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In the inaugural season of the Cincinnati Bach Festival, we will answer the question, "Who is Bach"? Who is this man who, never having traveled more than a hundred miles from home, still managed to assimilate musical ideas from all over Europe and craft them into a comprehensive music style? What was his family like, and who taught him the skills that ultimately made him the greatest single influence on western music?
We invite you to explore the answers to these questions at one or more of our many events this March. You will find the concerts unique, inspiring, and uplifting, as you engage in an intimate setting with the talented artists of Collegium Cincinnati and their special guests.
The Cincinnati Bach Festival | Season 1 | The Family Bach
A FAMILY AFFAIR: TWO WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
Sunday, March 9 | 3:00 pm
The Centennial Chapel at Christ Church Cathedral
Discover the music that Bach, as a young man, wrote for his family & friends in a program featuring two short organ works (Capriccio 'On the Departure of a Beloved Brother') and three of his most beautiful cantatas, including the uniquely moving Actus Tragicus.
Organ Capriccios BWV 992 & 993
Cantata 196: Der Herr denket an uns
Cantata 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus)
Cantata 182: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
IN RECITAL: DWIGHT PARRY, PRINCIPAL OBOIST OF THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sunday, March 16 | 3:00 pm
The Centennial Chapel at Christ Church Cathedral
Experience the pastoral beauty of the oboe, played by a true virtuoso, in the beautiful and intimate setting of the Christ Church Cathedral Chapel. Dwight Parry, the principal oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, has been called 'brilliant', and 'first-class' and that's just the local news! Mr. Parry has also served as guest principal oboe for the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, and Deutsch Symphonie of Berlin. He will be joined by fellow principal players from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on this playful and reflective program.
Cantata 82: Ich habe genung
Peter Schikele: "After Hearing Bach"
BACH EVENSONG AT ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
Sunday, March 23 | 6:00 pm
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
100 Miami Avenue
Terrace Park, Oh 45174 [map]
Join the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, directed by Carlton Monroe, for an evening vespers service that puts Bach's liturgical music into its original context, performed by some of Cincinnati's finest instrumentalists and singers.
Bach Vespers for Lent:
Prelude Recital: Manami White, violin (5:45pm)
"Ciaconna" from the Partita for Violin, No. 2 (BWV 1004) with choral interpolations
Cantata 32: Liebster Jesu, Mein Verlangen
Cantata 84: Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glücke
BACH AFTER DARK
Tuesday, March 25 | 7:30 pm
Below Zero Lounge
1122 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Young Professionals' Choral Collective and friends! Bach-informed music in a casual setting. Grab a Bach-tail and enjoy the varied vocal stylings of Cincinnati's hottest new choir.
KellyAnn Nelson, Artistic Director
THE LEARNED MUSICIAN: WORTH WALKING FOR
Sunday, March 30 | 3:00 pm
The Centennial Chapel at Christ Church Cathedral
When he was a young man, Bach walked nearly 100 miles to hear the organist Dietrich Buxtehude perform; he ended up staying four months to learn from the elder master, and returned home with inspired ideas that would stay with him for a lifetime. In the closing concert of the First Annual Bach Festival, we celebrate the coming of age of a musician, theologian, and teacher.
Prelude: Organ chorale on Christ Lag in Todes Banden
Buxtehude: Cantata BuxWV 41: Herzlich Lieb hab ich Dich o Herr
Cantata 4: Christ Lag in Todes Banden
Cantata 71: Gott ist mein König
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318 East 4th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
United States
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