Summer Sing
August 7, 2011 | 3:00pm
Summer Sing gives community members a taste of the Bach Festival Choir experience by providing an opportunity to participate in the creation of the music. Music can be downloaded or reserved on the website.
Community Event | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: No ticket required. Free and open to the public.
Verdi’s Requiem
October 22, 2011 | 7:30pm
October 23, 2011 | 3:00pm
Filled with intensity and emotion, Verdi’s dramatic Requiem is a moving experience.
Choral Masterworks | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
November 13, 2011 | 3:00pm
Back by popular demand, award-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman performs an American program with members of the Bach Festival Orchestra.
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Bernstein: Sonata
Gershwin: Suite
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40
A Classic Christmas
December 10, 2011 | 7:30pm
December 11, 2011 | 2:00pm
This anticipated annual tradition features music arranged specifically for the Bach Choir and Orchestra, paired with selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.
Choral Masterworks | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
Manhattan Brass
January 29, 2012 | 3:00pm
The acclaimed Manhattan Brass is best known for its innovative programming; dynamic performances; varied, eye-opening repertoire; and commitment to educating audiences of all ages about live music and the brass idiom.
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40
Clive Driskill-Smith, organ
February 17, 2012 | 8:00pm
Hailed as the “star of a new generation” (Evening Standard), British organist Clive Driskill-Smith presents a program of music by J.S. Bach on Bach’s primary instrument, the organ.
77th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: $25, General Admission Seating
The Magnificats
February 25, 2012 | 7:30pm
Discover two celebratory Magnificats—the baroque-era work by J.S. Bach and the classic-era work by his son, C.P.E. Bach—paired with the newly re-discovered Sinfonia by son J.C.F. Bach. Hear the musical similarities between father and sons.
77th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
The Solo Works of J.S. Bach
February 26, 2012 | 4:00pm
Experience the unsurpassed beauty and emotion of J.S. Bach’s solo works for violin and cello. Featuring violinist Jennifer Koh and cellist Joshua Roman.
77th Annual Festival | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40
Concertos by Candlelight: J.S. Bach
March 3, 2012 | 7:30pm
Enjoy the music of J.S. Bach in the beautiful candlelit Knowles Memorial Chapel.
J.S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in d minor, BWV 1043
J.S. Bach: Concerto for violin and oboe in c minor, BWV 1060
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata
77th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
March 4, 2012 | 3:00pm
Internationally renowned Bach scholar and musician Dr. Christoph Wolff conducts this Bach masterpiece, performed in the original German.
77th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $60
Takács Quartet with pianist Garrick Ohlsson
March 15, 2012 | 8:00pm
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear pianist Garrick Ohlsson perform with the world-renowned Takács Quartet.
Schubert: String Quartet No. 1
Ravel: String Quartet
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40
Chanticleer
April 15, 2012 | 3:00pm
Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices, presenting a varied range of repertoire.
Visiting Artists | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
Spring in Vienna
April 28, 2012 | 7:30pm
April 29, 2012 | 3:00pm
From the classic to the romantic, Vienna has inspired some of classical music’s greatest pieces.
Suppé: Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “The Unfinished”
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
Haydn: “Spring” from The Seasons
Choral Masterworks | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
