THE COMPLETE BACH, Music Worcester’s 11-year project to present live performances of all known works by J. S. Bach will continue on January 24 as The Worcester Chorus and The Winchendon Players ...

Mercury Chamber Orchestra will present two holiday programs this December as part of its 25th anniversary season: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on December 13 and Songs of the Virgin: An Italian Baroque ...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio consists of six cantatas, performed at six different times between Christmas Day and the feast of Epiphany (traditionally, January 6). The website Bach.org ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Christine Gevert knows that in 2024, one might hesitate before going to a concert of baroque Christmas music. “There are so many stereotypes that you might have about, ‘I don’t like ...

Planning your audio adventure should be easy enough: resolve to take in a cantata on every Sunday and other holy day throughout the church year. There are plenty of online guides to tell you what Bach ...

For some, Handel’s “Messiah” remains a cherished ritual. For others, it has become so predictable as to feel almost unavoidable — a seasonal monument polished smooth by repetition. This season, the ...

On a bill that began with three Advent or Christmas cantatas and finished with a Magnificat that sounded, well, magnificent, characterful solo parts for singers and instrumentalists combined with ...

It’s quite festive over at Kleinhans, with the hall decorated with trees and wreaths and tinsel and garland; the ladies in the chorus and orchestra sporting scarlet blouses and the men in black suits ...