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EVENTS 07.06.13Augustana Lutheran Church, Hyde Park, Chicago, 60637
Baroque Band: The Godfather
The classic 1972 movie “The Godfather” provides the inspiration for a program featuring music by J.S.Bach (the godfather of Western Classical Music and whose music is featured in the movie), Telemann (godfather to Bach’s son, [...]
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EVENTS 12.06.13Symphony Center, Chicago, 60604
Baroque Band: The Godfather
The classic 1972 movie “The Godfather” provides the inspiration for a program featuring music by J.S.Bach (the godfather of Western Classical Music and whose music is featured in the movie), Telemann (godfather to Bach’s son, [...]
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EVENTS 13.07.13San Francisco
Glories of Salzburg: Biber’s Missa Salisburgensis
Biber’s 53-part polychoral for 9 different groups of instruments is probably the largest-scaled surviving work from the Baroque period. First performed in Salzburg’s stunning cathedral in 1682 with “choirs” of trumpets, trombones, strings, cornettos, viols, [...]
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EVENTS 14.07.13San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy: Bach’s Mass in B Minor
The composition that many call the greatest musical work of all time will be performed by the ABS Academy Orchestra, the American Bach Choir, and soloists from the Academy, conducted by ABS Music Director Jeffrey [...]
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EVENTS 19.07.13
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy: Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Rarely performed, Handel’s Esther represents the birth of the English oratorio. Originally composed as a masque for the Duke of Chandos in 1718, Handel returned to his score in the 1730s, when his audiences enthusiasm for Italian [...]
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EVENTS 21.07.13
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy: Bach’s Mass in B Minor
The composition that many call the greatest musical work of all time will be performed by the ABS Academy Orchestra, the American Bach Choir, and soloists from the Academy, conducted by ABS Music Director Jeffrey [...]