Bach in the City's first full season opens October 3 with "Music in Heaven's Castle" at St. Vincent de Paul Church. With a title inspired by the glorious architecture of Himmelsburg church (Heaven's Castle) in Weimar, the program features Baroque delicacies by Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Georg Muffat.

Soloists are countertenor Marco Rivera Rosa, violinist Emily Nebel, and harpsichordists Jason Moy, Jacob Reed, and Richard Webster.

Bach in the City kicks off the new year January 11 with "Bach's Musical World," a program of chamber music by Bach and some of his most illustrious contemporaries including Telemann, Dieterich Buxtehude, and George Frederic Handel.

Bookended by Telemann's "Paris Quartets", the program will be performed by period instrumentalists Taya König-Tarasevich, Baroque flute; Amelia Sie, Baroque violin; Anna Steinhoff, viola da gamba; Ana Kim, Baroque cello; and harpsichordist Jason Moy at Allen Recital Hall in DePaul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center.

Midwest premiere of BWV 247, reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno with new music by Richard Webster.

For the finale of its inaugural season, Bach in the City will present what it believes will be the first Chicago performance of any version of J. S. Bach’s St. Mark Passion. The concert takes place March 20 at our home venue, St. Vincent de Paul Church. This local premiere of Malcolm Bruno’s acclaimed new reconstruction of Bach’s lost masterpiece will include newly composed music for recitatives and turba choruses by Richard Webster, who says, “I will do my absolute best to honor the style of Bach." 

St. Mark Passion soloists will be Hannah De Priest, soprano; Ryan Belongie, countertenor; Oliver Camacho, tenor; and David McFerrin, bass, with the 40-plus member Bach in the City Chorus and a period-instrument orchestra conducted by Richard Webster.