More About Chattanooga Bach Choir: Cantata Concert
The Chattanooga Bach Choir & Orchestra, David Long artistic director and conductor continues their Bach Cantata series featuring Cantata BWV 125 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (In peace and joy I now depart). The performance takes place twice: on Sunday, February 1 at 5 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 663 Douglas Street in Chattanooga; and on Monday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Adventist University’s Ackerman Auditorium in Mabel Wood Hall, 5051 Harmony Lane, Collegedale. Tickets are $25; Students with ID are $5 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at: Click for Details
In addition to Cantata BWV 125, the program includes the motet Nunc dimittis, by Renaissance master Josquin des Pres, and Bach’s Prelude for Organ BWV 616 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin. The Bach Choir and Orchestra will be joined by featured soloists Erik Gustafson, tenor and Matthew Hoch, bass, as well as organist Karla Fowkes and concertmaster Sheri Peck, violin.
David Long, comments, “With these Cantata concerts, the Bach Choir celebrates Bach’s many years as Thomaskantor, director of church music at the Thomas Church, in the city of Leipzig, where he was responsible for composing a Cantata for each Sunday of the Liturgical year. Cantata BWV 125 was written to celebrate the Feast of the Purification of Mary, also known as Candlemas, on February 2nd. Based on Martin Luther’s 1524 hymn, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, the Cantata opens with an expressive chorale fantasia for the chorus and continues with an aria for solo alto and duet for tenor and bass solos, concluding with a joyfully uplifting four-part setting of the hymn tune. The accompanying Baroque instrumental ensemble includes strings, horn, flute, oboe, oboe d’amore, and continuo.”
“We are pleased to present these concerts featuring one of Bach’s over 200 sacred Cantatas for chorus, soloists and instruments, performed on or close to the specific liturgical day for which they were written. We hope these performances of Bach’s inspiring music will provide Chattanooga music lovers with an hour of beauty and respite in their busy lives.”
In addition to Cantata BWV 125, the program includes the motet Nunc dimittis, by Renaissance master Josquin des Pres, and Bach’s Prelude for Organ BWV 616 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin. The Bach Choir and Orchestra will be joined by featured soloists Erik Gustafson, tenor and Matthew Hoch, bass, as well as organist Karla Fowkes and concertmaster Sheri Peck, violin.
David Long, comments, “With these Cantata concerts, the Bach Choir celebrates Bach’s many years as Thomaskantor, director of church music at the Thomas Church, in the city of Leipzig, where he was responsible for composing a Cantata for each Sunday of the Liturgical year. Cantata BWV 125 was written to celebrate the Feast of the Purification of Mary, also known as Candlemas, on February 2nd. Based on Martin Luther’s 1524 hymn, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, the Cantata opens with an expressive chorale fantasia for the chorus and continues with an aria for solo alto and duet for tenor and bass solos, concluding with a joyfully uplifting four-part setting of the hymn tune. The accompanying Baroque instrumental ensemble includes strings, horn, flute, oboe, oboe d’amore, and continuo.”
“We are pleased to present these concerts featuring one of Bach’s over 200 sacred Cantatas for chorus, soloists and instruments, performed on or close to the specific liturgical day for which they were written. We hope these performances of Bach’s inspiring music will provide Chattanooga music lovers with an hour of beauty and respite in their busy lives.”
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February 1, 2026
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Christ Church Episcopal
663 Douglas Street
Chattanooga, TN 37403
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Established in 1985 by conductor James Greasby, the Chattanooga Bach Choir provides an opportunity for local musicians to perform choral-orchestral masterworks by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Fauré, and other composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. The Choir’s repertoire also includes less frequently performed chamber and a cappella choral works of all periods. During its thirty-five year history, the Chattanooga Bach Choir has performed the works of more than sixty composers.
David Long has been the Bach Choir's conductor and artistic director since 2005. During his 15-year tenure, he has expanded the Choir’s programming to include the Sunday afternoon Barnett & Company Cantata Series featuring Bach’s liturgical choral works, and three Saturday evening Masterworks concerts focusing on the wide range of choral works across the centuries.
The Bach Choir draws members from diverse backgrounds and occupations and represents a range of Chattanooga’s finest amateur and professional singers and instrumentalists.
David Long has been the Bach Choir's conductor and artistic director since 2005. During his 15-year tenure, he has expanded the Choir’s programming to include the Sunday afternoon Barnett & Company Cantata Series featuring Bach’s liturgical choral works, and three Saturday evening Masterworks concerts focusing on the wide range of choral works across the centuries.
The Bach Choir draws members from diverse backgrounds and occupations and represents a range of Chattanooga’s finest amateur and professional singers and instrumentalists.
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