Bach: The Six Motets

Witness the launch of the Emerald Ensemble, Seattle’s newest professional choir!

Friday, November 11, 2016 | 8:00 PM | Trinity Parish Church
609 8th Avenue, Seattle

with Pre-Concert Lecture by Artistic Director Gary D. Cannon, 7:30 PM

The six surviving motets of Johann Sebastian Bach have proven a cornerstone of the choral repertoire since they were published as a group, over a hundred years after their composition. These short works reveal Bach as history’s greatest contrapuntal craftsman. But beyond the intellectualism of their construction, the motets sparkle with the various facets of Bach’s passionate personality, from the somber to the ebullient.

See concert program, with program notes, texts, and translations.

Repertoire

• J.S. Bach (1685-1750) – Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
• J.S. Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm
• J.S. Bach – Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir
• J.S. Bach – Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
  intermission
• J.S. Bach – Jesu, meine Freude
• J.S. Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden

Performing Artists

• Thomas Albanese, tenor
• Gary D. Cannon, conductor
• Michael Dunlap, bass-baritone
• Evrim Galliano, organ
• Rebekah Gilmore, soprano
• David Hendrix, tenor
• Emily Hendrix, soprano
• Brandon Higa, tenor
• Laurie Betts Hughes, mezzo-soprano
• Dustin Kaspar, tenor
• J. Scott Kovacs, bass-baritone
• Gabe Lewis-O'Connor, baritone
• Maria Männistö, soprano
• Tyler Morse, countertenor
• Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
• Lisa Cardwell Pontén, soprano
• Charles Robert Stephens, bass-baritone
• Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano
• Nathan Whittaker, cello