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March 16 - 25, 2007

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Opening Night: Friday, March 16

Michael Marissen (Swarthmore)
Introduction to Bach’s Cantatas of 1723
Church of the Holy Trinity, 7.15pm [directions]

The New York Collegium with Andrew Parrott
Mr. Bach Comes to Town: Cantatas for Leipzig 1723
Church of the Holy Trinity, 8pm [directions]

Saturday, March 17

Mimi Stillman, flute
JS Bach’s Works for Flute BWV 1013, 1030-35
First Unitarian Church, 7:30pm [directions]

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Post-concert Organ Recital
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 10pm [directions]

Sunday, March 18

Dr. Peter Hopkins and Dr. Paula Romanaux, organ
Worship with Works by Bach for Organ and Choir
St. Peter’s Church, 11am [directions]

John Binsfeld
Worship with works by Bach for organ and choir
Old Christ Church 11am [directions]

Markus Pawlik, piano (Germany)
Chromatic Fantasies by Bach, Liszt, and Reger
Annenberg Center, 3pm [directions]

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Chamber Concert
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center 3pm [directions]

Vox Ama Deus
Bach’s Birthday Party
Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 5pm [directions]

Kimmel Center Presents
Post-concert Organ Recital
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 10pm [directions]

Monday, March 19

Kimmel Center Presents
Prelude before Speaker Series
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 7pm [directions]

Inna Nassidze, cello
Cello Suites of JS Bach BWV 1008-10
St. Rita’s National Shrine, 7:30pm [directions]

Tuesday, March 20

Daniel Boring
Baroque music for Lute, Guitar and Theorbo
Baptist Church of Chestnut Hill, 7:30pm [directions]

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Post-concert Organ Recital
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 10pm [directions]

Wednesday, March 21

Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Goldberg Variations & French Suite
Private Residence, 7pm

Thursday, March 22

David Post, Philip Lasser, piano
Introduction to Works
Trinity Center for Urban Life, 7pm [directions]

Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Bach, Beethoven & Beyond
Trinity Center for Urban Life, 8pm [directions]

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Post-concert Organ Recital with Michael Stairs
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 10pm [directions]

Friday, March 23

Bergen Barokk (Norway)
Cantatas from Telemann’s Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst
with Franz Vitzthum
St. Peter’s Church, 8pm [directions]

Philomel
The Court of Louis XIV
Old Christ Church, 8pm [directions]

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Post-concert Organ Recital
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 10pm [directions]

Saturday, March 24

Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
From Innsbruck to Leipzig: Tracing Bach
German Society of Pennsylvania, 2pm [directions]

Diane Monroe (violin) + Lisa Kraus & Dancers
The Partita Project: Dances from Bach’s Partitas with contemporary “doubles”
Bryn Mawr College, Goodhart Music Room, 7pm [directions]

Piffaro
The Munich Hofkapelle with Orlando di Lasso
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8pm [directions]

Jonathan Sternberg leading
The Philadelphia Bach Festival Orchestra
Festive Cantatas with Yulia van Doren, soprano
    and Edmundo Ramirez, viola
St. Mark’s Church, 8pm [directions]

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Post-concert Organ Recital with Michael Stairs
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center 10pm [directions]

Sunday, March 25

The Bach Festival of Philadelphia:
Mr. Bach’s Birthday Party for Children
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 3pm [directions]

Piffaro
The Munich Hofkapelle with Orlando di Lasso
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 4pm [directions]

Philomel
The Court of Louis XIV
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 4pm [directions]

Arts in Motion
Striking Bach: Electronic Remixes and Visualizations
Andrea Clearfield’s Salon
400 S Sydenham St., 7:30pm [directions]

New York Collegium

New York Collegium

 
Mimi Stillman

Mimi Stillman

 
Markus Pawlik

Markus Pawlik

 
Inna Nassidze

Inna Nassidze

 
Daniel Boring

Daniel Boring

 
Simone Dinnerstein

Simone Dinnerstein

 
David L. Post

David L. Post

 
Philip  Lasser

Philip Lasser

 
Michael Stairs

Michael Stairs

 
Bergen Barokk

Bergen Barokk

 
Sternberg Conducting

Jonathan Sternberg

 
Yulia van Doren

Yulia van Doren

 
Bach’s Birthday

Bach’s Birthday

 
Andrea Clearfield

Andrea Clearfield


30th “Basically Bach” Festival - Michael Korn Memorial Weekend

October 14, 8pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

JS Bach – Motet No. 6 “Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden”
JS Bach – Cantata No. 78 “Jesu, der du meine Seele”
JS Bach – Cantata No. 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”

The Philadelphia Singers
The Philadelphia Bach Festival Orchestra
Gloria Justen (violin)
Mimi Stillman (flute)
Maestro Jonathan Sternberg

Edna Philips and Michael Korn

Edna Philips and Michael Korn

October 15, 4pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Johann Pachelbel: Canon
Georg Friedrich Handel: Organ Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Major

The Philadelphia Bach Festival Orchestra
Arts in Motion (multimedia)
Michael Stairs (organ)
Charles Forbes (cello)
Maestro Jonathan Sternberg

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church


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