December 3 at noon
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC

The Washington Bach Consort
Noontime Cantatas: Nun komm, der Heiden Heland, BWV 61

For more information, call 202-429-2121.

December 12 at 8:00 PM
December 13 at 5:00 PM
December 13 at 8:00 PM
December 14 at 2:00 PM
December 14 at 5:00 PM
December 17 at 7:30 PM
December 18 at 7:30 PM
December 19 at 8:00 PM
December 20 at 5:00 PM
December 20 at 8:00 PM
December 21 at 2:00 PM
December 21 at 5:00 PM
The Elizabethan Theatre of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC

The Folger Consort with The Concord Ensemble and guest instrumentalists Marilyn Boenau, Marcia Young, and Webb Wiggins
A Spanish Christmas: Festive Music from Spain's Golden Age

The Consort captures a distinctly Spanish spirit this holiday season with choir, organ, winds, and strings. The Christmas repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain's "Golden Age" of arts and literature, is particularly ravishing -- with sonorous and radiant motets, lively and energetic villançicos (carols), and dazzling instrumental works.

For more information, call 202-544-7077.

December 13 at 8:00 PM
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Towson, MD

Handel's Messiah

7pm pre-concert lecture by Jonathan Palevsky, WBJC Radio

Clara Rottsolk soprano
Monica Reinagel alto
Aaron Sheehan tenor
Sumner Thompson bass
Melinda O'Neal conductor
Handel Choir and Handel Period Instrument Orchestra

The Handel Choir's performance cannot be called authentic just by virtue of returning to smaller performing forces and using period instruments, for such a thing as authenticity is not attainable. But we would like to think Handel might at least give a little smile at our efforts to enjoy this work in perhaps a closer resemblance to its original renderings, all the while sharing in the "infinite self-renewal" of this marvelous work.

For more information, call 410-366-6544.

December 14 at 7:00 PM
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD

Joseph Gascho, harpsichord
Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord
James Stern, violin
From Venice to Leipzig via Amsterdam - Bach and the Concerto

Savor an evening devoted to Bach’s development of the concerto form and the influence of Vivaldi in this process.

Program:
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto
Johann Sebastian Bach - Solo Harpsicord Transcription
Double Violin Concerto
Viola da Gamba Sonata in G minor
Double Harpsichord Concerto in C Major
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5

For more information, call (301) 405-ARTS.

December 21 at 3:00 PM
National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC

Washington Bach Consort
An International Christmas

A program of Christmas music from around the world.

For more information, call 202-429-2121.