Internationally celebrated pianist Jeremy Denk will perform the complete collection of Bach’s Keyboard Partitas on stage at historic Mechanics Hall for the first performance of Bach’s Birthday Bash 2025. Jeremy Denk, piano Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists, proclaimed by the New York Times ‘a pianist you want to hear no matter what […]

For its first Bach Birthday Bash performance, The Worcester Chorus will perform Bach’s Secular Cantatas on stage at historic Mechanics Hall. BWV 213 – Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen BWV 214 – Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! The Worcester Chorus The Worcester Chorus, under the sponsorship of Music Worcester, Inc., has the unique distinction […]

Boston’s Grammy-winning Handel and Haydn Society will perform Bach’s Concerti for Two Harpsichords in this highlight presentation of 2025’s Bach Birthday Bash series on stage at historic Mechanics Hall, featuring harpsichordist Ian Watson. Handel + Haydn Society | Ian Watson H+H performed the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah in its first concert in 1815, gave […]

The many members of the Worcester Bach Collective will join together to conclude our Bach’s Birthday Bash 2025 Series with a performance of these Cantatas from the stage at historic Mechanics Hall. Cantatas: BWV 36 – Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV 133 – Ich freue mich in dir BWV 40 – Darzu ist erschienen der […]

The Worcester Chorus Conducted by Worcester Chorus directors Chris Shepard & Mark Mummert, The Worcester Chorus will close Music Worcester’s 2024-2025 Season with a performance of celebrated choral works by Handel and Charpentier. Program HANDEL Dixit Dominus CHARPENTIER Te Deum Chris Shepard Now in his fifteenth year as conductor of the Worcester Chorus, Chris Shepard […]