Q-MoB Attends Bach-Circle Christmas Oratorios (Great Barrington, MA)

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BUY TICKETS ONLINE IN ADVANCE FROM CRESCENDO MUSIC USING THIS LINK:

PLEASE ALSO REGISTER HERE ON EVENTBRITE IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO SIT WITH THE Q-MOB GROUP. IF YOU ONLY REGISTER HERE & DO NOT PURCHASE YOUR TICKET FROM CRESCENDO MUSIC, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE PERFORMANCE.

At the center of this program stands Johann Sebastian Bach’s fifth cantata of his Christmas Oratorio “Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen“ (Let honor be sung to you, O God). This cantata is about the journey of the wise men and the symbolism of light winning over darkness. An important composer in Bach’s circle was his mentor Dietrich Buxtehude, the renowned North German organist and cantor. His New Year’s, and Johann Schelle’s Advent cantatas, Johann Rosenmüller’s Magnificat, and Philipp Erlebach’s Christmas cantata are followed by a work of the later Jeremias du Grain, a student of Bach’s close friend Georg Philipp Telemann. Several of these festive cantatas are scored for orchestra with trumpets, which symbolized royalty and Christ’s status as the “King of Kings.” In contrast to this stand intimate unaccompanied choral works by the award-winning contemporary female North American composers Emily Drum, MaryAnne Muglia, and Christine Donkin.

The performers are Crescendo Chorus of forty singers, Paulina Francisco, soprano, Nicholas Tamagna, countertenor, Gene Stenger, tenor, Douglas Williams, bass-baritone, and Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra, led by Christine Gevert.

Support for these concerts has been provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature, and NBT Bank. We also thank WMNR Fine Arts Radio for their ongoing support.

Q-MoB has also received financial support from the South Berkshire County Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation for our on-going efforts to promote queer artists and leaders in South Berkshires.

Tickets: $40.00 General

$10 Youth (under 18)

Please arrive at least 15 mins early

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TWO PERFORMANCES: If you can't make the 12/29 Performance with our Q-MoB group, you also could go to this performance:
Sat., December 28, 2024 at 4 pm
Trinity Church
Lakeville, CT 06039

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REACHING US DAY OF EVENT: Currently Q-MoB is looking for a host for this activity to gather our group together after the performance for dinner in Great Barrington. Please SEND US A NOTE if you would like to try to save seats for the group at the performance &/or gather our group together after for dinner.

Host or Publisher Q-MoB (Queer Men of the Berkshires)