Performances
The Bach Institute at Valparaiso University was established to ensure the legacy of the music and theological perspective of Johann Sebastian Bach for future generations.
2024/2025 season
Performances
The Box Office
To purchase tickets, call 219.464.5162 or visit the Valparaiso University Center for the Arts administrative suite. Open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and one hour before each ticketed performance.
The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person.
VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of music charity the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’.
Join us Tuesday, February 25 at 7:00 PM.
March 1-5, 2025, the Valparaiso University Chorale, chamber orchestra and brass will bring anthems, hymns, chamber music, and excerpts from J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion to Lutheran churches and schools in Kalamazoo, Detroit, Saginaw, and Lansing, Michigan.
The tour will begin with a home concert in the Chapel of the Resurrection on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM.
All performances are free and open to the public
Valparaiso University Chorale and Bach Choir
Leipzig Baroque Orchestra
April 12, 2025, 5:00 PM – Chapel of the Resurrection
April 13 2025, 4:00 PM – St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Park Ridge, Illinois
Tickets $20 adults
Performing the Major Works
One of the goals of the Bach Institute is to perform the major works of Johann Sebastian Bach on a triennial basis. These events bring to campus some of the world’s pre-eminent Bach experts as performers and conductors.
Past Triennial Performances
- 2004: Inaugural Performance: “Mass in B minor” (Helmuth Rilling, Guest Conductor)
- 2007: Triennial Performance: “St. John Passion” (Craig Jessop, Guest Conductor)
- 2010: Triennial Performance: “St. Matthew Passion” (Hermann Max, Guest Conductor)
- 2013: Triennial Performance: “Mass in B minor” (Christopher M. Cock, conductor)
- 2016: Triennial Performance: “St. John Passion” (Christopher M. Cock, conductor)
- 2019: Triennial Performance: “St. Matthew Passion” (Christopher M. Cock, conductor)
The Bach Institute has hosted performances by guest ensembles such as the Bach Collegium Japan, the Dresden Kreuzchor and the Thomanerchor (Leipzig).
Additional Works Performed
- Christmas Oratorio
- Messiah (G. F. Handel)
- Magnificat
- Gloria (A. Vivaldi)
- Brandenburg Concertos
Cantata Performances
The Bach Institute held the Midwest Premiere for BMV 1127, the aria Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn (Everything with God and nothing without him). Additional performances include: BWV 150, 131, 15, 71, 61, 63, 12, 22, 23, 75, 76, 182.