The Lexington Bach Festival presents Les Délices’ signature The Poet & the Prodigy program, reimagined to include music by CPE Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann  alongside Baroque-era titans François Couperin and J.S. Bach.

Kick off the new season with Les Délices at a free/pay-what-you-can performance at The Treelawn Music Hall, an architectural and acoustical treasure in the heart of the Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District. Our signature The Poet & the Prodigy program is reimagined to include music by CPE Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann alongside Baroque-era titans François Couperin and J.S. Bach.

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J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering is a tour de force collection in which a single melody is continuously transformed in ways that challenge both the imagination and the intellect. Les Délices offers a guided tour of this incredible, rarely-performed work, elucidating Bach’s rich counterpoint through instrumental colors including violins, viola, flute, oboe da caccia, bassoon, cello, and harpsichord.

J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering is a tour de force collection in which a single melody is continuously transformed in ways that challenge both the imagination and the intellect. Les Délices offers a guided tour of this incredible, rarely-performed work, elucidating Bach’s rich counterpoint through instrumental colors including violins, viola, flute, oboe da caccia, bassoon, cello, and harpsichord.

Presented by the Kenneth L. Taylor Concert Series at Kenyon College

J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering is a tour de force collection in which a single melody is continuously transformed in ways that challenge both the imagination and the intellect. Les Délices offers a guided tour of this incredible, rarely-performed work, elucidating Bach’s rich counterpoint through instrumental colors including violins, viola, flute, oboe da caccia, bassoon, cello, and harpsichord.

Presented in tandem with the Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival, supported by the Kulas Foundation

J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering is a tour de force collection in which a single melody is continuously transformed in ways that challenge both the imagination and the intellect. Les Délices offers a guided tour of this incredible, rarely-performed work, elucidating Bach’s rich counterpoint through instrumental colors including violins, viola, flute, oboe da caccia, bassoon, cello, and harpsichord.

J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering is a tour de force collection in which a single melody is continuously transformed in ways that challenge both the imagination and the intellect. Les Délices offers a guided tour of this incredible, rarely-performed work, elucidating Bach’s rich counterpoint through instrumental colors including violins, viola, flute, oboe da caccia, bassoon, cello, and harpsichord.

Presented by the Taylor Johnston Early Music Series of Michigan State University

As the Founding Fathers launched the Revolutionary War in 1776, they also dispatched their most charming and skilled diplomat, Ben Franklin, on an assignment in Paris to secure crucial French military aid for the American Revolution. As one of the most colorful geniuses in American history, the 70-year-old Franklin knew that the way to win the hearts and loyalty of the French was to immerse himself in their cultural life. He undertook his assignment with gusto, attending concerts, ballroom dances, and opera performances, and meeting the great French writer, Voltaire. Apollo’s Fire evokes his musical adventures in this festive program of orchestral works that were performed in Paris during his 9-year stay, including Mozart’s “Paris” Symphony and highlights from a Rameau opera.

As the Founding Fathers launched the Revolutionary War in 1776, they also dispatched their most charming and skilled diplomat, Ben Franklin, on an assignment in Paris to secure crucial French military aid for the American Revolution. As one of the most colorful geniuses in American history, the 70-year-old Franklin knew that the way to win the hearts and loyalty of the French was to immerse himself in their cultural life. He undertook his assignment with gusto, attending concerts, ballroom dances, and opera performances, and meeting the great French writer, Voltaire. Apollo’s Fire evokes his musical adventures in this festive program of orchestral works that were performed in Paris during his 9-year stay, including Mozart’s “Paris” Symphony and highlights from a Rameau opera.

As the Founding Fathers launched the Revolutionary War in 1776, they also dispatched their most charming and skilled diplomat, Ben Franklin, on an assignment in Paris to secure crucial French military aid for the American Revolution. As one of the most colorful geniuses in American history, the 70-year-old Franklin knew that the way to win the hearts and loyalty of the French was to immerse himself in their cultural life. He undertook his assignment with gusto, attending concerts, ballroom dances, and opera performances, and meeting the great French writer, Voltaire. Apollo’s Fire evokes his musical adventures in this festive program of orchestral works that were performed in Paris during his 9-year stay, including Mozart’s “Paris” Symphony and highlights from a Rameau opera.

As the Founding Fathers launched the Revolutionary War in 1776, they also dispatched their most charming and skilled diplomat, Ben Franklin, on an assignment in Paris to secure crucial French military aid for the American Revolution. As one of the most colorful geniuses in American history, the 70-year-old Franklin knew that the way to win the hearts and loyalty of the French was to immerse himself in their cultural life. He undertook his assignment with gusto, attending concerts, ballroom dances, and opera performances, and meeting the great French writer, Voltaire. Apollo’s Fire evokes his musical adventures in this festive program of orchestral works that were performed in Paris during his 9-year stay, including Mozart’s “Paris” Symphony and highlights from a Rameau opera.

Experience the absolute pinnacle of the baroque in the Pacific Northwest. As a proud marquee highlight of the Early Music America Summit in Seattle, the Seattle Bach Festival invites you to a transcendent performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor—widely considered one of the greatest human achievements in musical history.

Experience the absolute pinnacle of the baroque in the Pacific Northwest. As a proud marquee highlight of the Early Music America Summit in Seattle, the Seattle Bach Festival invites you to a transcendent performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor—widely considered one of the greatest human achievements in musical history.

Experience the absolute pinnacle of the baroque in the Pacific Northwest. As a proud marquee highlight of the Early Music America Summit in Seattle, the Seattle Bach Festival invites you to a transcendent performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor—widely considered one of the greatest human achievements in musical history.

Our full-day Baroque String Workshops offer a stimulating, intensive, and rewarding experience for participants to explore different aspects of the day’s theme. Each workshop includes a faculty performance, group classes on characteristic styles and techniques, mini-lessons, and full-ensemble playing sessions that culminate in a public performance and reception for students and families. Along the way, participants experience the expressive potential of using baroque bows and gain essential chamber music experience as we learn and rehearse Baroque music without a conductor. 

These workshops are offered in a “Pay-what-you-can” model hosted by The Music Settlement in Cleveland’s University Circle. Registration for this workshop will be available via The Music Settlement. 

Presented by Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture: Time Stands Still is an intimate new program of songs and instrumental music from seventeenth-century England that urges us to seek solace, hold hope, and create community. We’ll follow a path from John Dowland’s famous lute songs Flow my Tears and In darkness let me dwell to Henry Purcell’s beguiling Music for a while and his hope-filled Evening Hymn.

Time Stands Still is an intimate new program of songs and instrumental music from seventeenth-century England that urges us to seek solace, hold hope, and create community. We’ll follow a path from John Dowland’s famous lute songs Flow my Tears and In darkness let me dwell to Henry Purcell’s beguiling Music for a while and his hope-filled Evening Hymn.

Hark! H+H Conductor Laureate Harry Christophers returns to lead Boston’s must-see Messiah. For the 173rd consecutive year, the H+H Orchestra, Chorus and luminous soloists fill Symphony Hall with seasonal joy bringing generations of Bostonians together for “a holiday ritual as essential as trimming the tree” (The Boston Globe). Gather friends and family to celebrate the season and leave together singing the “Hallelujah!” chorus.

Hark! H+H Conductor Laureate Harry Christophers returns to lead Boston’s must-see Messiah. For the 173rd consecutive year, the H+H Orchestra, Chorus and luminous soloists fill Symphony Hall with seasonal joy bringing generations of Bostonians together for “a holiday ritual as essential as trimming the tree” (The Boston Globe). Gather friends and family to celebrate the season and leave together singing the “Hallelujah!” chorus.

Hark! H+H Conductor Laureate Harry Christophers returns to lead Boston’s must-see Messiah. For the 173rd consecutive year, the H+H Orchestra, Chorus and luminous soloists fill Symphony Hall with seasonal joy bringing generations of Bostonians together for “a holiday ritual as essential as trimming the tree” (The Boston Globe). Gather friends and family to celebrate the season and leave together singing the “Hallelujah!” chorus.

On period instruments, Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell take Handel’s masterpiece back to its roots as a dramatic and uplifting entertainment. The soloists become “visionary storytellers” in this acclaimed interpretation. You can also catch Jeannette and the singers performing Messiah with the New York Philharmonic in between the Cleveland performances.

On period instruments, Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell take Handel’s masterpiece back to its roots as a dramatic and uplifting entertainment. The soloists become “visionary storytellers” in this acclaimed interpretation. You can also catch Jeannette and the singers performing Messiah with the New York Philharmonic in between the Cleveland performances.

On period instruments, Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell take Handel’s masterpiece back to its roots as a dramatic and uplifting entertainment. The soloists become “visionary storytellers” in this acclaimed interpretation. You can also catch Jeannette and the singers performing Messiah with the New York Philharmonic in between the Cleveland performances.

Brilliant and colorful concertos set the tone for this festive holiday season. Bask in the warmth of Michel Corette’s tuneful Simphonie de Noëls, a concerto for two oboes by Vivaldi, Bach’s F major harpsichord concerto (BWV 1057), and Christoph Pez’s joyful Concerto Pastorale for two recorders and strings.

Brilliant and colorful concertos set the tone for this festive holiday season. Bask in the warmth of Michel Corette’s tuneful Simphonie de Noëls, a concerto for two oboes by Vivaldi, Bach’s F major harpsichord concerto (BWV 1057), and Christoph Pez’s joyful Concerto Pastorale for two recorders and strings.

Brilliant and colorful concertos set the tone for this festive holiday season. Bask in the warmth of Michel Corette’s tuneful Simphonie de Noëls, a concerto for two oboes by Vivaldi, Bach’s F major harpsichord concerto (BWV 1057), and Christoph Pez’s joyful Concerto Pastorale for two recorders and strings.

Wrap yourself in the warmth of the holidays with music that fills the air with festive joy. Under the direction of Jonathan Cohen, the H+H Orchestra and Chorus set the stage for Schütz’s The Christmas Story, which sparkles and dances with energy—unfolding the brilliance of the Baroque in striking detail. Settle into your seat with friends and family for a concert that shines with vivid color and forms “a brilliant tapestry of sound” (The Harvard Crimson).

Wrap yourself in the warmth of the holidays with music that fills the air with festive joy. Under the direction of Jonathan Cohen, the H+H Orchestra and Chorus set the stage for Schütz’s The Christmas Story, which sparkles and dances with energy—unfolding the brilliance of the Baroque in striking detail. Settle into your seat with friends and family for a concert that shines with vivid color and forms “a brilliant tapestry of sound” (The Harvard Crimson).