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Texas Lutheran University announces the Bach Society of Houston will present a Bach Vespers in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence on the TLU campus on Monday, February 6 at 7 p.m. The service will feature music by Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers performed by the Bach Choir Houston and Mercury Baroque, joined by members of TLU’s choral program. The musical program will include Bach’s cantata Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, BWV 124, and motets by Palestrina, Schütz, and Rheinberger.

 

The popular Bach Vespers series at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Houston presents Bach’s cantatas in an evening prayer (vespers) service, surrounded with many of the same elements which gave them context and meaning in their original setting. Choral motets, psalm settings, scripture readings, and prayers are all chosen to give deeper insight to the listeners, who are also invited to sing and participate as Bach’s congregation did.

 

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For more information, visit www.tlu.edu/guests.

For more information about Front Row, visit www.tlu.edu/frontrow.

Scott Hamilton, Olympic Gold Medal figure skater, will share the stage with CBS-TV sportscaster and TLU alumnus and regent, Verne Lundquist at the ninth annual Front Row gala. As is the Front Row tradition, Lundquist will conduct a live, on-stage interview with Scott about his career on ice and his life challenges off the ice. The evening includes a reception, an elegant dinner and live and silent auctions with autographed sports memorabilia and many other amazing items.

Front Row is an annual fundraising gala benefitting TLU’s 14 NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics teams. Since its inception in 2004, the event has raised more than $500,000.