The Coffee Hour — Set Apart to Serve + Bach Week: Teaching Bach to Young People

It’s Bach Week! How can we successfully teach Bach to our children and youth?

The Coffee Hour — Bach Week: Bach at Home and in the Church

It’s Bach Week! How can the works of J.S. Bach be used in support of our vocations at home and in our worship?

The Coffee Hour — Bach Week: How to Listen to Bach

It’s Bach Week! How can someone learn to listen to Bach?

The Coffee Hour — Back Week: Liturgical Life and Bach

It’s Bach Week! What was the liturgical life of the church like at the time of J.S. Bach?

The Coffee Hour — Bach Week: J.S. Bach – The Fifth Evangelist

It’s Bach Week! Is J.S. Bach considered a “Fifth Evangelist”?

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Story Time with Sarah: The Wives of J.S. Bach

Sarah introduces us to the two wives of J.S. Bach: Maria Barbara Bach (1684–1720) and Anna Magdalena Bach (1701–1760).

The Coffee Hour — Death Is Swallowed Up By Death: Bach’s “Christ lag in Todesbanden”

Christ is risen! Rev. Brian Hamer talk about J.S. Bach’s BWV 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden” (Christ Lay in Death’s Strong Bands).

The Coffee Hour — Bach’s St. John Passion with the American Kantorei

J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion is an experience like none other during Holy Week. Dr. Maurice Boyer shares about this piece and the American Kantorei’s performance of it.

The Coffee Hour — Set Apart to Serve + Bach Week: Serving As A Modern-Day Kantor

Kantor Matthew Machemer talks about his journey to being a Kantor and Bach’s influence on this role today.

The Coffee Hour — Bach Week: 300th Anniversary of the Chorale Cantata Cycle

Dr. Martin Dicke talks about Bach’s celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Lutheran Chorale in 1724 with the Chorale Cantata Cycle.