8 DAYS A WEEK: Your look at Valley Arts Tweet Published March 26. 2022 01:38AM The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, “Spring Concert: The Music of Duruflé and Handel,” 4 p.m. March 27, First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, 2744 Center St., Bethlehem. The Bach Choir and The Bach Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Bach Choir of Bethlehem Artistic Director and Conductor Greg Funfgeld, has two Bach Choir premiere performances: Maurice Durufle’s “Requiem” and George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah, Part 2,” the latter rescheduled from 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shutdown. The Bach Choir performed Handel’s “Messiah, Part 1” in December 2019. Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus will be performed for the first time by the Bach Choir. Soloists are: Ellen McAteer, soprano; Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Taylor, counter-tenor; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; and Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone. As his June 2022 retirement approaches, it’s the final “Spring Concert: under the direction of Funfgeld. Tickets: https://bach.org; 610-866-4382 Jeff Allen, 7:30 p.m. March 25, Bethany Wesleyan Church, 675 Blue Mountain Drive, Cherryville, Lehigh Township. Allen, who does “family-friendly comedy,” is known for the movies, “Happy Wife, Happy Life, Revisited,” “Bananas,” “Thou Shalt Laugh” and “Apostles of Comedy.” Allen began his career in 1978 in Chicago comedy clubs. In 1987, he got sober. In 1997, he became a born-again Christian. He lives in Fairview, Tenn., with his wife Tami and children. Information: www.bethanywes.org; 610-767-1239 Greg Funfgeld Jeff Allen
