This season, the BCFW does something unique in each of its three concerts. Our first concert on November 10 features tenor Daniel McGrew taking on Cantata No. 55, the only tenor solo cantata in Bach’s oeuvre. Daniel left such a strong impression on our audience as the Evangelist in our St. John Passion concert this past March. Our second concert on February 16 features cantatas that call for the corno da tirarsi (slide horn); for these, we invite Brad Tatum, who plays this rare baroque instrument, from Maryland. In our third concert on April 27, along with three amazing cantatas, we let our string players have fun playing one of the six Concerti armonici by Dutch composer Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer. Our choir will also take on challenging a-cappella repertoire throughout the season.
Our 2025-2026 season is a rich offering of some of Bach’s most magnificent choruses, virtuosic vocal arias and instrumental solos on interesting baroque instruments. The newly renovated Zion Lutheran Church and its vibrant acoustics is home to the opening concert. You will hear oboes da caccia and the violoncello da spalla (played by music director Koji Otsuki). Indiana Tech’s Multi-Flex Theater is home to our second concert where Brad Tatum returns to play the Corno di tirarsi. The Collegium choir will also sing two Russian Ave Maria settings by Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff. In December, you can join in singing Handel’s Messiah at Queen of Angels in our annual Sing-Along Messiah. We return to Zion Lutheran Church for our final concert featuring the often-requested Cantata 140 – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. The orchestra shines in Bach’s Overture IV, there is also a cantata for the dedication of a new organ, and a Gloria by Claudio Monteverdi.
We look forward to welcoming you to all our concerts!
Bach Collegium focus on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, from the early 1700s. The choir sings in Bach’s German. The nationally renowned, professional solo singers and orchestra musicians are specialists in interpreting Baroque music, playing replicas of the instruments as they were 300 years ago with a lifelong dedication to interpreting Bach’s original style. Hearing Bach Collegium is a very different experience than hearing a “modern” church choir and orchestra play the same works. -WHATZUP
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The Bach Collegium is a not-for-profit choral and instrumental ensemble composed of disciplined and experienced musicians, which presents performances and workshops, using J.S. Bach as the model composer.
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