Concluded Events

Friday, June 9

Bach at the Brauhaus
8:00 pm
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

Andrea Mumm Trammell
Dr. Billy Graham Principal Harp chair of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, June 10

Opening Concert: Christmas Oratorio, Parts I and II
7:30 pm
Myers Park Presbyterian Church

BA|Charlotte Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Scott Allen Jarrett, conducting

Bach Christmas Oratorio, Parts I and II, BWV 248
Bach Sanctus in C major, BWV 237
Bach Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 (Christians, engrave this day)

Sunday, June 11

Organ Recital: Clive Driskill-Smith
7:30 pm
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church

Clive Driskill-Smith

Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547
Bach Pastorella, BWV 590
de Grigny Récit de tierce en taille
Daquin Noël Suisse
Bach Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648
Bach Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 733
Bach In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
Bach In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
Duruflé Prélude sur l’Introït de l’Épiphanie
Duruflé Variations sur un Noël

Monday, June 12

Bach Experience I: Christmas Oratorio, Part III
12:30 pm
Myers Park United Methodist Church (Jubilee Hall)

Members of BA|Charlotte Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Scott Allen Jarrett, conducting

Bach Sanctus in D Major, BWV 238
Bach Christmas Oratorio, Part III, BWV 248

Monday, June 12

Vocal Fellows Recital
7:30 pm
Myers Park Methodist Church (Francis Chapel)

Casey Kunmann, soprano
Scottie Rogers, couintertenor
Derrick Miller, tenor
Jared Swope, baritone
Members of Bach Akademie Charlotte Orchestra
Scott Allen Jarrett, conducting

Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (Now come, Savior of the heathens)
Bach Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 (Soar joyfully upwards)
Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 (Now come, Savior of the heathens)

Funding for the 2023 Vocal Fellows Program generously provided by:

Tuesday, June 13

Bach Experience II: Christmas Oratorio, Part IV
12:30 pm
Myers Park United Methodist Church (Jubilee Hall)

Members of BA|Charlotte Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Scott Allen Jarrett, conducting

Bach Uns ist ein Kind
Bach Christmas Oratorio, Part IV, BWV 248

Closing Concert: Christmas Oratorio, Parts V and VI
7:30 pm
Myers Park Presbyterian Church

BA|Charlotte Cantata Choir and Orchestra
Scott Allen Jarrett, conducting

Bach Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 (May our mouth be full of laughter)
Bach Christmas Oratorio, Parts V and VI, BWV 248

Gloria in excelsis! Glory in the highest!

The angel chorus roused the shepherds to announce the birth of the Christ child – an echo of prophecies of old, when Isaiah described the angels attending heaven’s throne with their three-fold cry, “Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabbaoth!” Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God of Hosts!”

The 2023 Charlotte Bach Festival brings the joy of Christmas to our annual June festival. And there’s no more joyful music than Bach at Christmas.

This year’s festival features all six parts of Bach’s magnificent Christmas Oratorio. After kicking off the festival with the popular Bach at the Brauhaus at The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery on Friday, June 9th, we perform Parts I and II of the Christmas Oratorio on Saturday, June 10 at Myers Park Presbyterian Church.

On Sunday, June 11 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Clive Driskill-Smith, one of the leading organists of his generation, presents a concert on the magnificent Van Ness Hamrick Organ, C. B. Fisk Opus 13.

Parts III and IV of the Christmas Oratorio are the subject of The Bach Experience at Myers Park United Methodist Church’s Jubilee Hall on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Monday night features a very special recital by our talented Vocal Fellows at Myers Park's intimate Francis Chapel. And we close out the festival with Parts V and VI of the Christmas Oratorio on Tuesday, June 13, back at Myers Park Presbyterian Church.

To make this festival even more attractive, we also have some little-performed Bach works that you likely won't hear live anywhere else.

Admission is free to Individuals under the age of 18.