If you go
* What: Chattanooga Bach Choir* Where: Christ Church, Episcopal, 663 Douglas St.* When: 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29* Admission: $15* For more information: www.chattanoogabachchoir.org
The Chattanooga Bach Choir will open its 2017-18 Barnett & Co. Cantata Series with a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 29, in Christ Church, Episcopal, 66. Douglas St. Tickets are $15.
The cantata series will include four concerts focusing on J.S. Bach’s significant and celebrated choral works. Sunday’s program, conducted by artistic director David Long, will feature Bach’s Cantata BWV 80, “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” (A mighty fortress is our God) based on Martin Luther’s famous hymn.
Completing the hour-long program will be Felix Mendelssohn’s a cappella setting of Psalm 100, “Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt” (Exult in the Lord, all the world); and an organ prelude based on “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” by Johann Gottfried Walther, a contemporary of Bach’s.
Featured soloists in the concert will be Cynthia Johnson, soprano; Andrea Dismukes, alto; James Harr, tenor; Zachary James Cavan, bass; and Karla Fowkes, organ.