Bach Advent Cantatas

Name: Bach Advent Cantatas
Start: 2025-12-13T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-13T17:30:00-05:00
Location: First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

Highlights

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm

1.5 hours

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

Starting at USD 20

Date & Location

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm (GMT-05:00)

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

201 South 21st Street, Philadelphia, United States

About the event

Bach Advent Cantatas

Concerts@First Advent Concert w/two Bach Cantatas and Charpentier’s Magnificat, performed by the First Presbyterian Choir & Period Orchestra

About this Event

Celebrate the Advent season with a stirring concert of Baroque masterworks at First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia on Friday, December 13. The First Presbyterian Choir and Period Orchestra, led by Bálint Karosi on harpsichord, present two Advent Cantatas by J. S. Bach—Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 and Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 10—alongside Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Magnificat, H. 78. Also featured is our historic 1783 Peter Iben Cabinet organ in Handel's Organ Concerto Op. 7 No. 2 with Bálint Karosi as soloist. Soloists include Adrienne Lotto (soprano), Robin Bier (alto), Bradley King (tenor), and Andrew Beuninger & Nick Fahrenkrug (bass).

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