Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Concert: Odes & Oratorios

Sunday, November 22, 2026 5:00 pm
This joyful St. Cecilia’s Day celebration honors music’s patron saint with works by Purcell and Handel. From Purcell’s sparkling “Welcome to All the Pleasures” to Handel’s tributes to Cecilia, this program explores the rich culture of celebration, ceremony, and artistic homage in seventeenth- and eighteenth-
century England.
Dr. Philip Cave – conductor
Mallarme Music HIP – instrumentalists
Duke Chapel Bach Choir

Free admission. Paid parking is available at the Bryan Center Parking Garage at 125 Science Dr. with ADA parking in the surface lot at the same address.

Learn more about the composition and history of the music in a pre-concert talk by Chapel Organist Chad Fothergill at 4:00 p.m. in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel.

https://chapel.duke.edu/event/bach-cantata-series-odes-oratorios-11-22-2026/