Johann Sebastian Bach's 323rd Birthday coincides with Good Friday , so our annual celebration comes a little late this year. Organist/conductor Claudia Dumschat leads her Transfiguration Choir of Men & Boys, the Camerata, The Queen's Chamber Band and  soloists in  Bach's cantata , Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben?(BWV 8).  Countertenor Marshall Coid takes a solo turn with two selections from the notebook compiled by Bach's  second wife Anna Magdalena. Violinist Robert Zubrycki and 'cellist Peter Seidenberg join harpsichordist Elaine Comparone for the Sonata in F minor for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord (BWV 1018). The versatile Dr. Dumschat turns to the magnificent Arnold Schwartz Memorial Organ for a performance of the Passacaglia & Thema Fugatum in C minor (BWV 581). Elaine Comparone plays The Concerto in the Italian Style (BWV 971) on her Frank Hubbard Franco-Flemish harpsichord. Finally, The Queen's Chamber Band assembles for a performance of the rarely played  Concerto in F Major for Harpsichord, Winds & Strings (BWV 1057), Bach's own alternate version of his Fourth Brandenburg Concerto in G Major. In the latter work, Bach assigns the florid solo part to a violin while in the F Major version, the harpsichord emerges as soloist.

The Church of the Transfiguration, known nationwide as The Little Church Around the Corner", is located at One East 29th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues in New York City.

Tickets: $25; Seniors & Students: $15

(Available at the door from 7 PM on the evening of the performance.)

For Prime Seating, purchase tickets in advance by mail:

Harpsichord Unlimited, 215 West 98th Street, Suite 2A, New York, NY 10025

Information: 212-280-1086