Utah Baroque Ensemble - Bach Magnificat Concert

The Utah Baroque Ensemble, founded in 1987, is a select community choir which specializes in early period sacred music, with an emphasis on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, they sing music from a variety of periods and in a variety of styles, including hymns, anthems, folk hymns and spirituals, as well as original contemporary sacred music.
The choir’s first performance of the season will be held on Sunday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, located at 175 N. University Avenue in Provo.
As always, works by Johann Sebastian Bach will make up the major portion of the program. The choir will perform the Magnificat in D Major, presenting the version Bach intended for Christmas performance, with four extra movements added to the traditional Magnificat text. Instrumental accompaniment for these works will be expanded beyond a string ensemble to include brass, woodwinds, and five outstanding soloists.
The choir will also perform the Sanctus in D Major, a lesser-known work that is especially appropriate, since Bach wrote it for Christmas performance. It is important to the Utah Baroque Ensemble because it was performed at the choir’s very first concert in 1987.