A cornerstone of the Bay Area early music scene for more than 50 years, California Bach Society, under the direction of Paul Flight, is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs four concert sets in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Berkeley.
Join us for Spring Bachanale
A Gala Benefit for CBS
Saturday, May 11, 2:30pm
We invite you to enjoy a festive afternoon of music, champagne, sweet and savory nibbles, and a fund-a-need auction.
Our 2023-2024 Season
Our 53rd season showcases our signature sound in music from the Baroque to the 20th Century. We start with Bach’s towering masterpiece, the Mass in B Minor, produced in a special collaboration with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. For the holidays, we present the delightful Weihnachtshistorie (The Christmas Story), by Baroque composer Johann Rosenmüller. Our third concert features choral music from Ukraine and Estonia, including works by Arvo Pärt. And we conclude with a program showcasing Bach’s Northern German predecessors Tunder, Schop, and Buxtehude, concluding with a grand motet by Bach himself. Join us for a season of Bach-to-Bach choral gems with plenty of rare delights in between.
October 13-15, 2023
MASS IN B MINOR
Johann Sebastian Bach
December 1-3, 2023
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Johann Rosenmüller
March 1-3, 2024
VOICES OF UKRAINE AND ESTONIA
Arvo Pärt and others
April 26-28, 2024
NORTH GERMAN MASTERS
Buxtehude, Schop, Tunder, and Bach
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2022–2023 Season Sampler
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California Bach Society in concert in Berkeley, Fall 2019. Photo by John Gale.