Our 2022-2023 Season

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Choral Arts Philadelphia is excited to announce our 40th Season Celebration! Join us as we embark on an historic season of questioning authority, celebrating milestones, rediscovering lost works, and ushering in a new generation of composers. Subscribe today!

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Our historic 2022-2023 Season

Bach and Authority
​October 7, 2022
Church of the Holy Trinity Rittenhouse

J.S. Bach - Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198 - 'Trauerode'
J.S. Bach - Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212 - 'Peasant Cantata'
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Love. Passion. Death...Taxes! Choral Arts Philadelphia and the American Bach Society team up to examine Bach's relationships with authority figures. 
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Schütz  Musikalische Exequien
​November 12 & 13, 2022
​Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont
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H. Schütz - Musikalische Exequien, Op. 7, SWV 279-281

​350 years after the death of Heinrich Schütz, Choral Arts Philadelphia breathes new life into one of history's most profound German composers. Credited as the first German Requiem, hear Schütz' Musikalische Exequien as audiences would have at its premiere in 1635.
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Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium
​December 31, 2022
​Episcopal Cathedral

J.S. Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 - 'Christmas Oratorio' 

Ring in the New Year with the six Cantatas known as the "Christmas Oratorio" originally performed in 1733/1734 over the 12 days of Christmas, our New Years Eve concert has become a favorite Holiday tradition in Philadelphia. This performance will feature chorus, soloists, and full forces of the Philadelphia Bach Collegium baroque orchestra.
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^This concert was postponed from 2021   
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Reimagining Bach
March 4, 2023
​​Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square

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J.S. Bach’s works have inspired generations of composers and musicians alike. Honoring Matt Glandorf’s work with Choral Arts, and our 40th anniversary, we present a new composition in the tradition of Bach and a complementary piece from our extensive Bach archives.
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Anonymous

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Carissimi Lost Oratorios
April 22 & 23, 2023
​Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont
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Carissimi - Queen Esther, Catalogue Undefined
Carissimi - Song of Deborah, Judges 5:2-3, Catalogue Undefined

Back by popular demand, Choral Arts is excited to continue its partnership with Richard Stone (co-founder and artistic director of Tempesta di Mare) to resurrect two more lost oratorios of Giacomo Carissimi, Queen Esther and the Song of Deborah. Considered the inventor of the Oratorio, Carissimi's influence on sacred, and even secular oratorios, makes its impact even today. ​
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Margaret and William Dowling

Programming and scheduling are subject to change. 

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