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Bach Virtuosi Festival (Portland, ME): Before Bach and Beyond

  • St. Luke's Cathedral 143 State Street Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

Bach Virtuosi Festival in Portland, Maine

Lewis Kaplan, director

Before Bach and Beyond
Composers who inspired Bach and composers he inspired

A special program comprised of Bach, Buxtehude, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. This concert features the Viola da Gamba, the Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, and three delightful cantatas from Buxtehude, a major influence on J.S. Bach. 

Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749)
Ouverture E Minor
Ouverture – Air – Les plaisirs – Menuet I & II – Air –
Rigadon – Courante – Gavotte en Rondeaux

György Ligeti (1923-2006)                           
Chaconne chromatique from Sonata for Viola Sola

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)             
Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte for Alto, strings and basso continuo

William Walton (1902-1983)                        
Passacaglia for Cello Solo

Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731)                
Ach ja, die Ketten from Trauermusik

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)                               
Tempo di Ciacona from Sonata for Violin Solo (1944)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704)
Partia IV for violin, viola and basso continuo from Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa

Johann Sebastian Bach/Gary Brooker/Matthew Fisher/Keith Reid/Sebastian Gottschick

A White Air Shade of Pale

Sherazade Panthaki, soprano
Jay Carter, countertenor
Ariadne Daskalakis, Renée Jolles and Jessica Wu, violin
Sebastian Gottschick, viola
Nathan Whittacker, violoncello
Arthur Haas, harpsichord

https://bachvirtuosifestival.org/maine/sunday-june-23-2024-at-730pm/

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