Fugues & Fire

Fugues & Fire: Masterworks by Bach & Vivaldi

Join Aurora Camerata, under the direction of Artistic Director James Kennerley, and ChoralArt Camerata (Robert Russell, Music Director) for a thrilling afternoon devoted to two towering figures of the Baroque: Bach and Vivaldi.

The program features two choral masterworks: Vivaldi’s exuberant Gloria, alive with rhythmic vitality and luminous color, and Bach’s majestic Magnificat in E-flat, a work of architectural grandeur and ecstatic praise. Anchoring the program at the organ is Bach’s dramatic Fugue in G minor, BWV 542—a blaze of driving momentum and fiery counterpoint that unfolds with breathtaking intensity in the cathedral acoustic.

Performed on historically informed period instruments, Fugues & Fire invites listeners into the sound world of 18th-century Europe—where brilliance and devotion, structure and passion, converge in music of enduring beauty and virtuosity.