SATB Choral Octavo. He holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Yale University School of Music. The more than 100 vocalists displayed clean tone, excellent pitch and blend, and kept good tempo even in the most stressful numbersoutstanding, energetic and crisp. 5. Johann Sebastian Bach has made musical magic for Christmas. Funfgeld brings a sure sense of phrasing, texture and pacing to the narrative, and the Bach Festival Orchestramostly modern instruments, with viola da gamba, violas damore and portative organ supplying period flavorsare cohesive and nimble. We like to say Bach is just the beginning to share our deep appreciation of the breadth of work influenced by the musical inventions of Bach. There is much choral music performed beautifully represented from great . Coloratura soprano Jessica Spafford has had success both nationally and abroad as a performer and pedagogue and currently serves as visiting assistant professor of music in voice and theory at Emory & Henry College. If it has flaws, they are like those that distinguish a fine emerald from the perfect clarity of a faketheir choral sonority is so rich you can feel it in your bones. Sonoma Bach's 2022-2023 Season. A native of Buffalo, Sam spends his time between the Northeast and the Shenandoah Valley performing with various chamber, crossover, and contemporary groups, and serving on the faculty of James Madison University and the Heifetz Institute. Corelli, Gabrieli, Bach, Pachelbel, Mozart (Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan, Karl Mnchinger. The concert will be Thursday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Martin Chapel, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, on the Eastern Mennonite University campus. Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night A Bach Christmas. 2-Part Choral Octavo. 3.00pm . ", "The oft-quoted phrase 'a drumroll, please' aptly applies to the opening of Rutters exultant Gloria, which provided a dramatic finale to the program. ", "Two days later I am Newark bound again, with a head full of the history of a town I previously had no awareness of, and with a heart full of the music of Bach, presented in a context that felt less like a festival than a glorious friendship between a great composer and the orchestra, conductor and choir at the heart of an extraordinary town. The Domine Deus section sported some lovely soprano voices in addition to many demanding, multi-part choruses some with up to eight parts. The elemental power is startlingthe Bethlehem approach under Greg Funfgeld isnt anachronistic, but meets the historically enlightened approach halfwayWe know from Bachs often irritable correspondence that he campaigned for more singers. UPCOMING CONCERTS Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church Washington, DC Orpheus Britannicus Music of Henry Purcell Henry Purcell's Hail! Nobuo Kitagawa, oboe damore Our events are designed for the whole family, including grandparents, aunts/uncles, kids, babies and you to enjoy together. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. CLICK HEREto access a printable PDF of the program. Upcoming Events Tue 11 Bach at Noon | October 11 October 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Central Moravian Church Nov 08 Bach at Noon | November 8 November 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Central Moravian Church Dec 04 The Bel Canto Youth Chorus Winter Concert December 4 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Wesley United Methodist Church View More Latest from the Blog ", "The audience was thrilled by this outstanding performance of a Bach Cantata by seasoned experts immersed in the composer and informed by Greg Funfgeld's wisdom and enthusiasmThe Bachs [J.S.B and C.P.E] could not have been better served, not to mention two English Renaissances, as well as our own time. Magnificat First heard in Leipzig in 1723, Bach sets Marys radical, rhapsodic song of praise with an extraordinary sense text painting. A reception will follow the performance. All rights reserved. A Musical Christmas Celebration; Handel, Kuhnau, Traditional, Schtz, Bach;John Dexter; Ami Hewitt . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); "From anguish to elation, and just about everything in between, pretty much describes the vast emotional landscape covered in Friday evenings concert at Packer Memorial Church presented by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Greg Funfgeldhas revitalized this Pennsylvania institution, and Dorian is doing well to document its vibrancy in a recording series genuine honesty and intelligence informs this performanceFunfgeld has forged a fine body of singers and playerstightly disciplined ensemble rousing spirit and sacred joy aplenty. At the intersection of harmony, humanity, and nature, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival gathers internationally-recognized artists and inquisitive audiences to celebrate the life and joy of great music. Bach and Ottorino Respighi. Tickets purchased AFTER December 4 will be held for pick-up at the WILL CALL desk at the venue. It also blends seamlessly with the excellent modern-instrument Festival orchestra which Greg Funfgeld conducts with an obvious knowledge of, and sensitivity to, modern performance practice., the Choir and Festival Orchestra, under their director, Greg Funfgeld, perform these three cantatas beautifully and convincingly. Check out J.S. The work of the soloists is excellent, tooExcitement, dedication, powerall things that we hear more and more seldom in Bach cantataslend distinction to this beautiful and well-produced recording., Sheer jubilanceexceptional elegance and graceradiant performanceHaving heard the Bethlehem Bach Choir pour its heart into the masters vocal music, one will never listen to it in quite the same way again., The Bethlehem Bach Festival is one of the most venerable musical institutions in the USA, with an unmatched tradition of introducing Bachs music to our shores. Matthew Passion too was ardently and lovingly performed, This is Bach at its finest. Perhaps nothing conveys the sheer joy of Christmas better than Bach's Christmas Oratorio composed for Leipzig's Christmas season of 1734. Bach: Christmas Music by Various artists on Amazon Music. Please visit the Basilica of Saint Mary beginning at 6:45pm to purchase tickets in person on the day of the concert. The Bach Choir gratefully acknowledges and thanks our sponsors and media partners for supporting our organization and the arts. ", "Two days later I am Newark bound again, with a head full of the history of a town I previously had no awareness of, and with a heart full of the music of Bach, presented in a context that felt less like a festival than a glorious friendship between a great composer and the orchestra, conductor and choir at the heart of an extraordinary town. Funfgeld brings a sure sense of phrasing, texture and pacing to the narrative, and the Bach Festival Orchestramostly modern instruments, with viola da gamba, violas damore and portative organ supplying period flavorsare cohesive and nimble. Matthew Passion too was ardently and lovingly performed, This is Bach at its finest. There is a free option for those in financial hardship this holiday season. ", "The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, founded in the 19th century, has gained international recognition through its annual Bach Festival, tours and recordings. ", "The performance was one of integrity, movement, passion and weight. At the intersection of harmony, humanity, and nature, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival gathers internationally-recognized artists and inquisitive audiences to celebrate the life and joy of great music. If you are new to Bach's music or would like a collection of some of the composer's best loved holiday selections this CD is for you. You'll find your christmas carols Johann Sebastian Bach music at Sheet Music Plus. She earned her Master of Music degree from Duquesne University, where she studied with Sari Gruber. As a member of the Chiarina Chamber Players, Salerni was a recipient of a 2020 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant and will perform a new work by composer Carlos Simon with Peabody Conservatory bass faculty Carl DuPont in April 2022. If it has flaws, they are like those that distinguish a fine emerald from the perfect clarity of a faketheir choral sonority is so rich you can feel it in your bones. The effortless virtuosity and stylistic homogeneity of the combined forces in the chapel's stone sanctity, allowed Bach's music to sing out with infectious, exhilarating enthusiasm. Applauded by The Strad for his brilliant and compelling programming, and by the Oregon Arts Watch for his mind-boggling performance of original compositions, Sam Suggs was the first double bassist in a generation to win the Concert Artists Guild solo competition and has received first prize at the International Society of Bassists 2015 Solo Competition as well as awards at the Bradetich Foundation 2017 International Solo Double Bass Competition. This years Christmas concerts celebrate the joyful anticipation of Christs birth with glorious pieces from Bach and Handel. Sunday, December 5 at 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City. the coming and adoration of the magi parts 0:00 - part i: for the first day of christmas 27:33 - part ii: for the second day of christmas 55:54 - part iii: for the third day of christmas. It went beyond mere intelligent programming and committed performance, enriched by a deep sense of the mutual nourishment of music and faith. Bach Christmas Oratorio recently announced a concert schedule visiting select areas in North America. Adagio" make us merry and bright every year! . The Choir is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. EIN: 24-0795385, Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (Allentown Concert), Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (Bethlehem Concert), Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (Virtual | On-Demand Concert). Tickets: 15 /adult Greenwich Dulwich Village 2022 The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Saturday, October 29th at 3 P.M. "Shout for joy!" exclaims the choir, joined by timpani, trumpets, and the rest of the ensemble in the opening chorus of J.S. It also blends seamlessly with the excellent modern-instrument Festival orchestra which Greg Funfgeld conducts with an obvious knowledge of, and sensitivity to, modern performance practice., the Choir and Festival Orchestra, under their director, Greg Funfgeld, perform these three cantatas beautifully and convincingly. Live In-Person Concert: Friday:| June 10 | 7:30 pm Purchase Tickets Angela Lowe, Soprano Edward Ferran, Tenor Carlos Monzn, Bass Use Code BACH 75 for 50% off through June 3 Holidays with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival - 2 performances Sunday, December 5, 2021 | 4 pm VIRTUAL ONLY| Kalamazoo College, Stetson Chapel ALL LIVE PERFORMANCES CANCELED ", "The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, founded in the 19th century, has gained international recognition through its annual Bach Festival, tours and recordings. $15 General Admission (begins at 7:00 PM) View the Virtual Christmas Candlelight Concert, which includes both previously recorded content and new footage created especially for this event. Masks required to attend the concert, following current university policy. Davids work in these fields has been featured at institutions and organizations such as the University of Georgia, the University of Memphis, Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, Grand Valley State University, and the Virginia Music Teachers Association, with upcoming engagements with the Utah Music Teachers Association, and Dallas Music Teachers Association. Nestled in beautiful Harrisonburg, Virginia, on native Manahoac land in the Shenandoah Valley, our annual week-long summer festival presents vibrant performances on the Eastern Mennonite University campus and downtown by local artists, the Shenandoah Valley Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Academy Faculty, and Festival Choir. Ellen McAteer, soprano This popular annual concert is free and open to the public; ticketing for this event is pay-what-you-can from $10-$40. This recording will not disappoint., intoxicating but precise choral sound that reminds you why choruses grew this large in the first place. Experience musical excellence and join us this season! The work of the soloists is excellent, tooExcitement, dedication, powerall things that we hear more and more seldom in Bach cantataslend distinction to this beautiful and well-produced recording., Sheer jubilanceexceptional elegance and graceradiant performanceHaving heard the Bethlehem Bach Choir pour its heart into the masters vocal music, one will never listen to it in quite the same way again., The Bethlehem Bach Festival is one of the most venerable musical institutions in the USA, with an unmatched tradition of introducing Bachs music to our shores. Bach Foundation is performing the entire vocal oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach in an ambitious concert cycle lasting around 25 years. Virtual Christmas Concert ~ Opening Up Our Hearts: Music and Inspiration of Christmas December 13, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Take this time to treat yourself to the sounds of this joyous season ~ Complete your FREE Virtual Registration below to receive reminders and the viewing information for the performance! - The uplifting effect of Bach's Christmas Oratorio . Bright Cecilia, delivers English Baroque style at its most powerfully expressive and eloquent. The more than 100 vocalists displayed clean tone, excellent pitch and blend, and kept good tempo even in the most stressful numbersoutstanding, energetic and crisp. All rights reserved. Tickets start at just $30. "Shout for joy!" exclaims the choir, joined by timpani, trumpets, and the rest of the orchestra in the opening chorus of J.S. Loretta OSullivan, cello Omnes Generationes, Magnificat In D Major, BWV 243: X. Suscepit Israel, Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (Allentown Concert), Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (Bethlehem Concert), Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4, 5, and 6 (Virtual | On-Demand Concert). Soprano Rosa Lamoreaux was also excellent, expertly modulating her silvery tone for the various roles she tookThis was the choirs big night, though, and it gave great pleasure, A handsome account of Bachs St. John Passion on this new release confirms that the Bach Choir of Bethlehem doesnt rest on anything resembling laurels. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Tour schedules for all A Bach Christmas concerts are refreshed up to the minute. In the Bach Choir of Bethlehem's first-ever virtual concert, the group delivers an inspiring and uplifting holiday experience. Bach: Christmas Music "Please retry" Amazon Music Unlimited: Price . Handel and Haydn gives you this beautiful present, vividly realized by our period instrument orchestra, led by Maestra Laurence Equilbey, star conductor of Paris's Insula orchestra and Accentus choir. Bachs Magnificat and Part One of Handels Messiahoffer us musical journeys that focus on the meaning of Christmas, as Mary learns she is blessed to bear the child she will bring into the world in Magnificat, and the world anticipates the arrival of the Savior in Part One of the Messiah. Charles Daniels stands out as a poetic and powerful Evangelist, William Sharp as a warmly inflected Jesus and Julia Doyle as a shining champion of the soprano arias., The Bach Choir of Bethlehem sang a Brahms motet (Lass Dich Nur Nichts) with all the polish and fervor it brought to cantatas by its namesake., ..inspired program of hope, optimism and comfort disarmingly powerfuloverflows with jubilation, Americas venerable Bach Choir of Bethlehem makes its Analekta debut on a disc brimming-over with festive D major trumpets-and-drums brillianceJulia Doyle and Daniel Taylor heading up a distinguished solo line-up., Conductor Greg Funfgeld coaxed a lovely rich chamber orchestra sound from the Bach Festival Orchestra stringsThe hauntingly beautiful voices of Taylor and Zsigovicsshe in her festival debutmelted together like two precious metals, hers of bell-like clarity, his a more complex alchemy, with a sheen like liquid mercury., As I listen to The Bach Choir of Bethlehem with Greg Funfgeld conductingI find it hard to believe this is an all-volunteer choir but its truea well polished vocal ensemble, and a true level of musicianship and understanding of the choral music of Bach., an American musical treasure they sing with a fervor and a level of musicianship that carries one awayfrom bass to soprano, the supple strength and solidly integrated tone of this amateur choir reflects the most admirable qualities of the European-American tradition of choral song., By all accounts the chorus remains as vital an institution as everThe B-Minor Mass performance was rousing, committed and touchingBachs St. Jay Althouse. It went beyond mere intelligent programming and committed performance, enriched by a deep sense of the mutual nourishment of music and faith. While there, she taught voice lessons, vocal pedagogy, music history, music appreciation, vocal literature, choir, music theory, sight-singing, and ran the opera workshop program. The concert runs 1 hour 20 minutes with no intermission. Early Music Vancouver's Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, children and you. What a thrill to hear those punchy, syncopated brass lines accompanying some really polished and vibrant singing. Of All Joys, a celebration of minimalist music and music from the Renaissance, is set to release this November. Hely-Hutchinson - Symphony of Carols. This recording will not disappoint., intoxicating but precise choral sound that reminds you why choruses grew this large in the first place. "Bach Christmas is the perfect way to connect with the joyous spirit of the holiday season," said David Snead, President and CEO of the Handel and Haydn Society. Beautiful arias, especially supported by the violins and oboes, bring the Christmas story to life. Amanda Gookin, executive director, Bach Festival, Your email address will not be published. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Annual Bach Festival Christmas concert to feature classical, jazz, holiday favorites. The Wiener Symphoniker and Arnold Schoenberg Chor perform parts I, II and VI of Bach's Christmas Oratorio on December 21st and 22nd. Fiona Gillespie, soprano He is a resident member of the Jacksonville, Florida-based Ritz Chamber Players, The Harlem Chamber Players, and the innovative chamber music theater group, the Core Ensemble. The conductor, orchestra, soloists, and chorus are eminently capable of the nuances of the rich harmonic texts spirited and vivaciousIt is not likely to get any better than this on this side of the Atlantic., Americas venerable Bach Choir of Bethlehem sang Bach and Mendelssohn with good-natured and ruddy-cheeked elation. Subscribe to our newsletter to get concert announcements, Choir and Bel Canto news, updates about our Festival and guest artists, special offers and more. (Note: Concert date and other details are subject to change.) Attacca recently performed with Caroline Shaw at the Strings of Autumn Festival at the DOX Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, and played an all-Shaw program as a special event presented by the Thringer Bachwochen in Weimar, Germany. Following the concert's YouTube premiere, the performance will air on WFMZ-TV Channel 69 twice: at 7 p.m. on Dec. 19 and again on Christmas Eve at 10 p.m. With many in the Arts community still shuttered and "dark," the choir remains under the guidance of Greg Funfgeld, who will lead his choir and soloists with enormous passion and .

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