Vespers for Bach Tage at Mount Olive
At the conclusion of our annual Bach Tage, celebrating the music and witness of J. S. Bach, we pray the office of Vespers, including this year’s cantata, BWV 45, “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist,” (“It has been told to you, humankind, what is good”).
Download worship folder for this liturgy, June 7, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Leading Vespers: Pastor Joseph Crippen
Organist: Cantor Daniel Schwandt
Sacristan: Adam Krueger
Conductor: Marin Jacobson
Choir: Participants in Bach Tage 2026
Soloists: Alyssa Anderson, alto; Nicholas Chalmers, tenor; Erik Krohg, bass
Orchestra: Marc Levine, Lindsey Bordner, violin; Emily Hagen, viola; Charles Asch, cello; Mark Kausch, double bass; David Ross, Eva Sanske, flauto traverso; Sian Ricketts, oboe; Andrew Blanke, oboe d’amore; Joseph Jones, bassoon
Performed during Vespers: Cantata “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist,” BWV 45, Johann Sebastian Bach; Nunc Dimittis, Johann Christoph Bach
