“Bach, Beethoven and Boulder” at Arvada Center’s Outdoor Ampitheater

June 10, 2010

Singers and instrumentalists of the Boulder Bach Festival will be featured in some of the most beloved music of the Baroque era.

When: Thursday, June 10, 6 p.m.
At 6 p.m., singers and instrumentalists of the Boulder Bach Festival will be featured in some of the most beloved music of the Baroque era. At 7:30 p.m., the Boulder Philharmonic presents an all-Beethoven program. Come hear great music in a stunning outdoor setting. Buy tickets

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“Bach, Beethoven and Boulder” at Arvada Center’s Outdoor Ampitheater

Bach for Kids

May 16, 2010

Annual “Bach for Kids,” Educational Program, Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. (at 9th St. and Canyon), 2 p.m.

Come join the Boulder Bach Festival for an interactive concert featuring violin, cello, and flute, to see and hear how sound is produced and music gets composed. The genius of Bach will be illustrated through his trios, canons, and fugues. An engaging program for the whole family!

Where: Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. (at 9th St. and Canyon), Boulder, Colorado

When: 2:00 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public!

2010 Festival Video

The 2010 Festival was a wonderful success thanks to our enthusiastic audience and highly talented singers and musicians. See an overview of the Festival here.

Boulder Bach Festival 2010 from Jem Moore on Vimeo.

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Saturday Festival Concert

March 6, 2010

Timothy Krueger leads the BBF chorus, and Krista Bennion Feeney will return as soloist and leader for the festival. The repertoire for the Saturday concert includes solo cantatas and two of Bach's finest motets.

Pre-concert lecture: Bach’s Magnum Motet Opus: Jesu meine Freude

6:30 p.m., Larry Worster, Professor of Music History at Metropolitan State College of Denver

The Saturday concert will feature the Festival Chorus, soprano MeeAe Nam, bass-baritone Nikolas Nackley, with instrumental solos by violinist Krista Bennion. Feeney and oboist Joseph Robinson.

Concert Program:

Cantata 202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (The “Wedding"Cantata) for solo soprano, featuring MeeAe Nam
Cantata No.82: Ich habe genug, featuring Nikolas Nackley, bass- baritione
Motet no. 2: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Motet no. 3: Jesu Meine Freude

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colorado.

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Friday Festival Concert

March 5, 2010

Timothy Krueger leads the BBF chorus, and Krista Bennion Feeney will return as soloist and leader for the festival. Friday's concert features the fourth Brandenburg Concerto and other instrumental concertos as well as the cantata "Wachet Auf."

Pre-concert lecture: Rediscovering Bach’s Works

6:30 p.m., Larry Worster, Professor of Music History at Metropolitan State College of Denver

Timothy Krueger leads the BBF chorus, and Krista Bennion Feeney will return as soloist and leader for the festival. Special guest soloist will be acclaimed oboist Joseph Robinson, former principal of the N.Y Philharmonic.

Concert Program:

Brandenburg Concerto no. 4, BWV 1049
Oboe Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056
Partita no. 3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006
Cantata no. 140 “Wachet Auf”, BWV 140

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colorado.

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2010 Bach Symposium

February 28, 2010

The Boulder Bach Festival presents a free symposium on February 28, 1:00-3:30 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church, Inca Parkway. The afternoon will be coordinated by Timothy Snyder and will celebrate the theme of the 2010 festival.

Tthe afternoon will be presented in five 25-minute segments; audience members are invited to enter and leave as their schedules allow, or to join us for the entire afternoon. Refreshments will be served. Our distinguished panel of presenters will speak on fascinating and varied topics in celebration of J.S. Bach’s genius 325 years after his birth.

When: 1:00-3:30 p.m.

Where: Atonement Lutheran Church, 685 Inca Parkway, Boulder, Colorado

“Johnny Bach in Avatarland: Immersion and Distance in Music and Liturgy”
Ronald Roschke, pastor, Grace Lutheran Church

“Balancing Performance and Worship in BWV 82”
Kelly Dean Hansen, candidate, doctorate in musicology. CU

“If We Build It, They Will Come: Developing and Cultivating an Audience for Bach”
Robert Spillman, emeritus College of Music, CU; emeritus music director, BBF

“Layers of Meaning and Spiritual Longing: The Motets”
Timothy Krueger, chorus director, BBF; artistic director, St. Martins Chamber Choir

“BWV 140: A Masterwork Heard Only Thrice”
Joan Conlon, emerita, College of Music, CU

Free and Open to the Public!

Youthful Brilliance: Organ Recital

February 27, 2010

New-York-based organist Andrew Henderson of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC will present a recital entitled “Youthful Brilliance”, which will include the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, and the Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor.

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: First Congregational Church , 1128 Pine Street, Boulder, Colorado

Tickets available at the door

Mr. Henderson, who holds degrees from Cambridge University in England, and Yale University, has performed recitals at Westminster Abbey, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Having served on the organ faculty at Westminster Choir College, he is currently the organ instructor at Columbia University.

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Featured Artists:

Andrew E. Henderson, Organ

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Kids for Bach

February 7, 2010

Annual Kids for Bach concerts. Click here to download an application to perform in these concerts.

The annual Kids for Bach concerts features young developing artists from elementary through high school ages performing the works of Bach.

Where: Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Main entrance and extensive FREE parking located at 11th & Arapahoe
When: 2:00 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public!

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Longmont Senior Center Concert: Open to the Public!

December 11, 2009

Tana Cochran, Longmont resident and soprano, will be featured in addition to the Boulder Bach Festival chorus on a program presented at the Longmont Senior Center sponsored by the Longmont Council on the Arts.

Ms. Cochran, accompanied by Mutsumi Moteki will perform arias from J. S. Bach’s Wedding Cantata as well as the complete Cantata “Amor, hai vinto” by Vivaldi. The Boulder Bach Festival Singers will perform choruses of J. S. Bach including excerpts from the Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 142 & 140, and Motet #3 “Jesu, meine Freude. ” The “Glory to God” from Messiah, by beloved Bach contemporary G. F. Handel will provide a seasonal and festive addition.

Where: 910 Longs Peak Ave

When: 2:30 p.m..

Tickets: $7 at the door.

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Boulder Bach Festival Trio Performs at World of Wonder Museum

November 14, 2009

The Boulder Bach Festival Instrumental Trio will perform at the World of Wonder Children's Museum Museum to celebrate the Museum’s thirteenth birthday.

BBF instrumental trio performs at the WOW children’s museum to celebrate the museum’s 13th birthday.

When: 11:00 a.m.

Where: 110 N Harrison Ave in Lafayette.

For more information, please see the Museum’s website at www.wowmuseum.com/

Free and Open to the Public!

Fall Chamber Concert

November 8, 2009

Jory Vinikour performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations at 4:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine Street in Boulder.

A concerto soloist with a repertoire ranging from Bach to Nyman, Jory Vinikour has performed as soloist with leading orchestras including Rotterdam Philharmonic, Flanders Opera Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic of Radio France, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, and Moscow Chamber Orchestra with conductors such as Marek Janowski, Armin Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Marc Minkowski, John Nelson, Gordan Nikolic, Constantine Orbelian, and Victor Yampolsky.

Vinikour’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, released on Delos International in 2001 received excellent reviews throughout the world. John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune named it as one of 2001’s top ten classical CD’s, an honor that was also accorded to Mr. Vinikour’s recording of Bach’s seven harpsichord toccatas in 1999.

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Venue: First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine Street, Boulder, Colorado

Tickets: $20 for adults, $10 for students, $5 for children available at the door by cash and check only.

Featured Artists:

Jory Vinikour, Harpsichord

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Guide to the Goldberg, A Performance Preview

November 5, 2009

Joyce Kull gives a performance preview "Guide to Goldberg."

Where: Frasier Meadows Retirement Center, Chapel, 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, Colorado 80303

When: 7:30 p.m.

Featured Artists:

Joyce Shupe Kull, Organ

Free and Open to the Public!

2010 Boulder Bach Festival: Joe Robinson and Krista Bennion Feeney Featured as Guest Artists

February 27-March 6, 2010

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 18, 2009 – The Boulder Bach Festival is celebrating J.S. Bach’s 325th birthday with an expanded 2009/2010 season of concerts, recitals, and lectures that pay homage to the genius of the Baroque era and his works for keyboard, instruments, and voice. Click here for the full press release.

This year’s festival is rich with offerings that feature some of Bach’s most famous works along with lesser known gems that define the breadth and depth of his artistry. We are thrilled to welcome back internationally renowned harpsichordist, Jory Vinikour, who wowed last year’s audiences, for a solo recital in November. Master violinist, Krista Bennion Feeney, who left last year’s audiences breathless, is returning to our festival in March as concertmaster and soloist.

To complete the complement of outstanding guest artists, the Boulder Bach Festival welcomes former principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Robinson, and organist Andrew Henderson from the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. Vocal soloists are soprano MeeAe Nam, professor of voice at Eastern Michigan University, and renowned bass-baritone Nikolas Nackley.

The Festival is proud to have Tim Krueger’s musical expertise in preparing and conducting the festival chorus again this year. Timothy J. Krueger, now in his third season, is the chorus director for the Boulder Bach Festival and artistic director of St. Martin’s Chamber Choir in Denver.

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Festival 2009 Events Archive

The events from the 2009 Bach Festival are archived here.

Festival 2009

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Bach for Kids in Lafayette

May 9, 2009, 1:00 p.m.

The Peanut Butter Players perform an original script about Bach, his music, and his children.

The Boulder Bach Festival will collaborate with The Peanut Butter Players for a repeat performance on May 9, 1:00 p.m., Harlequin Center, 990 S Public Road in Lafayette. The professional childrens’ acting company will perform an original script about Bach, his music, and his children with musical illustrations by local area music students. Come and enjoy this educational and entertaining program for young people and their families.

Harlequin Center, 990 S Public Road in Lafayette

Admission is $5

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Bach for Kids

May 3, 2009, 4:00 p.m.

The Peanut Butter Players perform an original script about Bach, his music, and his children. Free!

The Boulder Bach Festival will collaborate with The Peanut Butter Players for a performance on May 3 at 4pm at the Canyon Theatre in the Boulder Public Library. The professional childrens’ acting company will perform an original script about Bach, his music, and his children with musical illustrations by local area music students. Come and enjoy this educational and entertaining program for young people and their families.

Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater

Free!

Free and Open to the Public!

March 14 Concert at First United Methodist Church

March 14, 2009, 7:30

Brandenburg #3, Harpsichord Concerto #2, Lutheran Mass in A major

6:30: Pre-concert Bach Encounter:

An Introductory talk about the evening’s concert by Larry Worster, Professor of Musicology at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

7:30: Concert

Timothy Krueger, Boulder Bach Festival chorus director, and Krista Bennion Feeney, violinist, will lead the concerts of the March 2009 festival, scheduled for March 13th and March 14th.

Krueger, founder and artistic director of the St. Martin’s Chamber Choir in Denver, auditioned and prepared the Boulder Bach Festival chorus for last season’s St. John Passion. This season he will again prepare the chorus and will conduct two choral works, Lutheran Mass No. 1 in F major and Lutheran Mass No. 2 in A major.

Feeney, the concertmaster of the Orchestra of St Luke’s and the Mostly Mozart Festival, both in New York City, will serve as guest concertmaster for the festival concerts and will be soloist and leader of the instrumental works, including the Concerto for Two Violins in D minor and the Brandenburg No 3 in G major.

“This is an exciting opportunity for the Boulder Bach Festival, our dedicated and future audiences, and our community,” said Carole Whitney, executive director. “Working with these two musicians will enrich the experience of our festival musicians and our audiences.”

Ticket Prices:
Adult: $28 in advance through the Dairy, $35 at the door.
Students: $10.
Children 12 and under: $5. (same for advance and door).
No credit cards at the door

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March 13 Concert at First United Methodist Church

March 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Brandenburg #5, Concerto for Two Violins, Lutheran Mass in F major

6:30: Pre-concert Bach Encounter:

An Introductory talk about the evening’s concert by Larry Worster, Professor of Musicology at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

7:30: Concert

Timothy Krueger, Boulder Bach Festival chorus director, and Krista Bennion Feeney, violinist, will lead the concerts of the March 2009 festival, scheduled for March 13th and March 14th.

Ticket Prices:
Adult: $28 in advance through the Dairy, $35 at the door.
Students: $10.
Children 12 and under: $5. (same for advance and door).
No credit cards at the door

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Program Notes:

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major

Concerto in D minor for Two Violins

Lutheran Mass in F major

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Bach, the Mass, and the Modern Church

March 7 & 8, 2009

Symposium and service “Bach, the Mass, and the Modern Church." Segments of the Lutheran Masses to be performed by members of Boulder Bach Festival Chorus. FREE and open to the public.

The two-day symposium explores what Bach has to say musically and liturgically to modern congregations through his settings of the Mass. In the context of his less known and less performed Lutheran Masses, the panelists will discuss how Bach’s sacred music continues to move congregations and others spiritually more than 250 years after the composer’s death.

Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Symposium Panel
Sunday, March 8, 2009, 9:30 a.m. Portions of Lutheran Masses in F Major and A Major featured in morning worship, followed by Q & A with panelists.

Atonement Lutheran Church, 685 Inca Pkwy at Baseline Rd., Boulder, CO 80303

Featured speakers:

Moderator and host: Timothy Snyder, Director of Music, Worship, and Outreach, Atonement Lutheran Church.

Panelist: Timothy Krueger, Chorus Director, Boulder Bach Festival; Artistic Director, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir.

Panelist: Joyce Shupe Kull, Organist and Director of Music, Grace Lutheran Church; Councillor for Education, American Guild of Organists.

Panelist: Ron Roschke, Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church

Panelist: Bob Spillman, Emeritus Music Director, Boulder Bach Festival; Emeritus Professor of Music and Chair of Keyboard Department, University of Colorado.

Free and Open to the Public!

Clavier-Übung III: The Organ Mass?

March 6, 2009, 7:30

Solo organ recital featuring Joyce Shupe Kull

The Boulder Bach Festival audience has the rare opportunity to hear one of J. S. Bach’s most significant works for organ performed by the foremost performer and scholar of the work. Joyce Shupe Kull has chosen a concert from the Clavier-Übung III to perform on the recently refurbished organ at First Congregational Church in Boulder. Dubbed by some as “The Organ Mass” because of the number of chorale preludes that are based on hymns from the Lutheran Mass, it also contains the great Prelude and Fugue in E-flat. The entire work contains an astonishing variety of emotional content, musical styles, and Bach’s ingenious ways of suggesting images and sacred symbolism.

The First Congregational instrument is a 3-manual, 51-rank pipe organ. The original 1916 Estey organ was combined in the 1950s with a Hutchings organ, which came from Colorado College in Colorado Springs where it had been built in 1900. In 2007, the organ was completely refurbished, with several new ranks added, along with a new console, by David Salmen of South Dakota.

Please click below under Program Notes to read Ms. Kull’s informative notes about the Clavier-Übung III.

Location: First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St. , Boulder, CO 80302

Ticket Prices
Adult: $20 in advance through the Dairy or at the door
Students: $10, Children 12 and under $5
No credit cards at the door

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Kids for Bach

February 22, 2009

Local music students ages 6 to 18 perform the music of the Bach family.

February 22, 2009
2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theatre

Local music students ages 6 to 18 perform the music of the Bach family. Twenty two area teachers showcase their students on piano, violin, cello, flute and other instruments.

Free and Open to the Public!

28th Anniversary of Boulder Bach Festival

March 13 - 14, 2009

Featuring Timothy Krueger conducting two Lutheran Masses and Krista Bennion Feeney as guest concertmaster and soloist

BOULDER, Colo., June 9, 2008 – The Boulder Bach Festival board announced that Timothy Krueger, Boulder Bach Festival chorus director, and Krista Bennion Feeney, violinist, will lead the concerts of the March 2009 festival, scheduled for March 13th and March 14th.

March 13 2009:

Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Concerto for Two Violins
Lutheran Mass No 1 in F major

March 14 2009:

Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Harpsichord Concerto No 2
Lutheran Mass No 2 in A major

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