Cantatas in Christ Church

Wednesday August 13, 7:30 pm

Christ Church Rochester
141 East Avenue

Andréa Walker, soprano
Peter Schoellkopff, bass
Michael Unger, organ
Geoffrey Burgess, oboe
Boel Gidholm, Mary Riccardi, Patricia Ahern, Lydia Becker, Ela Kodzas, violin
James Marshall, Joshua Newburger, viola
Christopher Haritatos, violoncello
Beiliang Zhu, violoncello piccolo
Michi Wenderlich, violone

We are thrilled to return to the beautiful sanctuary of Christ Church Rochester to perform a wonderful program of Bach and Graupner cantatas! There we will have the privilege of performing with the glorious Craighead-Saunders organ, one of the only extant examples of a full-size organ in the style of 18th-century Germany in the Western Hemisphere. The organ will be featured in Bach's dialogue cantata Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen (BWV 49), for soprano and bass, obbligato organ, violoncello piccolo, oboe d'amore, and strings. Also on the program will be two lovely cantatas by Christoph Graupner, an extremely prolific contemporary of Bach's who turned down the job offer to be Thomaskantor in Leipzig before it was offered to Bach.

Admission free! (Suggested donation $20)