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Bach Week Finale ConcertBach and the German Chorale

  • First Presbyterian Church 981 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401 United States (map)

*Note special location at First Presbyterian Church* 

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Members of Cal Poly’s Chamber Choir, Symphony and faculty join with guest artists to perform a variety of works based on German chorale tunes and texts. The first half of the concert will include a series of motets. The Chamber Choir will begin with a short chorale motet by Heinrich Schütz, who influenced J.S. Bach. The combined choirs will then perform Bach’s celebrated motet “Komm, Jesu Komm” followed by two motets by Johannes Brahms, created in the style of Bach. The orchestra will perform instrumental music under the leadership of Tesserae Baroque to close out the first half of the concert. The second half of the concert will feature one of Bach’s greatest chorale cantatas: “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78.

Times: January 21st at 2:00PM and 7:30PM
Bach Week Co-Director Scott Glysson will give a pre-concert lecture at 6 p.m. prior to the 7:30 p.m. performance, and is included in the ticket price.

Presented by Cal Poly Music Department

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