{"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":"2026-06-04T22:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:27:04","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":"<h3>Upcoming cantata services<\/h3>\n<h4>Eucharist (5th Sunday after Pentecost)<br \/>\n9am Sunday 28th June 2026<br \/>\nincludes JS Bach&#8217;s cantata<br \/>\nIch ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV177<\/h4>\n<p>3 soloists, choir, strings with concertante violin,<br \/>\n2 oboes including oboe da caccia, bassoon and continuo<br \/>\nKatherine Norman (soprano)<br \/>\nHamish Gould (countertenor)<br \/>\nRobert Macfarlane (tenor)<br \/>\nSt Johns Bach Choir and Orchestra<br \/>\ndirected by Graham Lieschke<br \/>\npreacher James Winderlich<\/p>\n<h3>About the cantata program<\/h3>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohta.org.au\/organs\/organs\/Southgate.html\">Knud Smenge pipe organ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Within the cantata program, the St Johns Visiting Music Director program has brought prominent international church musicians to Melbourne:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2004 Thomas Schmidt (St Peter\u2019s Lutheran Church, New York, USA)<\/li>\n<li>2006 Georg Christoph Biller (Thomaskantor, Leipzig, Germany)<\/li>\n<li>2010, 2018 Albrecht Koch (Dom St Marien, Freiberg, Germany)<\/li>\n<li>2013 Rick Erickson (Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, USA)<\/li>\n<li>2019 Daniel Beilschmidt (Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany)<\/li>\n<li>2025 Ensemble Nobiles (Leipzig, Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program is organised on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n<p>Translations and notes on Bach cantatas are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelmusic.org\/learn-engage\/bach-notes-and-translations\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Services include an opportunity to make offerings and donations to support the St Johns Bach Program, or you can make a tax-deductible donation through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/music\/bach-foundation\/\">St Johns Southgate Bach Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Series_FA_2.pdf\">Click here to read about the Anniversary Season that was presented in 2016-2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free parking (up to a limit) is available at all service times.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>St Johns Bach Choir<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The St Johns Bach Choir is a selected\/auditioned semi-professional choir formed in 1998 for the Bach Cantata Program.\u00a0 Many of its members participate in other fine vocal ensembles in Melbourne. To express interest in joining the choir, contact the church office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1658 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachChoir1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"SJBachChoir1\" width=\"562\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachChoir1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachChoir1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachChoir1-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong>St Johns Bach Orchestra<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The St Johns Bach Orchestra draws on the pool of highly skilled period instrument players in Melbourne and Australia. It was formed under the directorship of Dr Graham Lieschke to support the Bach cantata program, and is now one of the most established period baroque instrumental orchestras in Melbourne.\u00a0 Its core of regular players is joined from time-to-time by local and international visiting artists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1660 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachOrch1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"SJBachOrch1\" width=\"566\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachOrch1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachOrch1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SJBachOrch1-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming cantata services Eucharist (5th Sunday after Pentecost) 9am Sunday 28th June 2026 includes JS Bach&#8217;s cantata Ich ruf zu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":369,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":124,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7407,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/7407"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}