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Lenten Series at All Saints' Cathedral - Bach's Passion Oratorios

2/23/17 | News | by Barbara Klauber

    Cathedral Lenten Series: Bach’s Passion Oratorios
     
    Please join us on Tuesday evenings during Lent as for worship, fellowship and enlightening instruction. The Rev. Dr. Daniel Westberg, Professor of Moral and Ethical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary present a series on the Passiontide music of J.S. Bach.
     
    Each week’s lesson  will delve into background and analysis of the biblical narratives which provide the framework for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion oratorios.
     
    The evenings begin with Evening Prayer at 5:30.  A potluck supper at 6:00.  The program from 6:45 to 8:00.  All portions of the evening are open to the public.   Please bring a dish to share.
     
    Tuesday, March 7       The Passion in drama before Bach
    Tuesday, March 14     Theology and Music in the time of Bach
    Tuesday, March 21     Bach’s St. John’s Passion
    Tuesday, March 28     St. Matthew’s Passion (Part 1)
    Tuesday, April 4          St. Matthew’s Passion (Part 2)