Friday, May 14, 2010

103rd Bach Festival continues this weekend in Bethlehem, Pa.

If you happen to be in the Bethlehem, Pa., area this weekend, be sure to check out the 103rd Bach Festival, held at various locations. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem is the oldest Bach choir in the United States, according to its website. This is the last weekend of the spring celebration of all things Bach and Baroque.

The centerpiece of the weekend is Saturday's Mass in B Minor, but there are other recitals, concerts and events going on. See the full schedule at bach.org.

And, as a bit of self-promotion, I'm including a link to a story I wrote about the festival for my newspaper, the Express-Times.

You can listen to the Kyrie eleison of Bach's Mass in B Minor below: