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St. John’s Cathedral concert to highlight Bach

By: Tracy Simmons

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September 23, 2015

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St. John’s Cathedral will present a musical program highlighting the works of Johann Sebastian Bach at 3 p.m. on Oct. 4.

The concert will feature the Cathedral Choir, Kantorei Choir and Cathedral Collegium Orchestra, under the direction of conductor and haprsichordist Timothy Westerhaus.

“As a conductor and performer of Bach’s music, I marvel and delight in the intricacy of his writing—whether choral or instrumental. In this program of two cantatas and a violin concerto, each note has a purpose; each phrase tightly woven into the whole. Bach transforms his listener, touching the ‘heartstrings’ through Baroque Affekt in his instrumental music and his powerful, yet sensitive interpretation of sacred texts,” Westerhaus said in a press release.

The concert is free, though a suggested donation of $15 (students $5) is requested.

Free parking is available in the parking lots behind Lindaman’s Restaurant on 13^th and Grand Blvd.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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