Music

OPUS 1, the inaugural multi-sensory art, music, and technology experience, will blend innovative art installations, mesmerizing music performances and treetop projection mapping to create an enchanting evening in the woods of Columbia. Artists such as Vincent Moon, Miho Hatori, Doron Sadja, Sophia Brous, and Gang Gang Dance will light up the evening creating an immersive, interactive, and wonder-filled event. The DMV's best food trucks will provide a moveable feast for purchase.

Bach in Baltimore ends its 2017-2018 Season with Bach’s inventive motet, Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a new song). It is written for a double chorus without instrumental accompaniment. In 1789, Mozart reportedly was deeply moved by a performance of this piece and asked to see the music. The Bach in Baltimore Choir will also show their tremendous virtuosic versatility with performances of several a cappella works of American composers.

Celebrate 30 years of Bach in Baltimore and commemorate Yom Ha’Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance) with A TRIBUTE TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT sponsored by the Baltimore Jewish Council, Baltimore Board of Rabbis, The Jewish Museum of Maryland, The Associated and it’s Agencies, Samuel I. Rosenberg Endowment Fund, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, the Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust, Markland C. Kelly, Jr. Foundation, William G. Baker, Jr. Foundation, and Bach in Baltimore.

Usher in spring with our Spring Fever Concert featuring Bach’s Cantata 149: Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg (There are joyful songs of victory). Composed in 1728/29 for the Feast of Saint Michael, this bright and festive piece features trumpets and timpani setting the stage for a polyphonic rallying cry triumphing good over evil. Of all the Bach instrumental music, none is more exhilarating and festive than his Orchestral Suite, No. 3 in D major.

Considered the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six instrumental works featuring two corni da caccia (natural horns), three oboes, bassoon, violino piccolo, two violins, viola, cello, and basso continuo. The “Double” Concerto of Bach will showcase Ronald Mutchnik and Tammy Seymour as violin soloists.

Come out of the winter chill and warm yourself with beautiful Baroque Music with Bach in Baltimore's Winter Celebration Concert. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (It is our salvation come here to us) is a church cantata written for performances in Leipzig in 1724. It is based on a hymn by Paul Speratus. Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin) is Bach’s first surviving cantata for a solo voice. This performance features one of the most sought after countertenors worldwide, Charles Humphries.