Adelaide Cantata Band
Adelaide Cantata Band presents vibrant and authentic performances of the dramatic and emotionally rich music of church cantatas in both a concert and liturgical context.
Adelaide Cantata Band – Hope and Triumph
Friday 7 November 2025
Join Adelaide Cantata Band in an evening of stunning 18th-century Bach masterworks at Bethlehem Lutheran Church this November.
Indulge in a sublime melting-pot of emotion and intellect, expressed through some of the most stunning music ever written for voices and instruments – Bach’s iconic cantatas, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140), with its beloved chorale “Sleepers, Wake,” and Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BWV 80), a stirring work for Reformation Day.
With acclaimed bass-baritone Nicholas Dinopoulos alongside an elite chamber choir, three Baroque oboes, and virtuoso violinist Runa Baagøe, this is a celebration of Baroque brilliance not to be missed.
Repertoire:
J. S. Bach - Cantata: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake! the voice calls to us), BWV 140
Telemann - Motet: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress is our God)
J. S. Bach - Cantata: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress is our God), BWV 80
Soloists:
Soprano – Gianna Guttilla
Alto – Emma Woehle
Tenor – Kim Worley
Bass – Nicholas Dinopoulos
Instrumentalists:
Oboes – Brendan O’Donnell, Alison Stewart-Klein
Oboe da caccia – Jane Downer
Violins – Runa Baagøe, Anna Freer
Viola – Anna Webb
Violoncello – Thomas Marlin
Organ/Harpsichord/Director – Andrew Georg
This concert and service series is supported by Bethlehem Lutheran Church and Pilgrim Uniting Church.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Passion and Praise
Friday 6 September 2024
The superb Adelaide Cantata Band returns to Bethlehem Lutheran Church Friday night Cantata Concert and Sunday Vespers Service.
Friday 6 September, 6.30pm-7.30pm: Passion and Praise
Join us for all-Bach concert, featuring excerpts from St John Passion, the motet BWV 230 'Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden' and cantata BWV 33 'Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', performed by vocal soloists and an expert Baroque instrumental ensemble including Baroque oboes.
Sunday 8 September, 7pm: Vespers Service with Cantata.
This is a free, unticketed event, featuring Bach's Cantata BWV 33.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Adelaide Cantata Band -The Art of Dialogue - Barossa Concert
Sunday 8 October 2023
Adelaide Cantata Band present a concert of 'Dialogue Cantatas' by J S Bach and Christoph Graupner, and Trio Sonatas by Telemann and Hasse.
Featuring Kate Macfarlane, soprano; Pelham Andrews, bass; Adam Masters, Baroque oboe; Ben Dollman, Violin; and directed from the harpsichord by Glenys March
Barossa Regional Gallery
Pilgrim Church Cantata Service (unticketed - for info only)
Sunday 8 October 2023
Adelaide Cantata Band presents J S Bach's cantata "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" (Dearest Jesus, my desire), BWV 32 as part of Pilgrim United Church's 11:00am Choral Worship service.
This is a free event (a free-will offering may be taken by the Church).
Pilgrim Uniting Church
Adelaide Cantata Band -The Art of Dialogue - Pilgrim Concert
Saturday 7 October 2023
Adelaide Cantata Band present a concert of 'Dialogue Cantatas' by J S Bach and Christoph Graupner, and Trio Sonatas by Telemann and Hasse.
Featuring Kate Macfarlane, soprano; Pelham Andrews, bass; Adam Masters, Baroque oboe; Ben Dollman, Violin; and directed from the harpsichord by Glenys March
Pilgrim Uniting Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Ring In the New
Saturday 31 December 2022
Adelaide Cantata Band presents a special New Year's Eve concert, featuring an expanded choir and Band conducted by Kim Worley.
- J. S. Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (II) BWV 62
- J. S. Bach: Part IV of the Christmas Oratorio
- Corelli: "Christmas Concerto" (Concerto Grosso Op.6 no.8)
- Calvin Bowman: Zengo Sai Dan
Pilgrim Uniting Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Chamber Concert
Sunday 25 September 2022
Adelaide Cantata Band presents a chamber concert of arias, sonatas and cantatas by three Baroque masters: Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Antonio Vivaldi.
JESSICA DEAN soprano
JANE DOWNER Baroque oboe, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia
BRENDAN O'DONNELL recorder, voice flute
CATHERINE FINNIS Baroque cello
GLENYS MARCH harpsichord
St John's Anglican Church
Adelaide Cantata Band Ancient Brass Workshop
Sunday 29 May 2022
For our upcoming concert season, we are hosting special guest musicians from Sydney, Matthew Manchester (cornetto) and Ros Jorgensen, Nigel Crocker and Brett Page (sackbuts). This workshop is an opportunity to see and hear these amazing ancient brass instruments up close, learn more about them and ask questions of the musicians.
There is also an opportunity for student ensembles to receive masterclass tuition during the workshop, and PD certificates will be available for teachers.
St David's Anglican Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Fulfilment and Victory (Lobethal)
Saturday 28 May 2022
Adelaide Cantata Band takes its signature blend of experienced vocalists, expert Baroque instrumentalists, and the music of JS Bach and his contemporaries to the Adelaide Hills for the first time. A performance in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Adelaide CBD will be followed by this second concert in the Lobethal Lutheran Church.
• BWV 82 Ich habe genug 'It is enough'
• BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden 'Christ lay in the snares of death'
Lobethal Lutheran Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Fulfilment and Victory (Adelaide)
Friday 27 May 2022
Adelaide Cantata Band presents its signature blend of experienced vocalists, expert Baroque instrumentalists, and the music of JS Bach and his contemporaries, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Adelaide's CBD.
• BWV 82 Ich habe genug 'It is enough'
• BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden 'Christ lay in the snares of death'
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - O di Betlemme Altera
Friday 3 December 2021
Adelaide Cantata Band presents:
O di Betlemme altera - Christmas Cantatas at Christ Church
Christ Church North Adelaide
Adelaide Cantata Band - Actus Tragicus
Friday 3 September 2021
Adelaide Cantata Band presents sacred cantatas by J S Bach:
J.S. Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, “Actus tragicus”, BWV 106
J.S. Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
Telemann: Trio for recorder, viola da gamba, continuo, TWV 42:F3
Friday 3 September at 6:30pm
Pilgrim Uniting Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Exultant Bach
Friday 28 May 2021
Featuring vocal soloists Brooke Window, Courtney Turner, Kim Worley, and Pelham Andrews, and a stellar period instrument ensemble led by violinist Ben Dollman, the Adelaide Cantata Band presents sacred cantatas by J S Bach.
BWV 12 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen'
BWV 165 'O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad'
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Adelaide Cantata Band - Prepare the Way
Friday 11 December 2020
Featuring vocal soloists Pelham Andrews, Cheryl Pickering, Suzanne Wilson and Kim Worley, and a stellar period-instrument ensemble lead by violinist Ben Dollman, this event is the inaugural concert in a series exploring the much-loved cantatas of J.S. Bach.
Pilgrim Uniting Church
