Unlocking Bach
These audio program notes, one for each concert, will include some history and context for each work and delve into a few movements that are especially rich in the “Bach code,” by “deciphering” them at the piano.
Episode 1: BACHtoberfest 2024 Part 1
BWV 71, 119, 120 - CONCORA: Oct. 25, 2024
Episode 2: BACHtoberfest 2024 Part 2
BWV 50, 61, 62, 122 - First Unitarian Church; BACHtoberfest Choir, October 27, 2024
Episode 3: Christmas Cantatas
BWV 32, 151, and 132 - First Unitarian Church; Worcester Chamber Music Society - Dec. 6, 2024
Episode 4: Secular Cantatas
BWV 213 and 214, Worcester Chorus - March 22, 2025
Episode 5: Cantatas and their opening choruses
BWV 28, 36, 40, 64, 133 - Worcester Bach Collective, March 23, 2025
Bach's Birthday Bash
March 21–March 23, 2025
Jeremy Denk
The Worcester Chorus
Handel + Haydn Society
Worcester Bach Collective
MECHANICS HALL