2026 - 2027 Season
A German Advent
Festive Music by Bach & Fasch
Join Tempesta and vocal ensemble Variant 6 for Bach’s Advent Cantata “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,” featuring the beloved chorale “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”, premieres of vespers music for Advent by Fasch, and Bach’s iconic fourth Brandenburg Concerto.
December 18-20, 2026
Details
Join Tempesta di Mare and Philadelphia vocal ensemble Variant 6 for Bach’s Advent Cantata “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,” featuring the beloved chorale “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”, North American premieres of vespers music for Advent by Fasch, and Bach’s iconic fourth Brandenburg Concerto.
Please note: Single tickets for the December 19 performance of this program are only available through Market Street Music. To purchase single tickets for this performance, click here.
Single tickets for this event will go on sale in September 2026. To purchase a subscription for our 2026-27 season, click here!
Dates & Tickets
Performers & Creatives
Tempesta di Mare | Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, directors | Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster
Variant 6
Rebecca Myers, artistic director
Sarah Coit, Steven Eddy, and Fran Daniel Laucerica, vocalists
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano
Steven Eddy, baritone
Fran Daniel Laucerica, tenor
Program
Dixit Dominus,* FaWV I:D1……………………………… Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
Beatus Vir,* FaWV I:B1…………………………………………………………….. Fasch
Brandenburg Concerto IV, BWV 1049………………. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Allegro — Andante — Presto
Magnificat,* FaWV H:G1………………………………………………………….. Fasch
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a …………………………. Bach
Chorus: Herz und Mund — Aria: Schäme dich — Aria: Hilf, Jesu, hilf
Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu — Aria: Laß mich der Rufer Stimme hören
Choral: Jesu, mein Hort und Erretter
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