The Santa Cruz Chorale is honored to bring you the Cantatas of the immortal Johann Sebastian Bach, whose music speaks to us across the ages.
Johann Sebastian Bach likely wrote about 295 cantatas, of which 200 survive. Each demonstrated Bach’s mastery of musical contrasts and his ability to use musical form to express powerful emotion.
In Bach’s Cantatas, emotions shade from dramatic to poignant and intimate. Artistic Director Christian Grube has chosen three Bach cantatas that beautifully show Bach’s musical genius and the depths of feeling that animate his work. BWV 78, “Jesu, Der du Meine Seele” (Jesus, Thou who art My Soul); BWV 93, “Wer nur den Lieben Gott lässt walten” (Whoever lets the Dear God reign); and BWV 106, “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” (God’s time is the very best time) represent Bach at the height of his musical and emotional powers.
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DATES AND TIMES: Saturday, May 23rd at 8:00pm and Sunday, May 24th at 4:00pm
LOCATION: Holy Cross Church, 126 High Street, Santa Cruz
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please visit https://santacruzchorale.org/ for additional information, ticketing & future upcoming events
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The Santa Cruz Chorale, a non-profit organization founded in 1983, performs a wide-ranging repertory including works from the 15th century through music of our time. The chorale exists to provide enjoyment, cultural enrichment and education to the Santa Cruz County Community by producing exciting, distinctive and ambitious concerts of the highest possible standards.
Singers, who live throughout the greater Monterey Bay area, include graduate students, computer mavens, business people, politicians, pastors, attorneys, investigators, consultants, UCSC faculty and staff, high school and grade school teachers, physicians, engineers, and parents of small children. Although several members of the Chorale are professional musicians and some direct musical groups of their own, all volunteer their time, and most are amateurs in the original sense of that word: people who seriously pursue an art for the love of it.
