Published October 15. 2026 01:18AM<\/p>\n
\u201cBach at Noon\u201d is back in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
\u201cBach at Noon,\u201d held the second Tuesday of the month, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
You can make a day of it in downtown Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Combine the approximate one-hour \u201cBach at Noon\u201d with downtown shopping (the \u201cChristmas City\u201d is a great helper for that holiday gift list), a stroll down Main Street and a late lunch or dinner at one of the city\u2019s many restaurants.<\/p>\n
For the Oct. 13 \u201cBach at Noon\u201d concert, Central Moravian Church, 73 W. Church St., Bethlehem. Daniel McCarthy brought several historical instruments from the viola family to the program.<\/p>\n
McCarthy performed Bach\u2019s \u201cSonata for Viola da Gamba in G Major,\u201d BWV 1027, on tenor viola, followed by \u201cTritt auf die Glaubensbahn,\u201d BWV 152, one of Bach\u2019s few cantatas featuring the viola d\u2019amore and part of the Bach Choir\u2019s spotlight concert at the 2027 \u201cBachfest Leipzig.\u201d<\/p>\n
The return of \u201cBach at Noon\u201d after a summer of three monthly concerts at St. John\u2019s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allentown, to its home base, Central Moravian Church, Sept. 8, was a landmark: the 150th \u201cBach at Noon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cBach at Noon\u201d concerts include members of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and Bach Festival Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Christopher Jackson, Bach Choir of Bethlehem Artistic Director.<\/p>\n
\u201cBach at Noon\u201d is described as \u201ca musical gift to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 150th milestone concert Sept. 8 featured Danqi Zeng, Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Lillian & Maurice Barbash International J.S. Bach Competition.<\/p>\n
The concert program was:<\/p>\n
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741), \u201cConcerto for violin and orchestra,\u201d RV 208, \u201cGrosso Mogul\u201d; Danqi Zeng, violin;<\/p>\n
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), \u201cSonata No. 3 in C Major,\u201d BWV 1005; Danqi Zeng, violin;<\/p>\n
J.S. Bach, \u201cWer sich selbst erh\u00f6het, der soll erniedriget werden,\u201d BWV 47; Elizabeth Field, violin, and<\/p>\n
J.S. Bach, \u201cNo. 7 Chorale\u201d from \u201cSie werden aus Saba alle kommen,\u201d BWV 65<\/p>\n
Soloists included Anika Kildegaard, soprano, and Steven Eddy, bass.<\/p>\n
The September \u201cBach at Noon\u201d was supported in part by an endowment gift from Katherine S. Merle-Smith Thomas and was named in her honor.<\/p>\n
Information: https:\/\/bach.org\/<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY GLENN KOEHLERDanqi Zeng, violin, \u201cBach at Noon,\u201d Sept. 8, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY GLENN KOEHLERMembers of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, \u201cBach at Noon,\u201d Sept. 8, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY GLENN KOEHLER150th \u201cBach at Noon\u201d concert, Sept. 8, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published October 15. 2026 01:18AM \u201cBach at Noon\u201d is back in Bethlehem. \u201cBach at Noon,\u201d held the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-307016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}