Bach in Baltimore’s Winter Celebration Concert features Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (It is our salvation come here to us), a church cantata written for performances in Leipzig in 1724. It is based on a hymn by Paul Speratus. Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin) is Bach’s first surviving cantata for a solo voice. This performance features one of the most sought after countertenors worldwide, Charles Humphries. Christopher Schroeder will open the program as the organ soloist for the magn