Every year since 2009, on the Saturday nearest his birthday, First Lutheran Church has presented the Boston Bach Birthday, a day-long celebration of the Johann Sebastian Bach and his music. The experience is filled with solo and chamber performances by organists, instrumentalists, and singers, and FLC's world-class pipe organ figures prominently. The day features a delicious German lunch (tickets $20 at the door) and a Vespers service with Bach cantata. While some stay for the whole day, and others attend but one or two events, all leave having been musically and spiritually edified.

9am Jonathan Wessler, organ
Concerto in C, BWV 595
Concerto in G, BWV 592
Concerto in a, BWV 593
Concerto in d, BWV 596
Concerto in C (“Grosso Mogul”), BWV 594

10am Young People’s Concert
Prelude in g, BWV 558/1
Sonata in g minor, BWV 1001—4. Presto
Partita in b minor, BWV 1002—5. Sarabande
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Partita no. 2 in d, BWV 1004
Prelude & fugue in C, BWV 553

10:40am Savannah Curro, organ
Praeludium in E—Vincent Lübeck
Pastorale in F, BWV 590—1. Andante
Suite du deuxième ton—Louis-Nicholas Clérambault
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657
Prelude & fugue in G, BWV 541

11:35am New Bach Works and A Birthday Hymn Sing
Chorales from Luther’s German Mass
Chaconne in g, BWV 1179 (Boston premiere?)
Chaconne & fugue in d, BWV 1178 (Boston premiere?)

12pm German Lunch
Tickets $20/$10 (for sale at the door)

1:20pm Artem Belogurov, Baroque piano
Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother, BWV 992
Rondo in c, Wq 59/4 (H. 283)—Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Arioso & twelve variations in c—Johann Gottfried Müthel
Sonata no. 3 in E-flat, op. 17—Johann Christian Bach
Fantasia in d, F. 19—Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Fantasia in F—Johann Christian Kittel
Fugue on B–A–C–H—Johann Christian Bach

2:20pm Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
Prelude in C, BWV 846/1
Sonatina (from Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106)
Prelude & fugue (“Fiddle”), BWV 539/1000/1001
La Catedral—Agustín Barrios
Prelude, fugue, & allegro in E-flat, BWV 998

3pm Julia Connor, violin
Suite in A—Johann Paul von Westhoff
Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006

3:40pm Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51
Anastasia Black, soprano
Robinson Pyle, Baroque trumpet

4:05pm Martin Schmeding, organ
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

5pm Vespers
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich zu dir, BWV 131
Magnificat 8i toni—Hieronymus Praetorius
Hymn harmonizations by Johann Hermann Schein and Johann Crüger