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courtesy Luther Memorial Church

Seven people standing in a church.

The 2023 Just Bach ensemble.

media release: March 12:

Program:

Program: (Luther Memorial program)

Sei getreu bis in den Tod                                                    Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)

SWV 372 - Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich                                   Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

SWV 373 - Gib unserm Fürsten und aller Obrigkeit

Chorale: BWV 244/44 - Befiehl du deine Wege                 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

German/English with audience

Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren                                                                                J.C. Bach

SWV 378 - Die mit Tränen säen werden mit Freuden ernten.                                           Schütz

Nun ist alles überwunden                                                                   Adam Drese (1620 - 1701)

BWV 180/7 - Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (alternate text)                                         J.S. Bach

German/English with audience

Musicians:

Amanda Lauricella - soprano

Eleanor Mayerfeld - soprano

Geoffrey Williams - alto

John Bragle - tenor

Ryne Cherry - baritone

Eric Miller - cello

Bruce Bengston - organ

Dave Parminter - videographer 

Just Bach was founded to celebrate and to share with the Madison community at large the immense range of Bach’s vocal and instrumental repertoire. Just Bach presents performers who play and sing using historically-informed performance practice, bringing the music to life in a manner and style with which Bach was familiar. The audience is invited to sing along during the closing chorales – because group singing is therapeutic!

Just Bach presents free concerts on Wednesday once a month during the school year as part of the free weekly noontime concert series, Music at Midday, presented by Luther Memorial Church in Madison. Can't make it to the concert in person? Every concert is recorded and made available for viewing on YouTube. Please find us, like, and subscribe at the Just Bach YouTube channel and enjoy every Just Bach concert at your leisure. Our performances are typically released the Friday following that Wednesday’s concert.

Attending and viewing the concert online is free, but we ask those who are able to help us pay our musicians do so with a tax-deductible donation via www.justbach.org.

We are extremely grateful to Pastor Brad Pohlman, music director Andrew Schaeffer, and the congregation of Luther Memorial Church for hosting Music at Midday, and for including Just Bach as a regular part of the series. Special thanks go to Dave Parminter, who records the videos. We invite the Madison community to spend a half-hour with the sublime music of J.S. Bach and hope you will find our performances of Bach’s music to be centering and inspiring.

Just Bach is supported by Isthmus Eats, Luther Memorial Church, WORT, and by contributions from attendees and supporters. This project is also supported by Dane County Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation; The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times; the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation; and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. THANK YOU!