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The Bach Virtuosi Festival 2024

Arts and Entertainment

May 6, 2024

From: The Bach Virtuosi Festival

Schedule:

June 19, 2024

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870: Book 2, The Well Tempered Clavier

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

Gavotte Partita in E major BWV 1006

Ariadne Daskalakis, violin

Organ Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV 528

Ariadne Daskalakis, violin

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

Helen Karloski, mezzo soprano

Jay Carter, countertenor

Jacob Perry, tenor

Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

Intermission

Sonata B minor flute and continuo BWV 1030

Melanie Williams, flute

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

Magnificat, BWV 243, Movement 10 (Suscepit Israel)

Aus tiefer Not, BWV 38, Movement 5 (Wenn meine Trübsal)

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Pt. 5 (Ach wenn wird die Zeit)

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

Helen Karloski, mezzo soprano

Jay Carter, countertenor

Jacob Perry, tenor

Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

Brandenburg Concerto Number 2 in F major, BWV 1047

John Thiessen, trumpet

John Ferrillo, oboe

Melanie Williams, flute

Renee Jolles, violin

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

June 20, 2024

J.S. Bach Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord BWV 1027

Beiliang Zhu, cello

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

Dietrich Buxtehude Cantata 1: Ad pedes (To the feet)

Cantata 2: Ad Genua (To the knees)

Cantata 3: Ad Manus (To the hands) 

Cantata 4: Ad Latus (To the side) 

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

Helen Karloski, mezzo soprano

Jay Carter, countertenor

Jacob Perry, tenor

Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

Intermission

J.S. Bach Preludes and Fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book I

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

June 21, 2024

Associates of BVF perform a free concert

June 22, 2024

J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009

Nathan Whittaker, cello

J.S. Bach Concerto in F major, BWV 978

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

J.S. Bach Partita “Chaconne” in D Minor Partita

Ariadne Daskalakis, violin

June 23, 2024

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

June 25, 2024

Bach Orchestral Suite #2 in B minor BWV 1067

Emi Ferguson flute 

Music from Solomon, HWV 67 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

What tho’ I trace

Bless’d the Day when first my eyes

Haste to the cedar grove

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Will the sun forget to streak

Welcome as the dawn of day

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

Jay Carter, countertenor

Intermission

Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins in a minor Opus 3 No 8

Ariadne Daskalakis, Renée Jolles, violins

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 BWV 1050

Emi Ferguson, flute

Renee Jolles, Ariadne Daskalakis, violin

Arthur Haas, harpsichord

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Date: June 19-25, 2024

Location: Various locations in Portland, ME

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