BACHFEST MALAYSIAThe Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra was founded in 2015 by its Artistic Director David Chin in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 330th birthday anniversary, and their first concert was the premiere performance of St. John Passion in Malaysia. In commemorating the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s reformation in 2017, they performed Mass in B minor and commissioned a new work Psalm 46 by Malaysian composer Caeleb Tee in a concert organized by the Lutheran Church in Malaysia. In the 2018-19 season, they collaborated with the Gospel Culture Centre Malaysia to present Bach’s cantatas and motets in liturgical setting, and perform Bach’s instrumental and vocal works with Ensemble Virama. Their performance of Bach's "Prelude" from Orchestral Suite in C and David Chin's performance of Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D major received "Best Ensemble Performance" and "Best Solo Instrumental Performance" respectively for the 16th BOH Cameronian Art Awards. In the 2019-2020 season, they presented a series of Cantata Lecture Concerts, chamber music concerts, candlelight evensong, and presentations of Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion, which was awarded "Best of 2019" and "Best Choral Ensemble Performance" for the 17th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards. They have also been invited to perform multiple chorale cantatas at Bachfest Leipzig, as well as collaboration concerts with the Thuringer Bach Collegium at Arnstadt and Eisenach, Germany in 2022. In additional to the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra, a new, community-based, and audition choir: Mendelssohnchor Malaysia was established in 2020, and is dedicated to perform choral music and choral-orchestral masterworks, led by Artistic Director David Chin and conductor Lee Mei Yen. Their first season includes performances of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy and Mass in C.
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馬 來 西 亞 巴 赫 節為紀念巴赫330誕辰週年，馬來西亞巴赫慶典合唱與管弦樂團節於2015年由陳子虔博士創立，在大馬首演巴赫的《聖約翰受難曲》。2017年，為紀念馬丁路德宗教改革五百週年，馬來西亞巴赫節委託大馬作曲家鄭聯晨創作《詩篇46》，並在馬來西亞信義會所舉辦的兩場音樂會上呈現巴赫的《B小調彌撒曲》。馬來西亞巴赫節在2018年七月與福音文化中心合作，通過禮儀式崇拜呈現巴赫的清唱劇與經文歌等音樂；十二月與 Ensemble Virama 聯合主辦『巴赫新年音樂會』，呈現器樂與聲樂作品，並以巴赫《C大調管弦樂組曲》中的序曲以及陳子虔博士獨奏的巴赫《D大調大鍵琴協奏曲》分別贏得第十六屆寶樂金馬倫藝術獎的“最佳器樂合奏獎”以及“最佳器樂獨奏獎”。他們在2019-2020年呈現一系列的巴赫講座音樂會、燭光合唱晚會、室內樂音樂會，以及巴赫的經典巨作《聖馬太受難曲》，並以此演出獲得第17屆寶樂金馬倫藝術獎的“2019最佳演出”以及“最佳合唱演出”兩個獎項。『馬來西亞巴赫慶典合唱與管弦樂團』非常榮幸地被邀請在二零二二年六月到德國萊比錫巴赫節上呈現數首巴赫的清唱劇，並與『圖林根巴赫樂團』在阿恩斯達特與愛森納赫聯合呈現兩場音樂會。從2020起，除了原有的『馬來西亞巴赫合唱與管弦樂團』，馬來西亞巴赫節將成立另一個新的『馬來西亞孟德爾松合唱團』，在藝術總監陳子虔與指揮李美燕的領導之下，由社區人士經過面試篩選而組成。此合唱團首屆演出的作品包括貝多芬的《合唱幻想曲》以及《C調彌撒曲》。
馬來西亞巴赫節的宗旨包括：
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