Bach Cantata Vespers
When: Sun, Nov 22 · 3:00 PM CST
Where: Online
Hosted by Grace Lutheran Church & School
About this event
Cantata Gott ist mein König, BWV 71 God is my king
An ambitious J. S. Bach, age 22, composed Gott ist mein König for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen. The cantata shows the influence of Bach’s 17th century predecessors, flowing seamlessly from one section to the next. Vocal and orchestral forces are divided into “choirs” heard from at different times in the cantata. Trumpet fanfares remind us that God is King, as the town council is lifted up and prayed for so that all may prosper.
Organist Catherine Rodland of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, joins us for the service and performs a pre-service recital as prelude to the service at 3:45 p.m. Join us at 3:00 p.m. in the Seminar Room at Grace for a pre-service lecture by Dr. Steven Wente on the day’s cantata. Wente is Distingquished Professor of Music Emeritus and Organist Laureate at Concordia University Chicago. He is also the Cantor at First Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Chicago.
Homilist Carla Thompson Powell, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Prelude Catherine R. Rodland, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, organist
Motet Heinrich Schütz, Verleih uns Frieden
Musicians Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra Grace Cantor Michael D. Costello, conducting Susan Nelson, soprano Cassidy Smith, mezzo-soprano Samuel Rosner, tenor Aaron Wardell, bass-baritone