Bach at Noon: Motet Milestones

Bach Collegium San Diego is delighted to return to the live stage and proud to announce our popular BACH AT NOON series for 2021-22. We look forward to seeing you at these concerts!

All concerts are FREE, and held at All Souls' Episcopal Church

Though separated by a generation, Johann Schelle (1648-1701) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) both held one of the central musical posts in Germany, Cantor of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Schelle is credited with ushering in the use of the German language (replacing Latin) in Lutheran liturgical music, an achievement that is the foundation for Bach's work several decades later. "Luminaries of Leipzig" offers a fascinating side-by-side look at representative works of these two masters.

Bach at Noon: Motet Milestones
J.S. Bach, Motet: Jesu, meine freude BWV 227
Johann Schelle, Motet: Komm, Jesu, komm