November 13–16, 2025
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
Program Note
Notoriously Difficult, Bach’s Motets Delight Audiences with their Complex Artistry
Bach’s six motets are among the most challenging and rewarding works in the choral repertoire. For Seraphic Fire, they are foundational— shaping its approach to Bach and defining its sound over more than two decades.
This is only the third time Seraphic Fire has presented the complete cycle of motets in its 23-year history. For each performance, fresh artistic choices are offered: ‘Which lines belong to solo voices or to the full choir? How should strings or keyboard continuo color the texture? How do singers bring clarity to the rich and demanding German texts?’ That flexibility keeps the music alive and personal.
The motets are full of contrasts—joyful, mournful, meditative, and exhilarating. They demand extraordinary technique and musicianship. Their contrapuntal brilliance, rhetorical clarity, and variety of styles—trio sonata textures, choralebased structures, chromatic excursions—make the six motets a compendium of everything that makes Bach endlessly fascinating. They are at once spiritual offerings and technical showcases, stretching performers while captivating listeners.
Historically, these pieces were written not as a set but for specific occasions, often funerals or commemorations. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 bursts with jubilant energy, its antiphonal exchanges and final fugue a tour de force of choral writing. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, the longest and most intricate, unfolds as a profound journey alternating biblical verses and chorales. Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 offers a deeply human meditation on death, not as despair but as hope.
For Seraphic Fire, the motets carry a profound sense of continuity. They are both a test and a revelation of what Seraphic Fire can do at its very best. Each time Seraphic Fire takes up this music, new depths and colors emerge, reminding audiences that Bach’s gift is inexhaustible.
’Twas The Night Before Christmas
Everything you love about Seraphic Fire at Christmas in a new experience: timeless carols (The First Noel, Joy to the World, Silent Night) and a reading of the famed 1823 American poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas ’Twas the night before Christmas—that came to define Christmas worldwide. James Bass hosts, and Seraphic Fire sings its Christmas classics, including O Come All Ye Faithful and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree.
December 6-16, 2025
Fort Lauderdale | Coral Gables | Miami | Boca Raton | Cutler Bay | Naples
Gospel
“Precious Lord, take my hand; lead me on, help me stand.” Thomas Dorsey, father of American Gospel, revolutionized music by setting these remarkable words to a haunting tune you know today. From Amazing Grace to up-tempo classics, the internationally celebrated Jason Max Ferdinand leads the singers of Seraphic Fire in this joyous and electrifying program.
January 15-18, 2026
Boca Raton | Coral Gables | Fort Lauderdale | Naples
American Folk
This Land is Your Land, Simple Gifts, Farther Along, My Darlin’ Clementine, and more! Bring the whole family to this American folk song celebration. The pure-toned voices of Seraphic Fire will take you on a 75-minute journey through America’s folk music roots. We’ll also sing Ingram Marshall’s Hymnodic Delays, perhaps Seraphic Fire’s most requested piece, based on 18th-century American folk hymns.
February 19-22, 2026
Candlelight
Seraphic Fire’s annual candlelight concerts—Florida’s most celebrated musical experience—blend ancient music with contemporary masterpieces Featuring music throughout history with thematic connections to water and nature, the finest singing ensemble set in candlelight will take your breath away. Arianne Abela makes her Seraphic Fire debut conducting this ethereal sonic feast.
March 19-22, 2026
Naples | Coral Gables | Fort Lauderdale | Boca Raton
Surround Sound
The full forces of Seraphic Fire close out this celebratory year with a surroundsound, polychoral experience imported directly from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italy. You’ll be at the center of the action as we sing from every corner of the room. An experience you can only get at Seraphic Fire, our season closes with this aural explosion.
April 9-12, 2026
Boca Raton | Coral Gables | Fort Lauderdale | Miami Beach
Bach Motets
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 | 7:00 pm | Moorings Presbyterian, Naples
Fri, Nov 14, 2025 | 7:30 pm | St. Philip’s Episcopal, Coral Gables
Sat, Nov 15, 2025 | 7:30 pm | All Saints Episcopal, Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | 4:00 pm | St. Gregory’s Episcopal, Boca Raton
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) BWV 230
Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
SOPRANO
Jessica Beebe
Chloe Chiang*
Natalie Fishman*
Elijah McCormack
Rebecca Myers
ALTO
Doug Dodson
Sadie Habas*
Olivia Salazar*
Gabriela Estephanie Solís
Elisa Sutherland
VIOLIN
Edson Scheid de Andrade, concertmaster
Katie Hyun
VIOLA
Kyle Miller
TENOR
Yani Araujo*
Derek Chester
Haitham Haidar
James Reese
James Scott*
BASS
James Bass
John Buffett
Edmund Milly
Dustin Peng*
Kyle Xu*
CELLO
Sarah Stone
BASS
Nathaniel Chase
HARPSICHORD
Aya Hamada
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
*UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Ensemble Artist Program student
To read full artist bios, scan the QR code or visit SeraphicFire.org/Artists
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
BWV 230
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, Und preiset ihn, alle Völker!
Denn seine Gnade und Wahrheit Waltet über uns in Ewigkeit. Alleluja!
Komm, Jesu, komm
BWV 229
Komm, Jesu, komm, Mein Leib ist müde, Die Kraft verschwindt je mehr und mehr, Ich sehne mich Nach deinem Friede; Der saure Weg wird mir zu s chwer!
Komm, ich will mich dir ergeben; Du bist der rechte Weg, Die Wahrheit und das Leben.
Drum schließ ich mich in deine Hände Und sage, Welt, zu guter Nacht!
Eilt gleich mein Lebenslauf zu Ende, Ist doch der Geist wohl angebracht. Er soll bei seinem Schöpfer schweben, Weil Jesus ist und bleibt Der wahre Weg zum Leben.
Praise the Lord, all the heathens, And celebrate Him, all the peoples! For His grace and truth Reign over us forever. Alleluia!
Come, Jesus, come, my body is weary, My strength fails me more and more, I am longing for your peace; The bitter way is becoming too difficult for me!
Come, I shall give myself to you; You are the right way, The truth and the life.
Therefore I put myself in your hands And bid goodnight to the world! If my life’s course hastens onto the end, My soul is then well-prepared. It will rise up to be with its creator, For Jesus is and remains The true way to life.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
BWV 225
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Die Gemeine der Heiligen sollen ihn loben.
Israel freue sich des, der ihn gemacht hat. Die Kinder Zion sei’n fröhlich über ihrem Könige, Sie sollen loben seinen Namen im Reihen; Mit Pauken und mit Harfen sollen sie ihm spielen.
CHORALE
Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet Über seine junge Kinderlein, So tut der Herr uns allen, So wir ihn kindlich fürchten rein.
Er kennt das arm Gemächte, Gott weiß, wir sind nur Staub, Gleichwie das Gras vom Rechen, Ein Blum und fallend Laub.
Der Wind nur drüber wehet, So ist es nicht mehr da, Also der Mensch vergehet, Sein End, das ist ihm nah.
ARIA
Gott, nimm dich ferner unser an, Denn ohne dich ist nichts getan Mit allen unsern Sachen.
Drum sei du unser Schirm und Licht, Und trügt uns unsre Hoffnung nicht, So wirst du’s ferner machen.
Wohl dem, der sich nur steif und fest Auf dich und deine Huld verlässt.
TUTTI
Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten, lobet ihn in seiner großen Herrlichkeit!
Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn, Halleluja!
Sing to the Lord a new song, The congregation of the saints shall praise Him.
Israel rejoices in the one who made Him. Let the children of Zion be joyful about their king,
They shall praise His name in their dances With drums and harps they shall play for Him.
CHORALE (sung in alternatim with the Aria)
As a father feels compassion For his young little child, So does the Lord for all of us, If we feel pure childlike awe.
He knows how weak our strength is, God is aware that we are only dust, Like grass before the rake, A flower or falling leaf.
The wind has only to blow over it And it is there no more, And so man passes away, His end is near him.
ARIA (sung in alternatim with the Chorale)
God, in future take us to yourself, For without you nothing is accomplished In all our affairs.
Therefore be yourself our protection and light, And if our hope does not deceive us, Then in future you will do this.
Happy are those who firmly and fastly Depend on you and your grace.
TUTTI
Praise God in His works, Praise Him in His great glory!
Let all that has breath praise the Lord, Hallelujah!
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir
BWV 228
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, Weiche nicht, denn ich bin dein Gott; Ich stärke dich, ich helfe dir auch, Ich erhalte dich durch die rechte Hand Meiner Gerechtigkeit.
Fürchte dich nicht, Denn ich habe dich erlöset; Ich habe dich bei deinem Namen gerufen, Du bist mein.
Fürchte dich nicht, du bist mein.
Herr, mein Hirt, Brunn aller Freuden!
Du bist mein, ich bin dein; Niemand kann uns scheiden. Ich bin dein, weil du dein Leben Und dein Blut, mir zu gut, In den Tod gegeben.
Du bist mein, weil ich dich fasse, Und dich nicht, o mein Licht, Aus dem Herzen lasse! Laß mich, laß mich hingelangen, Da du mich, und ich dich Lieblich werd umfangen.
Do not fear, I am with you, Do not give way, for I am your God; I strengthen you, I also help you, I uphold you with the right hand Of my righteousness.
Do not fear, For I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, You are mine.
Do not fear, you are mine.
Lord, my Shepherd, source of all joys! You are mine, I am yours; No one can separate us. I am yours, since by you, your life And your blood, for my benefit, Have been given in death.
You are mine, since I seize you, And, O my light, never Shall I let you leave my heart! Let me, let me come Where you, by me, and I, by you, Shall be embraced in love.
Jesu, meine Freude
BWV 227
Jesu, meine Freude
Meines Herzens Weide, Jesu, meine Zier.
Ach wie lang! ach lange
Ist dem Herzen bange,
Und verlangt nach dir!
Gottes Lamm, mein Bräutigam, Außer dir soll mir auf Erden Nichts sonst liebers werden.
Es ist nun nichts Verdammliches an denen, Die in Christo Jesu sind, Die nicht nach dem Fleische wandeln, Sondern nach dem Geist.
Unter deinem Schirmen
Bin ich vor den Stürmen
Aller Feinde frei.
Laß den Satan wittern, Laß den Feind erbittern, Mir steht Jesus bei!
Ob es itzt gleich kracht und blitzt, Ob gleich Sünd und Hölle schrecken: Jesus will mich decken.
Denn das Gesetz des Geistes,
Der da lebendig machet in Christo Jesu, Hat mich frei gemacht von dem Gesetz
Der Sünde und des Todes.
Trotz dem alten Drachen, Trotz des Todes Rachen, Trotz der Furcht darzu!
Tobe Welt und springe, Ich steh hier und singe In gar sichrer Ruh.
Gottes Macht hält mich in acht, Erd’ und Abgrund muß verstummen, Ob sie noch so brummen.
Ihr aber seid nich fleischlich, Sondern geistlich,
So anders Gottes Geist in euch wohnet. Wer aber Christi Geist nicht hat, Der ist nicht sein.
Jesus, my joy, My heart’s pasture, Jesus, my adornment. Oh, how long! How long Has this anxious heart Yearned for you! Lamb of God, my bridegroom, Apart from you, nothing other on Earth Shall become more dear to me.
There is therefore now no condemnation To them who are in Christ Jesus, Who walk not after the flesh, But after the Spirit.
Under your shelter, I am, from the storms Of all enemies, free. Let Satan threaten, Let the fiend rage: Jesus stands by me! Though, now, lightning cracks and flashes, Though, too, sin and hell shriek, Jesus will protect me.
For the law of the Spirit, Of life in Christ Jesus, Hath made me free from the law Of sin and death.
Despite the old dragon, Despite the jaws of death, Despite my fear of them! Rage, world, and quake: I stand here and sing In entirely secure peace! God’s might watches o’er me; Earth and abyss must be silent, However much they keep on grumbling.
You are not flesh, But Spirit, For the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ Is not of Christ.
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Weg mit allen Schätzen, Du bist mein Ergötzen, Jesu meine Lust!
Weg, ihr eitlen Ehren, Ich mag euch nicht hören, Bleibt mir unbewußt!
Elend, Not, Kreuz, Schmach und Tod Soll mich, ob es viel muß leiden, Nicht von Jesu scheiden.
So aber Christus in euch ist
So ist der Leib zwar tot um der Sünde willen; Der Geist aber ist das Leben
Um der Gerechtigkeit willen.
Gute Nacht, o Wesen, Das die Welt erlesen, Mir gefällst du nicht!
Gute Nacht, ihr Sünden, Bleibet weit dahinten, Kommt nicht mehr ans Licht!
Gute Nacht, du Stolz und Pracht, Dir sei ganz, du Lasterleben, Gute Nacht gegeben.
So nun der Geist, des, Der Jesum von den Toten auferwecket hat, In euch wohnet, so wird auch derselbige, Der Christum von den Toten auferwecket hat, Eure sterbliche Leiber lebendig machen, Um des willen, daß sein Geist in euch wohnet.
Weicht ihr Trauer-Geister, Denn mein Freuden-Meister, Jesus tritt herein.
Denen, die Gott lieben, Muß auch ihr Betrüben
Lauter Zucker sein.
Duld ich schon hier Spott und Hohn, Dennoch bleibst du auch im Leide Jesu, meine Freude.
Away with all earthly treasure, You are my delight, Jesus, my pleasure! Away, you vain glories, I do not want to hear you, Remain unknown to me!
Misery, want, the Cross, disgrace and death: However much I suffer, They shall not tear me from Jesus.
And if Christ is within you, So, too, is the body dead because of sin; But the Spirit is life Because of righteousness.
Good night, o creature Who has chosen the world, You please me not!
Good night, you sins, Stay far behind me, Come no longer into the light! Good night, pride and pomp! And to you, life of iniquity, A special good night!
But if the Spirit of Him That raised up Jesus from the dead Dwells in you, so that same Spirit, That raised Christ for the dead Shall also quicken your mortal bodies By His Spirit that dwells in you.
Yield, you mourning spirit, For my joy master, Jesus enters in.
To those who love God, Must, even in their sadness, Be as pure sugar!
Though I suffer here mockery and derision, Yet, you remain, even in my sorrow, Jesus, my joy.
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf
BWV 226
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, Denn wir wissen nicht, Was wir beten sollen, Wie sich’s gebühret; Sondern der Geist selbst Vertritt uns aufs beste Mit unaussprechlichem Seufzen.
Der aber die Herzen forschet, Der weiß, was des Geistes Sinn sei; Denn er vertritt die Heiligen nach dem, Das Gott gefället.
Du heilige Brunst, süßer Trost Nun hilf uns, fröhlich und getrost In deinem Dienst beständig bleiben, Die Trübsal uns nicht abtreiben.
O Herr, durch dein Kraft uns bereit Und stärk des Fleisches Blödigkeit, Dass wir hie ritterlich ringen, Durch Tod und Leben zu dir dringen.
Alleluja, alleluja!
The Spirit helps our weakness, For we know not, What we should pray, Nor how we ought to pray; But the Spirit Pleads for us in the best possible way With inexpressible sighing.
But he who searches our hearts, Knows the intent of the Spirit; For the Spirit intercedes for the saints, According to God’s pleasure.
You holy fire, sweet consolation, Now help us, joyful and consoled, To remain steadfast in your service, Let affliction now drive us away.
O Lord, prepare us by your power And strengthen our feeble flesh, So that we here may gallantly struggle Through death and life to reach you.
Alleluia, alleluia!
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