Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to Welcome New Music Director Donald Meineke, 10/19

On Sunday, October 19th, incoming Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity music director Donald Meineke will take the helm of the Grammy©-nominated Bach Choir and Players in a performance of two of Johann Sebastian Bach's double choir motets, Singet dem Herrn BWV 225 and Jauchzet dem Herrn BWV 160. The performance will also feature a new collection of Preces and Responses written for the occasion by Maestro Meineke. In this final number, the combined choirs of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will join the Bach Choir and players in this festive opening night performance.

Only the fourth music director in the organization's 47-year history, Mr. Meineke begins his tenure as music director of one of America's premier early music ensembles at a time of renewed international interest in historical performance. For this season, Mr. Meineke has planned an exciting and innovative season, placing longstanding favorites alongside newly discovered works by lesser-known baroque and early music composers.

Called "New York's temple to Bach" by the New York Times and named "a cultural landmark" by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity was the first organization in the Western Hemisphere to present the cantatas and other works of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries within their intended sacred context. Bach Vespers offers performances open to all through a free-will offering every Sunday evening at 5:00 PM from October to May and features the renown Bach Choir and Players on period instruments within the most authentic setting to hear the music of Bach outside of Leipzig, Germany.

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity are free, open the public, and made possible through freewill offering and the generous support of individual and corporate sponsors. Holy Trinity is located at the corner of Central Park West and 65th street in the Lincoln Center neighborhood.

For a complete listing of events this season, visit www.bachvespersnyc.org.