BACH Motets | Emmanuel Episcopal Church
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The Emmanuel Choir performs all of Bach's celebrated choral motets
NOTE: This performance has been rescheduled from its original date of May 17th.
The six surviving motets by
Johann Sebastian Bach
(BWV 225–230) stand as towering monuments in choral music—works of extraordinary beauty, complexity, and challenge. Revered for both their profound depth and exhilarating exuberance, these masterpieces represent the pinnacle of Western classical choral writing. Indeed, they hold the distinction of being Bach's only vocal compositions to receive regular performances during the century between his death in 1750 and the mid-19th century "Bach Revival."
In this special program,
The Emmanuel Choir
performs all six of these transcendent works, from the deeply moving
Jesu, meine Freude
to the jubilant, virtuosic
Singet dem Herrn
. Acclaimed baroque cellist Adrienne Hyde and organist Adam Pearl join the ensemble for this rare opportunity to experience Bach's complete motet cycle in a single concert—an unforgettable musical journey not to be missed.
The Emmanuel Choir
Adrienne Hyde
, baroque cello
Adam Pearl
, organ
Christian Lane
, direction
About Tickets
A ticket is required of all attendees
, and may be obtained prior to the concert or at the door beginning 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Emmanuel Church is committed to ensuring all persons have access to its space and its musical offerings, regardless of income and ability to pay. Therefore, for most concerts, a limited number of
Free Rush Tickets
will be made available, online only, beginning 24 hours in advance of a concert's start time.
Single tickets are transferable, but not refundable
. If your plans change and you can no longer attend a performance, we encourage you to transfer your tickets to a friend. To do so, open your ticket in Eventbrite and edit the ticket's name and email address.
Subscription tickets may be exchanged for a different concert on the same series.
Simply write to tickets@emmanueldowntown.org to request a ticket exchange.
We thank Emmanuel's
Friends of Music
for their ongoing and significant support of programming at Emmanuel. If you are intersted in becoming a Friend of Music, please click
here
.
Music at Emmanuel is grateful to the
Maryland State Arts Council
and the
William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios, www.BakerArtist.org, for their support of the 2025–2026 season.
About the choir
The Emmanuel Choir is Maryland's premier professional liturgical choral ensemble.
A 16-voice fully-professional mixed-voice ensemble, its 12-member core is augmented by four Choral Scholars, each a local young artist. Rooted in the great and expansive choral traditions of the Anglican (Episcopal) Church, the Emmanuel Choir’s repertoire spans the centuries — from Italian Renaissance to English Romantic; from plainsong to the 21st century — and includes regular world-premiere performances of new music composed for the church of today and tomorrow. The choir is directed by Christian Lane.
Parking and Transportation
Emmanuel Church is located at
811 Cathedral Street
in Baltimore, on the corner of Cathedral & W. Read Streets in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood.
Ample street parking, both free and metered, is available in historic Mt. Vernon.
After 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on Sundays, many meters do not require payment and most residential restrictions are lifted.
Please be sure to consult signage carefully.
However, we
strongly encourage
our patrons
to avoid the stress of searching for street parking, and
to make a parking plan before arriving into our residential neighborhood
. To that end, the following websites and associated mobile apps may be very useful:
www.parkopedia.com
www.honkmobile.com
www.spothero.com
The closest paid parking lot is directly behind Emmanuel Church, at
810 N. Charles Street.
Public lots within a three-block radius of the church include:
810 N. Charles Street*
910 N. Charles Street*
917 N. Charles Street
926 N. Charles Street
1000 N. Charles Street*
1017 N. Charles Street
124 W. Read Street
230 W. Read Street
600 Cathedral Street
*SAVE $5 on Parking!*
Park in a PMI lot at
810
,
910
, or
1000 N. Charles St.
and add promo code
EEC
when using the
Honk app
or
honkmobile.com
.
The church is also served by local bus routes on both Cathedral and N Charles Streets, as well as the
Charm City Circulator
(Purple Route) and
Baltimore LiteRail Link
(Mt Vernon/Centre St Stop).
Emmanuel Church is a 15-minute walk from Baltimore's
Pennsylvania Rail Station
(with regular
MARC
and
Amtrak
services).
About the venue
Emmanuel Episcopal Church is located in the heart of Baltimore's historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood. Its tremendous stone tower at the corner of Cathedral and W. Read Streets serves as a beacon in this community, and the nave's warm acoustic and gentle ambiance contribute to creating an ideal environment in which to hear choral and chamber music.
In 2022, the church building underwent a $3.2M transformation to make each space in its physical plant fully accessible to all; included in this project was an elevator, increased ramp access, and new restroom facilities.
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