Past Concerts: 2010 - 2011

Gloria! on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
We open the season with music spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries featuring Antonio
Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria. Best known for his Adagio for Strings, American composer Samuel Barber also wrote choral works, opera, and for solo and accompanied instruments, including the Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings. This highly expressive work is an ideal showpiece for Eileen Whalen, Principal Oboist of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.

Gloria - Vivaldi Cantata 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen - J.S. Bach Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings - Barber Mass in E Flat (Grosse Orgelmesse) - Haydn Featured Soloist: Andrea Chenoweth, Soprano Concert Preview: 3:00-3:45 p.m., by Eileen Whalen, Principal Oboist, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. This concert is underwritten through the generosity of Dr. Benjamin Schuster in loving memory of his wife, Marian.

Sweet Sounds of the Holidays on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
The Bach Society, along with the Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale under the direction
of Bruce Swank and the Kettering Advent Ringers directed by Joan Ulloth Dorgan, present this seasonal favorite of Christmas and Hanukkah music.

St. John Passion, J. S. Bach on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
The St. John Passion is among the greatest Bach choral masterpieces with its vivid portrayal of Christ’s last days through the dynamic interplay between chorus, soloists and orchestra. In furtherance of our mission to nurture the next generation of choral singers, the Bach Society will be joined by Cappella, the college preparatory choir of the Kettering Children’s Choir which is directed by James Tipps. For a study guide to the St. John Passion, click here.

Soloists: John Wesley Wright, Evangelist Maura Janton Cock, Soprano Steven Rickards, Countertenor Tony Burdette, Tenor Joshua Zink, Baritone

Concert Preview:
3:00-3:45 p.m., by The Rev. John F. Koepke III, Rector , St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and The Rev. Dr. Rodney W. Kennedy, Lead Pastor, First Baptist Church Dayton.

This concert is supported through the generosity of the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District, the Monarch/Genesis Fund of The Dayton Foundation, and Dr. and Mrs. Hans Zwart.

Shout for Joy! on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
The Bach Society closes the season with a bang! The concert will include music for brass and chorus, brass and organ, and brass alone from a variety of composers of the 17th century through the present day. The first, Rutter’s Gloria, bookends the Antonio Vivaldi Gloria that began our season. The second is the premiere of a new Rutter work, A Dedication and an Amen, commissioned by the Bach Society in conjunction with Chorus America.

Psalm 100 - Schütz
Mass, Op. 130 - Jongen
Gloria - Rutter
A Dedication and an Amen (premiere) - Rutter

Concert Preview:
6:30-7:15 p.m., by Steven Winteregg, Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of Composition at Cedarville University and former Principal Tubist of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.