The Bach Society of Minnesota’s 2025 Minnesota Bach Festival takes place February 28-March 30 with a month of vibrant and rich musical offerings. Highlights include the Mozart Requiem concert and Community Sing-along, a weekend of Mobile Mini-Concerts, Bach’s birthday concert, a Masterclass on Bach’s keyboard music, a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebooks with a lecture and recital, the Bach & Friends musical workshop, and the collaborative performance of Baroque Tango: Rhythms of Desire, Longing, and Passion.

Schedule

Mobile Mini-Concerts

Pop-up Musical Performances in Public Spaces

We continue to offer our popular free Mobile Mini-Concerts in the Twin Cities and Greater MN. If you would like to host a Mobile Mini-Concerts performance in your front yard, workplace, or other community location, please email [email protected] for us to consider you for the next round.

February 28 - March 1, 2025 | Twin Cities

May 22 - 24, 2025 | Statewide

March 8, 2025

6:30 PM

Your Voice – A Community Sing-Along!

A Prelude to Mozart Requiem Concert

Together, we’ll immerse ourselves in the intricate harmonies and stirring passages of Mozart's Requiem and Ave Verum, creating a memorable and moving musical experience. Don’t miss this chance to be part of a collective celebration of timeless artistry.

Led by Artistic Director, Matthias Maute

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer - 285 Dale Street N, St. Paul

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March 9, 2025

1:30 PM & 4:00 PM

Your Voice – A Community Sing-Along!

A Prelude to Mozart Requiem Concert

Together, we’ll immerse ourselves in the intricate harmonies and stirring passages of Mozart's Requiem and Ave Verum, creating a memorable and moving musical experience. Don’t miss this chance to be part of a collective celebration of timeless artistry.

Led by Artistic Director, Matthias Maute

Ordway Concert Hall - 345 Washington Street, St. Paul

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4:00 PM

Mozart Requiem

A Moving Tribute to the Human Condition and Art

The Bach Society of Minnesota will revive the enigmatic power of Mozart’s Requiem, a composition laden with historical drama. Commissioned in 1791 by a mysterious messenger, this piece led Mozart to believe it was intended for his own funeral, a reflection of his deteriorating health. Left incomplete at his death, the Requiem was completed by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr. As one of Mozart’s most iconic works, it is renowned for its complex choral arrangements and intense emotional depth. The Bach Society’s performance will bring to life the Requiem’s intricate structure and profound impact, emphasizing its place as a cornerstone of classical music.

Tickets: Students $16.5 | Regular $50-$65

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March 22, 2025

Celebrate the Birthday!

Celebrate Bach's Birthday and the 300th Anniversary of the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebooks with the Bach Society of Minnesota

Three hundred years ago, Johann Sebastian Bach presented his wife, Anna Magdalena, with a second music notebook. While she used it for her own practice, it also served as a teaching tool for their children. Today, children around the world still learn music from these notebooks, carrying on the Bach family legacy.

Led by Dr. Martin Dicke

Masterclass on Bach’s Keyboard Music | 2:00 PMBach Birthday Community Concert | 3:00 PM

All Are Welcome!

Saint James Lutheran Church - 460 Annapolis St. W., West St. Paul

Admission Free 

March 29, 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Bach & Friends Workshop

The popular Bach & Friends Workshop is a day-long musical event where enthusiasts of all skill levels can come together to explore the works and historical context presented by expert leaders. Participants will then have the opportunity to perform these compositions as a group. All voices and instruments are welcome!

Schedule of the Day:

9:00 AM - Participant arrival and check-in

9:30 AM - Introductions, talk about history and style

10 AM – 12 PM - Choir and orchestra rehearse separately

12:00 PM - Lunch break

12:45 PM - Tutti rehearsal

2:45 PM - Play through

3:30 PM - The Story of Anna Magdalena Bach and Her Notebooks: A Lecture/Demonstration Recital 

Lecture led by Dr. Martin Dicke

Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church - 460 Annapolis St W, West St Paul

Tickets: $40 (lunch included)

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March 30, 2025

4:00 PM

Outside the Box Series

The focus of this series is to create dialogue and collaboration with artists inside and outside the Western European classical tradition based in Minnesota.

Baroque Tango

Rhythms of Desire, Longing, and Passion

The Bach Society of Minnesota, led by Associate Artistic Director Marco Real-d’Arbelles, teams up with the Twin Cities-based Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet to explore the many twists and turns that bring these two musical languages closer than we imagined. Audiences will feel the push-pull between old and new styles as BSM and CGTQ perform works by masters of tango and baroque. Special guests Sabine Ibes, and Fuego Tango Club founders J Abling and Rachel Moon join the ensembles on stage, adding to the passion and rhythmic drive of music by composers such as Pugliese, Piazzolla, Corelli, and Vivaldi in this exciting collaboration.

Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University - 1531 Hewitt Ave, St Paul

Tickets: Pay What You Can

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Date: February 28 - March 30, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Saint Paul

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