Bach: Reverberations & Reflections Series Hosted by SAPhil Will Take Place in April
This spring the SA Phil is blazing a new path forward in their mission to reach more San Antonians with world-class symphonic performances. SA Phil hosts three of the five concerts in the Bach: Reverberations & Reflections series at these iconic Westside institutions Our Lady of the Lake University, and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower.
Brainchild of SA Philharmonic Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, Bach: Reverberations & Reflections is the inaugural program of a multi-year project in celebration of the music and influence of J.S. Bach, a composer who stands at the fountainhead of Western classical music and whose influence on the history of music is as profound as any musician who has ever lived.
We’re welcoming spring with an early bird promotion offering 15% off all concert tickets purchased between March 7th and April 1st with code: BACH. Promotion ends April 1st at 11:59 PM.
Join us as we celebrate with community concerts showcasing the incredible talent of the San Antonio Chamber Choir, Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, and Grammy Award-winning vocal band, Roomful of Teeth! Learn more about the individual programs below and GET Tickets! today!
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio
April 11 at 7:30 PM – Little Flower Basilica
The first concert in the Bach: Reverberations & Reflections series, SA Philharmonic performs Bach’s joyous Easter Oratorio together with the San Antonio Chamber Choir and The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio along with other magnificent works from the Baroque period, including Manuel de Zumaya’s Celebren, Publiquen.
This is the inaugural program of a multi-year project in celebration of the music and influence of J.S. Bach, a composer who stands at the fountainhead of Western classical music and whose influence on the history of music is as profound as any musician who has ever lived.
J.S. Bach: Cantata No.100, BWV 100 “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan” (first movement)
Zumaya: Celebren, Publiquen
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
J.S. Bach: Cantata No.147, BWV 147 “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Jeffrey Kahane, San Antonio Philharmonic music director and conductor
Rick Bjella, San Antonio Chamber Choir artistic director
Dr. Carolyn Cruse Children’s Choir of San Antonio, artistic director
Doors: 6:30 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
All Ages
J.S. BACH: EASTER ORATORIO – CONDUCTOR: JEFFREY KAHANE
April 12 @ 7:30 pm
The second concert in the Bach: Reverberations & Reflections series, SA Philharmonic performs Bach’s joyous Easter Oratorio together with the San Antonio Chamber Choir and The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio along with other magnificent works from the Baroque period, including Manuel de Zumaya’s Celebren, Publiquen at Our Lady of the Lake Sacred Heart Chapel. The chapel is located at the corner of SW 24th Street and Cesar Chavez.
This is the inaugural program of a multi-year project in celebration of the music and influence of J.S. Bach, a composer who stands at the fountainhead of Western classical music and whose influence on the history of music is as profound as any musician who has ever lived.
J.S. Bach: Cantata No.100, BWV 100 “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan” (first movement)
Zumaya: Celebren, Publiquen
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
J.S. Bach: Cantata No.147, BWV 147 “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Jeffrey Kahane, San Antonio Philharmonic music director and conductor
Rick Bjella, San Antonio Chamber Choir artistic director
Dr. Carolyn Cruse Children’s Choir of San Antonio, artistic director
Doors: 6:30 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
All Ages
J.S. BACH: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS – JEFFREY KAHANE, SOLO PIANO
April 13 @ 2:30 pm
Music director and pianist, Jeffrey Kahane steps out from behind the podium with a rare solo performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a piano recital benefitting the SA Philharmonic. The work we know today as the Goldberg Variations ranks among the supreme masterpieces of the entire keyboard repertoire. An astonishing, encyclopedic display of the keyboard styles and genres of Bach’s day, it is also a profound inward spiritual journey which traverses the gamut of human experience: joy, uproarious humor, deep sorry, and transcendence.
This is the third concert in the Bach: Reverberations & Reflections, a multi-year project in celebration of the music and influence of J.S. Bach, a composer who stands at the fountainhead of Western classical music and whose influence on the history of music is as profound as any musician who has ever lived.
J.S. Bach: “Goldberg” Variations, BWV 988
Jeffrey Kahane, Solo Piano – a special benefit concert for the SA Philharmonic
Doors: 1:30 PM
Concert: 2:30 PM
All Ages
ROOMFUL OF TEETH – J.S. BACH: CANTATA NO. 4
April 18 – April 19
Scottish Rite Hall
Closing out the Bach: Reverberations and Reflections Spring Series is the Grammy-winning vocal band, Roomful of Teeth. These extraordinary artists are dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. By engaging collaboratively with artists, thinkers, and community leaders from around the world, the group seeks to uplift and amplify voices old and new while creating and performing meaningful and adventurous music.
Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, the band was incubated at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts, where members studied with some of the world’s most extraordinary singers and teachers. Through experimentation, exploration, and plenty of failures, the group learned that the boundaries of the human voice are never what they seem, that rules can be bent, even broken, and perhaps they should be.
This is the inaugural program of a multi-year project in celebration of the music and influence of J.S. Bach, a composer who stands at the fountainhead of Western classical music and whose influence on the history of music is as profound as any musician who has ever lived.
J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 4, BWV 4 “Christ Lag In Todes Banden”
Missy Mazzoli: Vesper Sparrow
Angélica Negrón: Math, the one which is sweet
Caroline Shaw: The Isle
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Roomful of Teeth, artist partner
Doors: 6:30 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM
All Ages
