The Bach Collegium San Diego invites music enthusiasts to an enchanting series of events. With 'A French Twist - À La Vierge', 'Total Sound Explosion 2!', and 'Knockout Sounds with Reginald Mobley', experience a rich tapestry of music spanning centuries and diverse genres. From the reverent compositions dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to the explosive orchestral works of Rebel and Beethoven, and the seamless blend of baroque and jazz by Reginald Mobley, these events promise to captivate audiences with their unique charm and artistic brilliance.

A Harmonious Journey: Celebrating Music Through the Ages

Bach Collegium San Diego is set to offer a series of spectacular musical experiences that span from classical performances to historically rich compositions. This impressive lineup, scheduled from July 2025 through May 2026, invites audiences to explore the depths of musical mastery, featuring events like 'Alfred Robles: Banned in the USA Tour', 'When In Rome', and others, showcasing exceptional talents and timeless compositions. Join us as we delve into these extraordinary events that promise an unforgettable blend of history, culture, and art.

A Harmonious Journey: Bach Collegium San Diego's 2025-2026 Musical Extravaganza

The Bach Collegium San Diego invites you to an exciting array of performances that capture the essence of classical music. From the captivating 'Banned in the USA Tour' to the majestic 'Mass In B Minor' by J.S. Bach, each event promises an unforgettable experience. With performances spanning from comedy to solemn oratorios, and from the joyous Handel compositions in 'When In Rome' to the solace found in 'Far Beyond The Skies', there is something for every music lover. Join us as we delve into the details of these remarkable events.

Exploring Timeless Harmonies: Bach Collegium San Diego’s Upcoming Performances

Handel's arrival in Rome in 1706 had a profound influence on his development as a composer, igniting one of the most creative periods of his career. In Rome, Handel rubbed shoulders with the greatest musicians of the age while basking in the luxuries, excesses, and patronage of the clerical aristocracy. When in Rome brings together seductive and euphoric music of this time and place.

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When In Rome

All Souls' Episcopal Church/Bach Collegium San Diego

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Experience the magic of classical music with the Bach Collegium San Diego on July 12, 2025. This renowned ensemble, known for their exceptional performances, is coming to Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, US. Immerse yourself in the harmonious blend of music that transcends time and space, offering a unique blend of historical performances and modern interpretation. Don't miss this opportunity to witness the Bach Collegium San Diego's mastery live. For more information and tickets, visit the primary event link. You can also explore their official website and YouTube channel for a sneak peek into their mesmerizing performances.

Alfred Robles: Banned in the USA Tour

Cobb's Comedy Club

Countertenor d'Amore Reginald Mobley showcases the thin lines between the worlds of baroque and jazz. The repertoire, from J.S. Bach and Purcell to Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, explores the world of improvisation, ornamentation, pulsating bass lines, and most importantly, groove.

Knockout Sounds with Reginald Mobley

All Souls' Episcopal Church

An unlikely pairing of groundbreaking works from different centuries by Jean-Féry Rebel and Ludwig Van Beethoven, beginning with Rebel's shocking depiction of chaos, through Beethoven's exhilarating ride from darkness to triumphant light.

Total Sound Explosion 2!

Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church

An unusual meeting of repertoire by Charpentier, Poulenc, and Villette covering a span of over three hundred years, yet connected aesthetically by way of musical sensuousness and elegance.

A FRENCH TWIST - À LA VIERGE. Music For the Virgin Mary and the Nativity

St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Grace Lutheran Church, San Diego

An exploration of the rich catalog of Bach cantata arias with Tenor Nicholas Phan, alongside the striking music of Bach contemporary Christoph Graupner, who (lest we forget) was offered the post of Thomaskantor in 1723 ahead of Bach! 

Bach 52 • Tenor Nicholas Phan

Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church

Can't make it to Leipzig June 2024? Join us for our San Diego Bachfest debut preview. In his second year as Thomaskantor, J.S. Bach composed a new cantata for every Sunday; a total of 52 works! Join us for three of them written for Advent and Christmas 1724.

Bound for Bachfest

A collaboration with GRAMMY award-winning lutenist and conductor Stephen Stubbs; Claudio Monteverdi’s music broke the rules of Renaissance polyphony and created the foundations of modern music. Like Shakespeare, Monteverdi’s genius lay in his ability to communicate the full compass of human emotions, especially the most mysterious, tragic, and magical of them all–love.

Love and Revolution

Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, with performances both in English and Spanish featuring BCSD's commissioned Spanish libretto by Mario Montenegro, and delivered with BCSD's customary virtuosity and vibrancy. The final performance on December 12 at Centro Cultural Tijuana will form part of a joint celebration marking the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico.

Messiah Vis À Vis El Mesías

Tijuana Cultural Center

The tantalizing Concerto Doppio for Harpsichord and Fortepiano (1788) may have been Emmanuel Bach's final composition, having died in the same year at the age of 74. Telemann's vocal masterpiece Ino (1765) was composed two years before his death at the age of 84, and its premiere was likely led by C.P.E Bach (the elder composer’s godson!)

Last Blasts!

J.S. Bach’s vivid musical account of Christ's passion combines a striking drama and devotion forming a pinnacle of the vocal works composed for the Leipzig churches.

Bach's St. Matthew Passion was written for the Good Friday Vespers service of 1727 at the St Thomas' Church Leipzig and brings together relevant themes of betrayal, judgement, death, and love as expressed through St. Matthew's Gospel and Bach's librettist Picander.

St. Matthew Passion

Celebrating BCSD's twentieth anniversary season with a scorcher of a program featuring favorite and memorable repertoire performed over the last twenty seasons...how time flies!

Turn up the heat with excerpts from Bach's B minor Mass and Easter Oratorio, to arresting moments from Handel oratorios, by way of glorious Renaissance polyphony, to the sumptuousness of Rameau, plus much more!

BCSD Scorchers!

Handel’s great oratorio Messiah springs to life by way of the fruitful collaboration of Charles Jennens’ carefully conceived libretto and Handel’s supreme skill as a composer of the theatre. BCSD’s performance of Messiah, delivered by a dynamic cast in the manner of Handel’s dramatic operas, has become one of its crown jewels.

G.f. Handel: Messiah Hwv 232

St. Matthew's Parish School

First United Methodist Church of San Diego

The Mass in B minor represents a pinnacle and summation of Bach’s musical language into one cohesive work. Over the course of its diverse sections, Bach takes us on a journey through some of his most sublime musical ideas, from moments of meditation and repose, to full blown ecstasy and euphoria.

J.s. Bach: Mass In B Minor Bwv 232

Throughout history, music has provided comfort in countless and diverse ways during times of grief and loss. Far Beyond the Skies brings together two venerable traditions, on the one hand two extraordinary works from the German Lutheran tradition which meditate on the release of death and the joys that await, and on the other hand funeral music from the Gospel tradition and where and how these two worlds intersect.

Bach Collegium San Diego

5 - 7 Dec, 2025

G.f. Handel: Messiah Hwv 232

21 - 22 Mar, 2026

J.s. Bach: Mass In B Minor Bwv 232

2 - 3 May, 2026

Far Beyond The Skies

25 - 26 Oct, 2025

When In Rome

12 - 13 Jul, 2025

Alfred Robles: Banned in the USA Tour

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