On this episode of Encore Houston, we go back in time to the year 1817, 300 years after the start of the Protestant Reformation, with a recreation performance by the Bach Society Houston. With the help of Dr. Jeffrey Sposato from the University of Houston, the Bach Society pieced together a program of works that had been performed in Leipzig in 1817 as part of a celebratory Mass for the anniversary of the Reformation.

Music in this episode:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676

JOHANN GOTTFRIED SCHICHT: Unsre Väter hofften auf dich

VINCENZO RIGHINI: Mass in D minor Renée Rybolt, soprano Joshua Chavira, alto Benjamin Boskoff, tenor Christopher Besch, bass Christ the King Brass Choir

arr. SCHICT: All glory be to God on high

arr. SCHICT: Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord

arr. SCHICT: Wirf dich, sterbliches Schlecht

arr. SCHICT: Lass mich dein sein

BACH: Prelude in G major, BWV 541 Brian Glikes, organ

Performance date: 10/21/2018

Originally aired: 12/29/2018

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