Bach Festival 2021

Presented by the Kulas Foundation: The 23/24 Bach Festival is pleased to present the Festival in 3 parts, or Inventions, with events in October (2023), January and April. Join us to experience Bach’s impact on music spanning generations. Dirk Garner, artistic director   


Invention No. 3

Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 14, 2024

SUBSCRIPTIONS    TICKETS

Open House
Fri, Apr 12 from 11:30am-1:30pm in Riemenschneider Bach Institute, Room 160, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Featuring a display of rare items from the vault and the presentation of the Bach Festival feature art piece, "Bach's Invention," 2022, by Preston Trombly (b. 1945).

Interlude: Selections from "Star Machine"
Fri, Apr 12 from 1:25-1:55pm in Lobby, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Witness the magic of this new musical with music and lyrics by Gideon '25 and Hank '26 Temple.

RBI Student Scholar Presentation
Fri, Apr 12 from 2-3pm in Fynette Kulas Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Featuring 2023-24 Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI) Gott Scholar Katie Ritzema ‘25.

Interlude: BW Beatles
Fri, Apr 12 from 3:05-3:25pm on the Front Steps, Boesel Musical Arts Building (Rain Location: Lobby)
Acoustic preview of the "Abbey Road" album concert on April 27.

Master Class
Fri, Apr 12 from 3:30-5pm in Kadel Vocal Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Praised as "fiery, wild, and dangerous" (Classical Voice North Carolina) with "a talent for character portrayal" (Chicago Classical Review), soprano Margaret Carpenter Haigh captivates audiences with her "flawless intonation" and "perfect vocalism" (CVNC).

Festival Brass
Fri, Apr 12 at 6:15pm in Marting Hall Lawn & Tower*

ACRONYM Plays Bach 
Fri, Apr 12 at 7pm in Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building ($)      
The Baroque Band ACRONYM performs Bach and a selection of wild instrumental music of seventeenth-century Germany which inspired him.
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Post-Concert Reception
Fri, Apr 12 at 8:30pm in Lobby, Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Hosted by Friends of the Conservatory.

Bach Yoga
Sat, Apr 13 at 9:30-10:15am on the Front Steps, Boesel Musical Arts Building (rain location: Fynette Kulas Music Hall)
Join us for a relaxing time of postures, deep breathing and meditation set to the music of J. S. Bach.

Master Class
Sat, Apr 13  from 11am-12:30pm in Kadel Vocal Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Tyler Duncan, tenor
With a "honey-coloured and warm, yet robust and commanding" voice (The Globe and Mail), baritone Tyler Duncan has performed worldwide to great acclaim in both opera and concert repertoire.

BW Faculty Research Showcase: Exploring History in the Riemenschneider Bach Institute
Sat, Apr 13 from 2-3:15pm in Fynes Chamber Hall, Kulas Musical Arts Building
BW Faculty Paul Cary, Christina Fuhrmann, and Danielle Kuntz will discuss what the collections of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI) can teach us about Bach and the Bach Festival. The RBI’s world-renowned collection of editions of the Well-Tempered Clavier helps us understand how attitudes to this piece and its performance changed over time. The RBI’s extensive archives highlight the role that Selma Riemenschneider played in the Bach Festival and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. Items from the RBI’s collection will be on display.

Interlude: Selections from "Star Machine"
Sat, Apr 13 from 3:20-3:40pm in Lobby, Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Witness the magic of this new musical with music and lyrics by Gideon '25 and Hank '26 Temple.

Faculty Recital
Sat, Apr 13 at 4pm in Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
“A Visual Journey of Art & Music” with a pre-concert introduction to featured art.

Festival Brass
Sat, Apr 13 at 6:15pm in Marting Hall Lawn & Tower*

1724/2024
Sat, Apr 13 at 7pm in Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building ($)      
BWV: Cleveland’s Bach Choir performs the motets and cantatas of J. S. Bach, and a newly commissioned work by BW Composer-in-Residence, Dr. Clint Needham, and Dr. Dirk Garner, conductor.
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Bach Festival Family Brunch
Sun, Apr 14 at 10:30am in Strosacker Hall Ballroom ($)      
Current Conservatory of Performing Arts students, parents, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to gather for a family meal in celebration of all things Bach. Ticket reservations should be made by 11:30pm on Sun, April 7.

St. John Passion 
Sun, Apr 14 at 2pm in Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building ($)      
We close the 92nd Annual Bach Festival with J. S. Bach's complex and thought-provoking "St. John Passion." This intense and impactful masterwork highlights the extremes of human emotion and experience – betrayal, sacrifice and redemption. Featuring Margaret Carpenter Haigh as Evangelist, Tyler Duncan as Jesus, BWV: Cleveland's Bach Choir soloists, the BW Bach Choir and BW Festival Orchestra with ACRONYM. Dr. Dirk Garner, artistic director and conductor.
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1962 Festival Poinar Chookasian

Bach Festival history

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Bach Festival Legacy
2023 Bach Festival donors
Bach Festival endowments, donors and Friends of the Conservatory
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Dirk Garner

Bach's St. John Passion

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Bach Festival Historical Photo Gallery

Johann Sebastian Bach; painting by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1746

1982 BachFest Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Riemenschneider

Albert and Selma Riemenschneider 1947Albert Retirement Dinner

John Riemenscheider, Betsy Riemenscheider-Sales, Tom Riemenscheider at harpsichord

Bach Fest 1954 Chookasian Miller, Marshall, Macgrego

BACH FESTIVAL ALBUMS
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
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Mass in B Minor Retrospective: Journey with us as we explore movements from decades of Bach Festival recordings of the Mass in B Minor. We begin with 1955 and end with our most recent performance in 2015.

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