Masaaki Suzuki to present a program of Bach music
Masaaki Suzuki will conduct Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 in Klagt, Kinder: Köthener Trauermusik, a program of music by J.S. Bach. The repertoire includes Bach’s Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 and his Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 1143. The concert will be performed in two locations.
Friday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Alice Tullly Hall in New York City. Purchase tickets here.
Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall in New Haven. This concert is free and open to the public and will also be livestreamed. Learn more.
Masaaki Suzuki is the founder of the Bach Collegium Japan and the principal guest conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum. He is a leading authority on the works of Bach and has performed around the world.
Yale Schola Cantorum is a chamber choir that performs sacred music from the sixteenth century to the present day in concert settings and choral services around the world. It is sponsored by Yale Institute of Sacred Music and led by interim conductor Stefan Parkman. Masaaki Suzuki is the ensemble’s principal guest conductor. Open by audition to students from all departments and professional schools across Yale University, the choir has a special interest in historically informed performance practice, often in collaboration with instrumentalists from Juilliard415.