{"id":375,"date":"2015-11-16T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T12:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:29:44","slug":"bach-cantata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/music\/bach-cantata\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach Cantata Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upcoming cantata services<\/h3>\n

Ascension Day Vespers<\/strong><\/p>\n

7:30pm Thursday 14 May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

JS Bach’s Wer da gl\u00e4ubet und getauft wird (BWV 37)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cantata for Ascension Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

for 4 soloists, choir, strings, 2 oboes d’amore, and continuo<\/p>\n

St Johns Bach Choir and Orchestra
\ndirected by Graham Lieschke<\/p>\n

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About the cantata program<\/h3>\n

In its Bach Cantata Program, St Johns Southgate presents an ongoing series of services incorporating the choral music of J.S. Bach. The cantatas are presented in their intended context, liturgical Lutheran church services. The services include congregational liturgy and chorales, and organ music on the 1992 Knud Smenge pipe organ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The program was founded in 1997 and 2026 is its 28th liturgical year.\u00a0 The series has presented over 140 different cantatas and most of Bach\u2019s major choral works in over 230 events.<\/p>\n

The series features the St Johns Bach Choir and Orchestra directed by St Johns\u2019 Director of Music, Graham Lieschke. The St Johns Bach Orchestra plays on period instruments.\u00a0 St Johns has a collection of period instruments including a chamber organ, harpsichord, pair of oboes da caccia, set of baroque timpani, two cornetti and a specialised recorder.<\/p>\n

Within the cantata program, the St Johns Visiting Music Director program has brought prominent international church musicians to Melbourne:<\/p>\n