Wednesday, June 19 – The Eternal Bach
(St. Luke’s Cathedral)
Note: Join us for a pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM in the St. Luke’s Chapel. Moderated by festival director Lewis Kaplan with a panel of BVF musicians discussing why these three specific pieces were possibly included on NASA Voyager 1 The Golden Record. Learn about the importance of these pieces from seasoned musicologists and also world renowned BVF musicians. To reserve space, click HERE
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870: Book 2, The Well Tempered Clavier
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Gavotte from Partita in E major BWV 1006
Ariadne Daskalakis, violin
Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo soprano
Jay Carter, countertenor
Jacob Perry, tenor
Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone
INTERMISSION
Trio Sonata in D minor, for flute, violin, and continuo, BWV 527
Ariadne Daskalakis, violin
Melanie Williams, flute
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Excerpts from Bach Magnificat, BWV 243
Et exultavit spiritus meus
Quia fecit mihi magna
Suscepit Israel
Deposuit Potentes
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
Thursday, June 20 – Cantatas, Sonatas, and Preludes (Etz Chaim)
Note: Join us after the concert for refreshments in the Etz Chaim Garden, followed by a showing of our 2020 film Brotherhood/Sisterhood, a powerful 25-minute work that features readings by poet Amanda Gorman, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sen. Angus King, actor Norm Lewis, poet Richard Blanco and short performances by BVF musicians.
J.S. Bach Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord BWV 1027
Beiliang Zhu, cello
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Dietrich Buxtehude Four cantatas
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 Five Sinfonias arr. by Sitkovetsky
No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787
No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799
No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796
No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793
No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789
J.S. Bach Preludes and Fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book I
Prelude and Fugue VIII in E-flat/D# Minor, BWV 853
Prelude and Fugue XXIII in B Major, BWV 868
Prelude (Andante) and Fugue (Largo) XXIV in B Minor, BWV 869
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Friday, June 21 – Portland Museum of Art
Associates of BVF perform a free concert
Saturday, June 22 — Bach by Candlelight
(2 performances at St. Luke’s Chapel)
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
Sunday, June 23 – Before Bach and Beyond
(St. Luke’s)
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749)
Ouverture E Minor
Ouverture – Air – Les plaisirs – Menuet I & II – Air –
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)
Aria: Ach ja, die Ketten
Duet: Ich suche nur das Himmelleben 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/Procol Harum/Sebastian Gottschick
A White Air Shade of Pale
Sherazade Panthaki, soprano
Jay Carter, countertenor
Ariadne Daskalakis, Renée Jolles and Jessica Wu, violin
Sebastian Gottschick and Lucy Gelber, viola
Nathan Whittaker, violoncello
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Tuesday, June 25 – What a Century! Bach Handel Vivaldi (St. Luke’s)
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
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor, RV 522
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 BWV 1050
Emi Ferguson, flute
Renee Jolles, Ariadne Daskalakis, violin
Arthur Haas, harpsichord