Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude and More

Saturday, March 21, 10:30am

Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church ● 1900 Wellesley Avenue, St. Paul

Each year, Twin Cities organists associated with the American Guild of Organists host the free “Bach’s Birthday Bash”—an all-day celebration of Bach’s work. The 10:30 hour this year will include “Jesu, meine Freude” (Jesus, my joy), the longest and most musically complex of Bach’s motets, performed by the Elm Ensemble—with Mary Burke on gamba and Bruce Jacobs using a petite portion of Nativity’s big Casavant organ. You’ll enjoy hearing more of the Casavant and other instruments in the rest of the hour.

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Published by Josh Messner

Josh Messner is founding director of the Elm Ensemble. He studied music and theology at Valparaiso University and Islamic Studies at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul. In his youth, he was a member of the American Boychoir. Josh served in publishing and marketing roles at Augsburg Fortress Publishers and in communications roles for the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan, most recently at the U-M School of Public Health and Center for Global Health Equity. He currently serves as communications manager at Luther Seminary.

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