The holiday season is a moment of reflection for many. For tenor Nicholas Chalmers, it is no different. He led me through his first experiences with choral music, his love of Bach and the role of evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and his excitement at being able to perform the highly anticipated Christmas classic with …
Bach Society of Minnesota’s musicians returned to the stage with a warm welcome from audience members this past Friday at Sundin Music Hall in Saint Paul. Bach Society of Minnesota musicians, Paul Boehnke. harpsichord, Margaret Humphrey, violin, Rebecca Humphrey, cello, and Matthias Maute, recorder, returned to the stage last Friday for their first live performance …
Imagine a time, a warmly lit café, the sounds of the common people talking, laughing. There are ladies there, dressed in their finest and in the distance, you can hear the sounds of music, instruments tuning. A concert is about to take place. On a deeper level, imagine societal norms being challenged. A cantata, where …
To honor the contributions made by the Latinx community in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month we wanted to pay tribute to Bach Society of Minnesota’s (BSM), Associate Artistic Director, Marco Real d’Arbelles, a conductor, violinist, and devoted husband and father. A Nicaraguan native, Real-d’Arbelles grew up listening to the classic works of Bach and others …