The Thirteen: J.S. Bach | The Complete Motets

• Matthew Robertson, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach — Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Johann Sebastian Bach — Fürchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Johann Sebastian Bach — Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Johann Sebastian Bach — Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Johann Sebastian Bach — Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Johann Sebastian Bach — Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV 1164 (Anh. 159)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225

Dumbarton Concerts' historic 47th season starts with a new and exciting DC partnership. The Thirteen is one of the Washington area's flagship professional ensembles, founded in 2012 and led by Artistic Director Matthew Robertson. In their Dumbarton debut, they present a program, with full choir of sixteen singers and period instruments, of J.S. Bach's timeless motets, including the iconic Jesu, Meine Freude. Tickets will go fast for this epic season-opening program, featuring the group lauded by The Washington Post as possessing "striking color and richness" that "transfigures the listener."

The Thirteen also performs this program Oct. 18 at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and Oct. 20 at Bradley Hills Church in Bethesda.

About The Thirteen

"Exquisite in every way" (Gramophone), The Thirteen is a professional choir and orchestra celebrated for re-imagining the potential of vocal music from many periods. Praised for performing with "striking color and richness" that "transfigures the listener" (The Washington Post) and "a tight and attractive vocal blend and excellent choral discipline" (American Record Guide), for over a decade the ensemble has been at the forefront of invigorating performances of masterworks ranging from early chant to world premieres and the centuries in between.

The Thirteen's discography includes a new recording of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610; the world premiere recording of Scott Ordway's opera The Outer Edge of Youth; Truth and Fable, which premiered in October 2019 and was pre-nominated for a Grammy award; the critically-acclaimed Christmas album Snow on Snow; and RADIANT DARK, which reached #28 on the iTunes Classical Charts.

https://www.thethirteenchoir.org/

About Dumbarton Concerts

Phone: 1 (202) 965-2000

https://www.dumbartonconcerts.org/

About Matthew Robertson, conductor

https://www.thethirteenchoir.org/bios/matthew-robertson