Christmas Brass

San Carlo Theatre

Experience the Des Moines Symphony brass section like never before in our newest tradition! Celebrate the sounds of the season with favorites like Joy to the World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and more. Westminster Presbyterian's beautiful Dobson Pipe Organ will be prominently featured alongside timpani, percussion, and our powerful brass section. Don't miss your chance to experience this intimate, family-friendly holiday concert!

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Holiday Brass

Westminster Presbyterian Church of Des Moines

With his exceptional talent, massive career, and glorious, transcendent works, Johann Sebastian Bach is the undisputed father of classical music – but lesser known are his many brilliant contemporaries. Principal Baroque Leader Julia Wedman and Symphony Nova Scotia pay homage to Bach’s friends with music from Telemann, Fasch, and Pisendel, plus Pachelbel’s iconic, world-famous Canon. And, of course, hear Bach’s mighty creations – our premiere of the spectacular Concerto for Three Violins, an orchestral arrangement of the famed Goldberg Variations, and the delightful Suite No. 3, including the achingly beautiful “Air on the G String”, one of world’s most famous pieces of music.

Bach & Friends

St. Andrew's United Church

Amherst: Bach & Friends

Trinity-St. Stephen's United Church

The glorious sound of The Bridgewater Hall’s Marcussen Concert Organ comes into its own today as Associate Artist Jonathan Scott performs a programme of some of the organ’s greatest masterpieces, including Albinoni’s famous Adagio and Widor’s Toccata.

Jonathan Scott: Greatest Organ Music

The Bridgewater Hall

Experience the sounds of Baroque in a concert featuring Handel’s lively Water Music and the grand Music from the Royal Fireworks performed by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Pachelbel’s timeless Canon brings serene beauty, while Telemann’s Tafelmusik delights with its charming elegance. This captivating programme transports you to the grandeur of 18th century courtly celebrations with music that is both majestic and inspiring. Enjoy a journey through Baroque splendour, where every piece evokes joy, celebration, and refinement.

Fire and Water, By Candlelight

St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London

Immerse yourself in the ethereal sounds of the Baroque era with "Celestial Voices - Music of the Baroque," a concert series that promises to transport audiences back in time through the power of music. Under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer, the Music of the Baroque Chorus and Members of the Orchestra will showcase their incredible talent and versatility. The program features a rich tapestry of compositions from the Renaissance to the Baroque period, including works by Tallis, Palestrina, Purcell, Monteverdi, Byrd, Pachelbel, Rameau, and Bach.

The concert series will highlight the shimmering sounds of Palestrina and Byrd, the intricate compositions of Purcell, and culminate in the high energy of Bach’s "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" (Sing unto the Lord a new song), BWV 225. This selection of music not only showcases the technical prowess of the performers but also the emotional depth and spiritual uplift inherent in Baroque music.

"Celestial Voices" will be performed at two iconic locations, offering audiences a choice of venues to experience the magic of Baroque music. The first performance will take place on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 7:30 PM at the Faith, Hope, & Charity Church in Winnetka. The series will continue with a performance on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:30 PM at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. For those unable to attend in person, an on-demand performance will be available on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 5:00 PM.

This concert series is a must-attend for lovers of choral and orchestral music, offering a rare opportunity to experience the breadth and depth of Baroque music performed by a talented ensemble under the guidance of Nicholas Kraemer. Don't miss your chance to be part of this musical journey through time.

Celestial Voices

Fourth Presbyterian Church

Sts Faith, Hope, And Charity Catholic Church

Music is able to create a space for inner peace, contemplation and beauty like nothing else. Experience a different concert, where the music and tones create a unified flow and a feeling of balance, peace and presence.

Meditation Concert

Randers Fritidscenter

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Kaz Hudson, guitar - Student Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The musicians, who are enthusiastic about Baroque music, have enjoyed playing well-known works such as the Brandenburg Concertos or Concerti Grossi by Vivaldi and Handel in their concert programs in recent years, but they also place particular emphasis on the rediscovery of music from the early Baroque period through to the early Classical period.

bochum baroque

Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr

Join us for an exquisite afternoon of Baroque music as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, featuring the radiant soprano Julia Bullock, graces the stage of Zellerbach Hall on January 19, 2025, at 3:00 pm. This performance marks Bullock's second appearance of the season and the much-anticipated return of the period-instrument ensemble to Berkeley.

Under the theme of "Illuminations: Fractured History," the ensemble, celebrated for its fresh approach to Baroque music, will perform alongside Bullock, showcasing her gleaming soprano voice through a selection of arias from operas by Handel, Lully, Rameau, and Purcell. The program will be sung in Italian, French, and English, offering a rich tapestry of Baroque vocal music complemented by instrumental showpieces by Vivaldi, Bach, Pachelbel, and Handel.

Highlights of the program include Handel's "Overture from Music for the Royal Fireworks," Vivaldi's "Concerto in E major, Op. 8, No. 1, Spring from The Four Seasons," and Bach's "Schafe können sicher weiden from BWV 208," among others. This performance not only promises to be a celebration of Baroque music's enduring beauty but also a testament to the timeless appeal of historic instruments and the repertoire composed for them.

Tickets for this enchanting afternoon start at $56, with season subscriptions available now and single tickets going on sale on August 6 at noon. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the sublime artistry of Julia Bullock and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a program that bridges the past and present through the universal language of music.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Julia Bullock

Cal Performances

Julia Bullock brings the vocal fireworks to a night with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment celebrating the greatest hits of the 18th century.

Baroquebusters

Southbank Centre

The exceptional musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta perform Vivaldi’s timeless classic, The Four Seasons,  by candlelight in the beautiful setting of St George’s Hall Music Room. The programme also includes Rachmaninov’s ever-popular Second Piano Concerto with leading concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith. A hugely appealing programme designed to help you celebrate the end of the year in style! There are many surrounding restaurants and bars to complete your night.

Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas (Feat Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto)

St George’s Hall

Cello Choir

California State University, Fullerton

Associate Conductor Hallé Pops, Stephen Bell and Zeb Soanes, Classic FM presenter, take us on a journey through iconic masterpiece by renowned composers. There will be thrilling overtures, passionate adagios, energetic dances, soulful spirituals, tender romances, and pieces so famous that you won’t be able to help humming along. This ‘Top of the Classics’ concert promises to be an unforgettable evening.

Top of the Classics

"A kind of speech in music" Lars Ulrik Mortensen calls the stylus phantasticus and emphasizes that this music must be played "so that it can surprise or shock and take the audience on a journey," and that its performance must and must "go all the way to - and momentarily over – the edge.” The evening's program provides such lavish examples of the free fabulist of the time that it gives the term "baroque music" completely new dimensions.

Haddington

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Haddington

Join us for an exquisite Chamber Music Workshop titled "Music in the Vineyards" on Saturday, August 17th, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. This unique event, "An Echo in the Vineyards," will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, located at 1333 3rd St, Napa, CA 94559. 

Designed for accomplished adult enthusiasts, including advanced high school and college students, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to meet like-minded musicians and play in small ensembles. Participants will receive ensemble music in advance to prepare for a collaborative and enriching experience. 

The workshop will feature guidance and insights from Michael Adams and the 2024 Fellowship String Quartet, the Cabaletta Quartet. Attendees who also purchase tickets for the Community Concert at 5 pm will enjoy reserved front-row seating and the chance to participate in the Pachelbel play-along.

The repertoire includes timeless pieces such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Luigi Boccherini's Night Music of the Streets of Madrid, Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins and Strings, Giovanni Bottesini's Grand Duo Concertante, and Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major.

Participation is priced at $10 per student, with free admission for students. This workshop not only promises a day filled with beautiful chamber music but also offers a platform for musicians to connect and create lasting memories. 

Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of chamber music amidst the scenic backdrop of Napa. Book your spot now and be part of a community that celebrates music education and participatory experiences for all ages and walks of life.

Chamber Music Workshop

Presbyterian Day School

Iranian-American musician Mahan Esfahani is a harpsichordist for the 21st century. With a lifelong determination to bring his instrument the modern-day prominence it deserves, he combines scholarly insights with dazzling drama in his performances of music old and new. He is the winner of several prominent awards for his playing, including the Wigmore Medal from Wigmore Hall, London.

Mahan Esfahani

The Queen's Hall

In case of wet weather this concert will be at the Theatre in Piazza IV Novembre.

Anghiari 4: ‘der Herr Ist Mit Mir’

Pieve di Santa Maria alla Sovara

“En slags tale i musik” kalder Lars Ulrik Mortensen stylus phantasticus og understreger, at denne musik må spilles “så den kan overraske eller chokere og tage publikum med på en rejse,” og at dens udførelse må og skal “gå helt ud til – og momentvis over – kanten.” Aftenens program giver så overdådige eksempler på datidens frie fabuleren, at det giver begrebet “barokmusik” helt nye dimensioner.

Stylus Phantasticus

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Experimental string music by Pachelbel, Biber and Buxtehude.

Instruments of Time and Truth

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Jolianne Einem and Rob Diggins (violins), with Eva Lymenstull (cello and viola da gamba) and Ian Pritchard (harpsichord and organ), in virtuosic music for three violins by Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Johann Pachelbel (yes, the canon – and more!), Henry Purcell, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and others. Plus, birdsong-inspired pieces.

Nightingales in the Gardens

Sherman Library & Gardens

Collegium Musicum and Arizona Baroque

St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church

Fall in love with this romantic soundtrack.

Date Night

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

Be inspired, transported, and uplifted in this, a journey through no less than 600 years of music celebrating Christmas. From Pachelbel’s beloved Canon, heard afresh on their period instruments, through to the rich, melting harmonies of Tchaikovsky and John Taverner’s spare, haunting, The Lamb, plus a brand new piece by Roderick Williams, written especially for the occasion. Music that will resonate with you for long after the concert, and a perfect start to the Holiday season.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Stanford University

Be inspired, transported and uplifted in this, a journey through no less than 600 years of music celebrating Christmas. From Pachelbel’s beloved Canon, heard afresh on our period instruments, through to the rich, melting harmonies of Tchaikovsky and John Taverner’s spare, haunting, The Lamb, plus a brand new piece by Roderick Williams, written especially for the occasion. Music that will resonate with you for long after the concert, and a perfect start to the Holiday season.

Six Centuries Of Christmas

First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

“Bach” by popular demand is the Sixth Annual Bachtoberfest! 

The Baton Rouge Symphony kicks off the 2022-2023 Lamar Family Chamber Series with a night of beer, brats, and Bach.

Chamber Series - Bachtoberfest 2022

East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Concertmaster Peter Hanson presents an evening of intimate musical conversations, including six Baroque favorites featuring multiple soloists ending with Pachelbel’s famous Canon in D.  “Think of this program as an evening of brilliant soloists trading melodic ideas in an extended dialogue,” said Peter Hanson.  The centerpiece of the program is Bach’s beautiful Concerto for Two Violins, performed by Peter Hanson and Cynthia Roberts, principal 2nd violin and one of America’s leading period instrument violinists. The “Bach Double” features a second movement that ranks as some of the composer’s most beautiful instrumental music.  Pachelbel’s Canon is joyful and mesmerizing. The piece presents three solo violins and continuo repeating the same bass line 28 times while the three solo violins perform a canon (or round) on top. The work’s harmonic progression has been used by countless pop stars, making Pachelbel’s piece one of the most influential to modern times from the Baroque era.  Other featured soloists with Peter Hanson include violinists Edwin Huizinga and Johanna Novom and principal oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz.

Double Concertos

Sunset Center Theater

This program of soulful and moving compositions by four of the German Baroque’s most masterful composers begins with a 10-part setting of “Christ lag in Todesbanden” by Johann Pachelbel. Its seven movements unfold the deep richness of the composer’s reflections on the Easter text that Bach would later use for one of his earliest cantatas. And from the pen of one of Bach’s favorite composers, Dieterich Buxtehude, comes a bittersweet setting of the famous Eastertide chorale, “Jesu, meine Freude,” that would have been a great inspiration to Bach when he composed his own motet setting of the same verses several decades later. One of Bach’s earliest surviving cantatas, “Der Herr denket an uns” (Psalm 115: “The Lord is mindful of us”) is a joyful celebration of gratitude and blessedness that was probably composed to celebrate the wedding of the minister who had married Bach and his wife, Maria Barbara, about a year earlier. The Passion-themed orbit of this program finds its greatest resonance in a truly hypnotic and almost trance-inducing setting of the Saint Matthew Passion by Johann Theile. From its first movement to its last, Theile’s music mesmerizes the listener and grippingly captivates that attention until the final note.

Passion & Joy

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Davis Community Church

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Got Bach? We do–and Telemann too! Enjoy the unparalleled H+H Orchestra led by Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen as they share their “consistently fresh and vital” takes on Baroque music (The Boston Globe). Embrace the warm comfort of Bach cantatas perfectly paired by the grace of Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. To send us off, Telemann’s Du aber Daniel gehe hin reminds the soul of blessed bliss!

Johann Pachelbel

Events

Upcoming events

15 - 16 May, 2026

Bach + Telemann · Handel and Haydn Society

Past events

Dec 21, 2025

Christmas Brass · Teatro di San Carlo

20 - 21 Dec, 2025

Holiday Brass · Des Moines Symphony

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