Chamber Music in Washington, D.C.

Bach’s Polyphonic Heritage Chamber Series What vocal traditions did Bach absorb from his ancestors, predecessors, and models? This year’s Vocal Polyphony program—devised by Bach scholar Dr. Daniel R. Melamed—offers a rewarding perspective into the music that shaped Bach’s creative environment. Featuring motets and liturgical works for four to eight voices from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this program surveys the vocal traditions Bach inherited from the musical past. These works reveal a lineage of expressive craftsmanship and devotional fervor that would resonate variously throughout Bach’s own writing. A group of eight singers from the Washington Bach Consort, joined by organ and violone, bring this broad-ranging repertoire to life. Music by Palestrina, Gallus, Andrea Gabrieli, Bernhard, Schütz, Walter, Knüpfer, Johann Christoph Bach, and Johann Ludwig Bach showcases the breadth and refinement of the polyphonic heritage Bach himself received. Read the Program Notes Running Time: Approximately 95 minutes without intermission

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Bach’s Polyphonic Heritage Chamber Series What vocal traditions did Bach absorb from his ancestors, predecessors, and models? This year’s Vocal Polyphony program—devised by Bach scholar Dr. Daniel R. Melamed—offers a rewarding perspective into the music that shaped Bach’s creative environment. Featuring motets and liturgical works for four to eight voices from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this program surveys the vocal traditions Bach inherited from the musical past. These works reveal a lineage of expressive craftsmanship and devotional fervor that would resonate variously throughout Bach’s own writing. A group of eight singers from the Washington Bach Consort, joined by organ and violone, bring this broad-ranging repertoire to life. Music by Palestrina, Gallus, Andrea Gabrieli, Bernhard, Schütz, Walter, Knüpfer, Johann Christoph Bach, and Johann Ludwig Bach showcases the breadth and refinement of the polyphonic heritage Bach himself received. Read the Program Notes Running Time: Approximately 95 minutes without intermission

Schubert: Shepherd on a Rock; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor; Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor; actual billed pianist, violinist, violist, cellist and soprano retained. Additional musicians, if needed, unannounced. Published 2026–27 individual adult $45, not $25 student, $169 season, under-ten free or free parking; fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Exact full current programme date/main 7:30-p.m. clock/room and 2026–27 admission-page provenance required. Arlington is source-specific, not generic Washington metro expansion. Venue addresses/April lobby auditorium corroborated on own ticket page; free parking is not admission. Delayed at-home video access included in one ticket adds no event. Stale June 2026 sidebar is not the next concert. February tribute held outside this reviewed classical subset; composer and narrator roles are not silently converted to live players.

Official public classical performance at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Official public classical performance at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Official public classical performance at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Official public classical performance at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.