Bach for Kids

Boulder Bach Festival Has Opportunities for Kids of All Ages

BOULDER BACH FESTIVAL IS FOR KIDS!

“One of the most exciting aspects is that (Music Director) Rick Erickson truly believes that one of his responsibilities is the education of the audience, and particularly, the young people in the audience. I think that it is terrific that a musician in his position wishes to expand the Bach for Kids and the Kids for Bach concerts, and will take the time to do it.”
~Robin McNeil, Opus Colorado

31st Season Events – Free Admission

WOW! Children’s Museum Outreach Concert

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11 a.m., the Boulder Bach Festival trio consisting of violin, flute, and cello will provide an engaging program for kids of all ages and the whole family! Bach’s music will illustrate how the placement of harmonic chords affects melodies and emotion. The audience will participate in harmonizing a melody selecting harmonies from a set of chords.

Kids for Bach

On Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 2 p.m., the annual Kids for Bach concert will be presented at the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theater. This annual event gives students, ages 6 to 18, an opportunity to perform the music of Bach in a free public concert. Student performers from the studios of area music teachers are invited to audition for an opportunity to perform. A panel of area music teachers and performers selects from the entries those students who will be featured in the concert. Each student performer receives a certificate of merit as well as one adult ticket to a spring Festival concert of their choice. In addition, each teacher who submits one or more entries will receives a ticket to a spring Festival concert of their choice.

Letter from Kids for Bach Coordinator (pdf)
2012 Kids for Bach Application (pdf)

Bach for Kids

On Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 2:30 p.m., a special “Bach in the Community” event takes place at the Boulder Public Library with Bach for Kids, an interactive and multidimensional event focused on improvisation, composition, and performance featuring Boulder Bach Festival artists and kids.

These programs are made possible by support from WOW! Children’s Museum and the Boulder Library Foundation.

2011-2012 Season

A Welcome Letter from Music Director Rick Erickson

Dear friends,

It is my great pleasure to invite you to join us for the 31st Season of the Boulder Bach Festival—and to my first season as music director. The Boulder Bach Festival has a distinguished history, and I’m excited to become part of this long line of Boulder Bach lovers! It is my deep desire to see us grow and grow in the time ahead! The history—and potential—are tremendous!

This season promises a rich offering of Bach’s music that includes four splendid cantatas, the complete set of Brandenburg concerti, an organ concert by an award winning young organist, and other stunning works performed by our outstanding roster of artists.

Plus, a new feature. You’re going to be able to drop into a coffee shop, or wine bar, or gallery at various times during Festival Week in March and hear soloists or small ensembles perform in informal settings throughout the city.

My aim is to truly celebrate Bach and his great music with our entire community, and, we hope, introduce new listeners to the richness of this outstanding composer.

I know that you are going to hear some outstanding artists, both from the Front Range and beyond! You will also have opportunities to meet and talk with our principal artists. And, we will spend a day at the Boulder Library celebrating Bach with children. While preserving the best of the Bach Festival in traditional concert halls, we are also expanding our offerings outside to reach new audiences of all ages.

What an exciting season! I hope to see you!

2010-2011 Season

The Boulder Bach Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with chamber concerts, recitals, a major choral work, lectures, and educational events throughout the 2010-2011 season.
The 30th anniversary season opens with a fall chamber concert on October 24, 2010, at St. John’s Church in Boulder. University of Colorado faculty members Lina Bahn, violin, and Christina Jennings, flute, will showcase their virtuosity together in Bach’s Concerto in C minor, originally scored for violin and oboe. Other works on the program include Autumn from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, C.P.E. Bach Sonata for Solo Flute in A minor, and the trio from the Musical Offering by J.S. Bach.

The season continues on December 17, 2010, with a Friday afternoon concert in Longmont sponsored by the Longmont Senior Center. Boulder Bach Festival Chamber Singers, an ensemble comprised of members of the Boulder Bach Festival Chorus, will perform works by Bach and Handel. Timothy J. Krueger, the festival chorus director, will conduct. Lina Bahn will be the featured violinist in the instrumental portion of the program.

On February 25, 2011, the festival organ recital features the renowned organist, Christian Lane, currently the assistant university organist and choirmaster at Harvard University. In 2004, Lane earned both second prize and the coveted audience prize at the American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition (NYACOP), widely considered to be the country’s preeminent contest in this field.

The centerpiece of this significant anniversary season, the festival itself, runs from March 4 though March 12, 2011. Violinist Krista Bennion Feeney, highly recognized for her solo and ensemble performances in the past two consecutive seasons with the festival, returns as concertmaster. On March 4, 2010, Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba, is featured in a chamber concert that includes Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord, and Suite No. 6 in D major, performed on piccolo cello. An engaging and informative symposium is scheduled for March 6, 2011, with Charley Samson, classical music radio host for KVOD Colorado Spotlight, as moderator.

Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor, considered one of the finest major choral works in Western music, is scheduled for the following weekend. Robert Spillman, former music director and now interim music director for the Boulder Bach Festival, will conduct performances at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver and the First United Methodist Church in Boulder, on March 11 and 12, respectively. Timothy J. Krueger will prepare the festival chorus.

2009-2010 Season

The Boulder Bach Festival celebrated J.S. Bach’s 325th birthday with an expanded 2009/2010 season of concerts, recitals, and lectures that paid homage to the genius of the Baroque era and his works for keyboard, instruments, and voice.

This year’s festival was 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 were 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, returned to our festival in March as concertmaster and soloist.

To complete the complement of outstanding guest artists, the Boulder Bach Festival welcomed 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 were soprano MeeAe Nam, professor of voice at Eastern Michigan University, and renowned bass-baritone Nikolas Nackley.

The Festival was 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.

2008-2009 Season

The main events of the 2009 Boulder Bach Festival were an organ concert, a symposium, and two large concerts that united the instrumental and choral music of the master. Timothy Krueger, Boulder Bach Festival chorus director, and Krista Bennion Feeney, violinist, led the March 13th and March 14th concerts of the March 2009 festival.

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 again prepared the chorus and conducted 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, served as guest concertmaster for the festival concerts and performed as soloist and leader of the instrumental works, including the Concerto for Two Violins in D minor and the Brandenburg No 3 in G major.

Annual Boulder Bach Festival Benefit

May 2012

May 2012 - TBA

More details coming soon…

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Festival Week Bach Vespers

Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4:15 PM

Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder
Rick Erickson, conductor
Festival Artists and Festival Players perform Bach's Vespers after the New York practice based on the Leipzig tradition

Cantata BWV 159, Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem

The audience is invited to sing the chorale movement. Rehearsal at 3:45 PM.

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Festival Week Season Finale Concert

Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 7:30 PM

Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca St., Boulder
Rick Erickson, conductor
Festival Artists, Festival Players and the Festival Chorus perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Cantatas and a Motet

Cantata BWV 187, Es wartet alles auf dich

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046 | Listen

Motet BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden | Listen

Cantata BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben | Listen

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“Bach in the Community” - Bach for Kids Interactive Sessions with Festival Artists

Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 2:30 to 5 PM

Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.
Interactive and side-by-side sessions on improvisation, composition, solo and ensemble performances of the works of J.S. Bach

Click here to read a mock brochure about the Choral Scholars Program, based on Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, by Christoph Wolff, and The Worlds of Johann Sebastian Bach, edited by Raymond Erickson.

Free and Open to the Public!

Festival Week Chamber Concert

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 7:30 PM

Festival Artists, Festival Players and Chamber Choir perform Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 2 & 4)
First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047 | Listen
Cantata BWV 167, Ihr Menschen, rϋhmet Gottes Liebe, chorale
BWV 654, Schmϋcke dich, O liebe Seele, solo organ | Listen
Mein treuer Heiland, lass dich fragen, bass aria and chorale, from St. John Passion
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 | Listen

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“Bach in the Community” Festival Artist Performances & Colloquium

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 from 2 to 4 PM

Location TBA

Free and Open to the Public!

Organ Recital with Michael Unger in Boulder

Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:30 PM

First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder
2008 Winner, Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition

PROGRAM

“BACH INSPIRATIONS”

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), transcribed by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Three Chorale Preludes - Johann Sebastian Bach
Allein Gott in der Hӧh sei Ehr, BWV 662 (from the “Great Eighteen”)
Kommst du Nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 (from the Schübler Chorales)
Wir gläuben all’ an einen Gott, BWV 680 (from Clavierübung III)

Trio en Passacaille (from Livre d’Orgue, 1688) - André Raison

Passacaglia, BWV 582 - Johann Sebastian Bach

~INTERMISSION~

Studien für den Pedal-Flϋgel, Op. 56, 1845 - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nicht zu schnell
Mit innigem Ausdruck
Andantino
Innig
Nicht zu schnell
Adagio

Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, 1870 - Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Featured Artists:

Michael Unger

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Organ Recital with Michael Unger in Denver

Friday, February 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM

St. John’s Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver
2008 Winner, Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition

PROGRAM

“BACH INSPIRATIONS”

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), transcribed by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Trio en Passacaille (from Livre d’Orgue, 1688) - André Raison

Passacaglia, BWV 582 - Johann Sebastian Bach

~INTERMISSION~

Studien für den Pedal-Flϋgel, Op. 56, 1845 - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
   Nicht zu schnell
   Mit innigem Ausdruck
   Andantino
   Innig
   Nicht zu schnell
   Adagio

Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, 1870 - Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Featured Artists:

Michael Unger

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“Bach in the Community” - Kids for Bach Concert

Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 2 PM

Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.
K-12 auditioned winners performing solo and chamber works of J.S. Bach

Free and Open to the Public!

“Bach in the Community” - Bach for Kids Concert

Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11 AM

WOW Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette
Boulder Bach Festival Trio

The Boulder Bach Festival Trio, consisting of violin, flute, and cello, will provide an engaging program for kids of all ages and the whole family! Bach’s music will illustrate how the placement of harmonic chords affects melodies and emotion. The audience will participate in harmonizing a melody selecting harmonies from a set of chords.

Free and Open to the Public!

Opening Chamber Concert in Boulder

Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 4 PM

Festival Artists and Festival Players perform Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 3, 5 & 6)
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 | Listen
BWV 656, O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, from the Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, solo organ
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051 | Listen
Chaconne in D Minor from Partita No. 2 for Violin, BWV 1004 | Listen
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050 | Listen

Open Rehearsals

Tue., Sep. 20 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
1 - 4 PM

Wed., Sep. 21 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
10 AM - 1 PM

Thu., Sep. 22 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
7 - 10 PM: Dress rehearsal

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Opening Chamber Concert in Denver

Friday, September 23, 2011 at 7:30 PM

Festival Artists and Festival Players perform Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 3, 5 & 6)
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2015 Glenarm Pl., Denver

Open Rehearsals

Tue., Sep. 20 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
1 - 4 PM

Wed., Sep. 21 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
10 AM - 1 PM

Thu., Sep. 22 – St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
7 - 10 PM: Dress rehearsal

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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.

30th Anniversary Gala Benefit Concert

May 26, 2011 at 6:30 pm

30th Anniversary Gala Benefit Concert: A sumptuous evening of music and food featuring new Music Director and organist Rick Erickson in recital

Join the Boulder Bach Festival in a festive evening featuring Rick Erickson’s
debut organ recital in Boulder followed by an elegant post-recital reception.
Be among the first to hear, meet, and greet our new music director!

The Recital: First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine Street – 6:30 pm
The Reception: Mezzanine, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13thStreet – 7:30 pm

The Program: Organ works of and inspired by J. S. Bach
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
• Chorale Fantasy on “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält,” BWV 1128
(rediscovered in Leipzig in March 2008; authenticated at Halle University)
• Free improvisation on a selected theme

Mr. Erickson will provide verbal program notes.

RSVP: Tickets are $100 per person. The tax deductible portion of each ticket is $75.
Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.
Please make checks payable to Boulder Bach Festival (BBF is not able to take credit cards) and send to:
Boulder Bach Festival, PO Box 1896, Boulder, CO 80306
Tickets will be available based on availability at the door – cash and checks only.
For questions and more information, please call (303) 499-9646.

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Bach for Kids

Sunday, May 15, 2011, 2 p.m.

Bach for Kids is a family oriented concert performance specifically tuned to children from pre-school through elementary ages. Come join the Boulder Bach Festival for an interactive concert featuring violin, cello, and flute, to see and hear how music gets composed using melody and harmony. Press Release

Come join the Boulder Bach Festival for an interactive concert featuring violin, cello, and flute, to see and hear how music gets composed using melody and harmony. Bach’s music will illustrate how the placement of harmonic chords affects melodies and emotion. The audience will participate in harmonizing a melody selecting harmonies from a set of chords. An engaging program for kids of all ages and the whole family!

Bach for Kids is made possible in part through a special collaboration with the Library Concert Series at Boulder Library, Juliette Lèon Bartsch, director. The Concert Series receives its funding from the Boulder Library Foundation.

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

Boulder Bach Festival Trio

Ben Tomkins, violin
Benjamin Tomkins is a composer, journalist, violinist, teacher, husband, dog owner, and art museum volunteer. He received his master’s degree in music from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2003, where he studied with Stephen Rose. Ben began his career as an orchestra musician performing with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and during that time he began teaching and composing extensively. He and his wife taught at Creative Spark, and during their tenure they instituted the Charleston Educators’ Recital Series featuring students throughout the city. Currently, Ben is the teacher and administrator for Strings Attached in Englewood, and non-profit string education program run by Englewood Arts. Ben regularly composes for children, and his music has been featured on concerts throughout the country.

Ysmael Reyes, flute
Venezuelan flutist Ysmael Reyes enjoys a varied career as a soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. Mr. Reyes has performed in the US, Latin America and Europe as a concerto soloist, recitalist and orchestral and chamber musician. He has been a prize winner in competitions such as the First Latin American Flute Competition, the Music Award by the Dante Alighieri Society of Denver and the Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Competition at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mr. Reyes joined the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute in 2006, and is currently on the faculty at Regis University and the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts. Ysmael has performed in the U.S. with the Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, the Boulder Bach Festival and the Colorado Music Festival. In Venezuela he performed with the Simón Bolívar and Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Symphony Orchestras and was guest principal flute with the Juventudes Andinas Symphony Orchestra in their South American Tour. He is invited frequently to teach at the Latin American Flute Academy and the National System of Youth Orchestras in Venezuela. Mr. Reyes received his BM from the University of the Arts in Venezuela with Luis Julio Toro, his MM from the University of Iowa with Robert Dick and Tadeu Coelho and a DMA from the University of Colorado studying with Christina Jennings and Alexa Still.

Karen Terbeek, cello
Karen Terbeek is founder and Artistic Director of the Music at Saddle Rock chamber music series. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona and her Master’s from SMU (Dallas, Texas), both in Cello Performance. Her extensive career as an orchestral musician includes principal positions with the Omaha Symphony, Opera Omaha, New Mexico Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, Memphis Symphony, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Colorado Opera Troupe. She has also held positions with the Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, Colorado Music Festival, and Emerald City Opera. Ms. Terbeek performs frequently with the Colorado Symphony and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and can be heard as solo cellist on many commercial recordings produced at Coupe Studios in Boulder, Colorado. She currently holds faculty positions at the Metropolitan State College of Denver and the University of Colorado Denver. In 2010 she joined the Lone Tree Symphony as Principal Cellist.

Free and Open to the Public!

Film: Bach and Friends

March 31, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Directed by musician, composer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Lawrence (2010). This sweeping documentary examines the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach and the power of his music through the eyes of current world-class performers (and selected others), both traditional and non-traditional.

Rather than focusing directly on Bach’s life, the film looks at how his music is perceived by musicians and how it continues to exist today with ever-widening scope. The multifaceted presentation puts a human dimension on the iconic image of Bach. The film is a feast for both eyes and ears as performers illustrate their thoughts on Bach with performances of the music that inspired their judgments. Interviews and performances include: Joshua Bell, Bobby McFerrin, Philip Glass, Béla Fleck, Hilary Hahn, Emerson String Quartet, Edgar Meyer, Manuel Barrueco, Chris Thile, Simone Dinnerstein, Jake Shimabukuro, The Swingle Singers, John Bayless, Matt Haimovitz, Peter Schickele, Richard Stoltzman, Zuill Bailey, Sid Meier, Joao Carlos Martins, Felix Hell, Mike Hawley, Uri Caine, Tim Page, Charles J. Limb, M.D., Hilda Huang, Anatoly Larkin, John Q. Walker, Harlan Brothers, Andrew Talle, and Chistoph Wolff.

Where: The Canyon Theater at Boulder Library (Main Branch), 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder (Canyon Blvd entrance).

This screening is made possible through a special collaboration with the Library Cinema Program at Boulder Library, Joel Haertling, director. The Cinema Program receives its funds from the Boulder Library Foundation.

Free and Open to the Public!

B Minor Mass in Boulder

Saturday, March 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor, considered one of the finest major choral works in Western music, will be directed by Robert Spillman, former music director and now interim music director for the Festival. Press Release

Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor is considered one of the finest major choral works in Western music. Robert Spillman, former music director and now interim music director for the Boulder Bach Festival, will conduct the performance. Timothy J. Krueger will prepare the festival chorus.

Where: First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street, Boulder —Mass in B minor
Preconcert Talk, 6:30: “Bach’s Masterpiece Mass,” Dr. Peter Schimpf, Metropolitan State College of Denver

Preview the B Minor Mass: Mass in B Minor

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B Minor Mass in Denver

Friday, March 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor, considered one of the finest major choral works in Western music, at St. John’s Cathedral. Robert Spillman, former music director and now interim music director for the Boulder Bach Festival, will conduct the performance. Timothy J. Krueger will prepare the festival chorus.

Where: St. John’s Cathedral, 1350 Washington Street, Denver —Mass in B minor

Preview the B Minor Mass: Mass in B Minor

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Symposium: Bach and Sons: Legacy or Liability?

Sunday, March 6, 2011, 2-4:30 p.m.

An engaging and informative symposium is scheduled for March 6, 2011, with Charley Samson, classical music radio host for KVOD Colorado Spotlight, as moderator. Press Release

An engaging and informative symposium is scheduled for March 6, 2011, with Charley Samson, classical music radio host for KVOD Colorado Spotlight, as moderator.

Where: Atonement Lutheran Church, 685 Inca Pkwy, Boulder

Free and Open to the Public!

2011 Festival Chamber Concert

Friday, March 4, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba, will be featured in the annual chamber concert. Works performed will be Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, Sonata No. 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord, and Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, performed on piccolo cello. Press Release

Robert Spillman will accompany Ms. Morgan in two of the works and open the concert with selections from The Well Tempered Clavier. The Sixth Brandenburg Concerto will close the concert.

Where: First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 866
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 867
—Robert Spillman, harpsichord

Cello Suite 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
—Ann Marie Morgan, piccolo violoncello

Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029
—Ann Marie Morgan, piccolo violoncello
—Robert Spillman, harpsichord

Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051
—Erika Eckert, Matthew Dane, violas da braccio
—Ann Maria Morgan, Anne Brennand, violas da gamba
—Carole Whitney, violoncello
—Paul Erhard, bass
—Robert Spillman, harpsichord

Listen: To listen to the works, click the links below.

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 3 in G minor, BWV 1029

Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 6 in D major, BWV 1012

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2011 Festival Organ Concert

Friday, February 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Harvard University Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster Christian Lane, organ will perform selected works by Bach. Press Release

Where: First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine Street, Boulder

Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
Three works arranged by Virgil Fox (1921-1980)
Come Sweetest Death, Come, Blessed Rest, BWV 478
Adagio from Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
Now Thank We All Our God from Cantata 79

Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543

Program Notes:

Mr. Lane will provide verbal program commentary during the concert.

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Kids for Bach

Sunday, February 6, 2011, 2 p.m.

February 6, 2011, Sunday, 2 p.m., Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. (at 9th St. and Canyon) —Annual “Kids for Bach” concerts. Press Release

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

Kids for Bach is made possible in part through a special collaboration with the Library Concert Series at Boulder Library, Juliette Lèon Bartsch, director. The Concert Series receives its funding from the Boulder Library Foundation.

Where: Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Main entrance and extensive FREE parking located at 11th & Arapahoe

Free and Open to the Public!

Longmont Senior Citizens Center

Friday, December 17, 2010, 2:30 p.m.

December 17, 2010, Friday, 2:30 p.m. Longmont Senior Citizens Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave —Boulder Bach Festival Chamber Singers and CU professor of violin, Lina Bahn. Press Release

Outreach Concert: Boulder Bach Festival Chamber Singers and CU professor of violin, Lina Bahn

Where: Longmont Senior Citizens Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave. Longmont, CO

Tickets: $7 at the door

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Tickets are available for sale at the door.

World of Wonder Children’s Museum

Saturday, November 13, 2010, 11 a.m.

Outreach Concert: November 13, 2010, Saturday, 11 a.m. WOW Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave, Lafayette —Boulder Bach Festival instrumentalists. Press Release

Outreach Concert: Boulder Bach Festival instrumentalists will perform.

Where: World of Wonder Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave, Lafayette

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

Free and Open to the Public!

Bach, Italian Style

Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado has announced its exciting sixth season, opening with a spectacular all-Bach program celebrating the master’s Italian side, including the Violin Concerto in A Minor and Cantata 209, Non sa che sia dolore.

Bach, Italian Style

Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin soloist and leader Guest artist Amanda Balestrieri, soprano

Our exciting sixth season opens with a spectacular all-Bach program celebrating the master’s Italian side, including the Violin Concerto in A Minor and Cantata 209, Non sa che sia dolore.
Learn about guest artist Amanda Balestrieri.
When: Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:30 pm, Wellshire Presbyterian Church 2999 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80222
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 7:30 pm First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, Colorado 80302

Tickets and information: www.bcocolorado.org

2010 Fall Chamber Concert

Sunday, October 24, 2010, 4 p.m.

The 30th anniversary season opens with a fall chamber concert on October 24, 2010, at St. John’s Church in Boulder featuring Lina Bahn, violin; and Christina Jennings, flute in Bach’s Concerto in C minor, originally scored for violin and oboe. Press Release

The 30th anniversary season opens with a fall chamber concert on October 24, 2010, at St. John’s Church in Boulder. University of Colorado faculty members Lina Bahn, violin; and Christina Jennings, flute; will showcase their virtuosity together in Bach’s Concerto in C minor, originally scored for violin and oboe. Other works on the program include Autumn from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, C.P.E. Bach Sonata for Solo Flute in A minor, and the trio from the Musical Offering by J.S. Bach.

Where:St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
Tickets: $20-adults, $10-students, $5-children.

Preview the works:
Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060

Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 (Autumn)

Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV 1079 (from Musikalisches Opfer)

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“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

Bach for Kids

Sunday, May 15, 2010, 2 p.m.

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

Free and Open to the Public!

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

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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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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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.

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:

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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

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.

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.

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