Get ready for ‘St. Matthew Passion’ at ‘Bach at Lunch’ series

Music lovers looking to “tune up” for the highly anticipated performance of “St. Matthew Passion” by the Buffalo Philharmonic at Fredonia are invited to “Bach at Lunch,” an informal mid-day series in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room.

A second informal concert of Bach music will be presented on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

The talk “Appreciating Bach’s ‘Great Passion’” by Melvin Unger, director of the School of Music, will conclude the Bach lunch series on Wednesday, March 2.

All Bach lunch presentations will be held in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room at noon and are free and open to the public.

Gerald Gray, director of Choral Activities at Fredonia, will conduct the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Fredonia Masterworks Chorus, Chancel Choir of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Buffalo and the Chautauqua Youth Chorus in a performance of St. Matthew Passion on Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m., in King Concert Hall.