 538)

Wednesday, April 9^th: Music for Passiontide
(featuring Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537; O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622)

Saturday, April 26^th: Music for Easter
(featuring Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532; Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627)

Saturday, May 10^th: Music for Pentecost
(featuring Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651; Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540)

Saturday, May 24^th: Final Concert: Bach Answers his Critics
(featuring Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552; Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682)