"You sing a lot of Bach, don't you?"

It has recently come to my attention that I sing rather a lot of Bach.

I am perfectly happy with this arrangement.

I never sang a note of Bach's music before moving to Boston in 2015, besides preparing my graduate school audition (somehow I thought it would be a good idea to struggle through the virtuosic BWV 1 soprano aria with no prior experience). I thought it might be fun to keep a running list of what I've done since then. Boston tossed me into a sea of dizzying melismas as soon as I arrived, and I had no idea what had hit me! Here is my comprehensive Bach repertoire list, mostly for my amusement and to gather the memories, but also as a supplement to my ordinary resume. I hear that sometimes people want to know everything you've ever sung, ever. Let's go!!

Bach Cantatas:

BWV 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, April 2016 *soloist
Boston University Graduate Recital: Motoaki Kashino, April 2017 *soloist
BWV 6: Bleib bei uns, den es will Abend warden
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, November 2015
BWV 8: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, April 2019
BWV 10: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, November 2016 *soloist
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival: 1724/2024, April 2024
BWV 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio)
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, 2022
BWV 22: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
Oregon Bach Festival, June/July 2023
BWV 28: Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, November 2019
BWV 29: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, January 2022
BWV 31: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, February 2016
BWV 36: Schwingt freudig euch empor
Handel+Haydn Society: Bach Christmas, December 2017
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, November 2021 *soloist
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023
BWV 39: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
Back Bay Chorale, October 2021 *soloist
Emmanuel Music: Sunday Cantata Series, March 2023
BWV 41: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, September 2019 *soloist
BWV 46: Schauet doch und sehet
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, November 2018
BWV 47: Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden
Emmanuel Music: Sunday Cantata Series, October 2022
BWV 61: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Handel+Haydn Society: The Glories of Bach, October 2022
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023
BWV 63: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023 *soloist
BWV 69a: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach and Bernstein, April 2018 *soloist
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, April 2018
BWV 70: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!
Emmanuel Music: Sunday Cantata Series, November 2023
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, January 2024
BWV 74: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, April 2017
BWV 75: Die Elenden sollen essen
Music at Marsh Chapel: King’s Chapel Noon Recital Series, October 2016
Bach Akademie Charlotte: First Annual Bach Festival, June 2018 *soloist, partial
Emmanuel Music: Sunday Cantata Series, October 2022
BWV 80: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, October 2021
BWV 91: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival: 1724/2024, April 2024
BWV 95: Christus, der ist mein Leben
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, November 2017 *soloist
BWV 110: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023
BWV 127: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, February 2019 *soloist
BWV 130: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Second Annual Bach Festival, June 2019
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, September 2021
BWV 132: Bereite die Wege, bereite die Bahn
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023
BWV 136: Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, February 2018
BWV 140: Wachet auf
Handel+Haydn Society: The Glories of Bach, October 2022
BWV 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Handel+Haydn Society: Bach Christmas, December 2017
Bach Akademie Charlotte: First Annual Bach Festival, June 2018
BWV 182: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Family Motets and Cantatas, January 2018
Music at Marsh Chapel: Bach Experience Cantata Series, April 2022
BWV 191: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Handel+Haydn Society: The Glories of Bach, October 2022

Other vocal works:

BWV 225: Singet dem Herrn
Bach Akademie Charlotte: First Annual Bach Festival, June 2018
Handel+Haydn Society, May 2019
BWV 226: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Florilegium at 400, April 2022
BWV 227: Jesu, meine Freude
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Priceless Treasure: Bach and the Motet Tradition, October 2018
Tallahassee Bach Parley/Festina: The Sincerest Form of Flattery, June 2022
BWV 228: Fürchte dich nicht
Handel+Haydn Society: Jubilee Day Concert, December 2017
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Florilegium at 400, April 2022
BWV 229: Komm, Jesu, Komm
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach and the Class of ‘85, October 2019
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival: Appear & Inspire, April 2023
VOCES8: After Silence & Miserere Mei programs (US Winter tour, February-March 2024)
BWV 230: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Handel+Haydn Society: Jubilee Day Concert, December 2018
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival: Appear & Inspire, April 2023
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival: 1724/2024, April 2024
BWV 232: Mass in B minor
Bach Akademie Charlotte: First Annual Bach Festival, June 2018 *soloist, partial
Upper Valley Baroque, May 2022
Oregon Bach Festival, July 2022
Charlotte Master Chorale/North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, October 2022 *soloist, exclusively
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival, April 2023 *soloist, partial
Handel+Haydn Society, April 2024
Clarion, April 2024
BWV 234: Missa Brevis in A Major
Emmanuel Music: Sunday Cantata Series, April 2024
BWV 237: Sanctus in C Major
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023
BWV 238: Sanctus in D Major
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023
BWV 243: Magnificat
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Second Annual Bach Festival, June 2019
Oregon Bach Festival, June/July 2023 *soloist
BWV 244: St Matthew Passion
Music at Marsh Chapel, 2015 *soloist, partial
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Second Annual Bach Festival, June 2019 *soloist, partial
Handel+Haydn Society/Orchestra of St. Luke’s, May 2022
Oregon Bach Festival, July 2022
BWV 245: St. John Passion
Handel Society of Dartmouth College, May 2018 *soloist, exclusively
Music at Marsh Chapel, March 2018 *soloist, partial
Oregon Bach Festival, July 2022 *soloist, partial (does Ancilla count?)
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival: April 2024 soloist, partial, exclusively
Upper Valley Baroque, May 2024 *soloist, partial
BWV 248: Christmas Oratorio
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, June 2023 *soloist, partial
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis (cantata 6), January 2024 *soloist, partial
BWV 249: Easter Oratorio
Music at Marsh Chapel, 2016
Bach Akademie Charlotte: Bach Festival, July 2022
Handel+Haydn Society, March 2023

Somehow I always want to sing more. Always yes to more Bach.
last edited: 04/12/2024