Sunday 21st January Sunday 4th February Sunday 18th February Cantatas 33, 77, 164 Cantatas 113, 179, 199 Works for unaccompanied Violin Lynda Lee - Soprano Lynda Lee - Soprano Alison Browner - Contralto Alison Browner - Contralto Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Robin Tritschler - Tenor Robin Tritschler - Tenor BWV 1003 Jeffrey Ledwidge - Bass Nigel Williams - Bass Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 The Palestrina Choir Canticum Novum Choir Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Cecilia Soloist Conductor Conductor Alan Smale Christoph Wolff Geoffrey Spratt Leader RTÉ NSO

Sunday 28th January Sunday 11th February Sunday 25th February Cantatas 94, 105, 168 Cantatas 46, 101, 102 Cantatas 45, 136, 178

Lynda Lee - Soprano Lynda Lee - Soprano Lynda Lee - Soprano Alison Browner - Contralto Alison Browner - Contralto Alison Browner - Contralto Robin Tritschler - Tenor Robin Tritschler - Tenor Robin Tritschler - Tenor Nigel Williams - Bass Martin Higgins - Bass Nigel Williams - Bass

Choir of St Patrick’s Cathedral Mornington Singers Dublin Bach Singers Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Cecilia Conductor Conductor Conductor Peter Barley Orla Flanagan Brian MacKay The Church Cantatas of J.S. Bach constitute Sunday 4th March the greatest single compositional achieve- Cantatas 35, 69a, 137 ment of Western music, yet the large major- Bach ity of the 200 or so surviving cantatas had never been performed in Ireland until the Lynda Lee - Soprano Orchestra of St Cecilia began presenting ALL of these masterpieces over a ten year Alison Browner - Contralto period. Cantatas John Elwes - Tenor The first six series in 2001-2006 were an Nigel Williams - Bass outstanding success and the seventh series David Leigh - Organ Soloist will take place in January to March 2007.

The plan is to work through the cantatas, 20 07 John Dexter Harmony grouping them together in programmes following the days of the church year. Orchestra of St Cecilia Progressing at the rate of six concerts per Conductor year, it will take no less than sixty concerts John Dexter to complete the project by 2010!

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Season Ticket €100 Further details can be obtained from 7th Series Concession €80 Lindsay Armstrong 9 Bass Place St Ann’s Church, From Dublin 2 Dawson Street, Dublin Opus 2 Each Sunday South Great George’s St. Tel/Fax: (01) 6621683 21st January to 4th March Email: [email protected] Dublin 2 Web Site: www.orchestrastcecilia.ie At 3.30 pm CC (01) 6778571 SPONSOR or at door Donations of €250 and over are eligible for tax relief Seats Unreserved