The Bach Festival Society Announces its 2010–2011 Season
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jun. 14, 2010
The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 Season, and it's not just about Bach! Join us for a full season of events-come to just one or two concerts or treat yourself monthly to this diverse selection of great classical music.
Flex packages and subscriptions are on sale now. Single tickets will be available later in the summer.More information on all programs can be found at www.BachFestivalFlorida.org.Summer SingSunday, August 8 at 3:00pm
Come one and all! Join members of the Bach Festival Choir to sing Fauré's Requiem and movements from Mozart's Grand Mass in C minor. Music can be downloaded at www.BachFestivalFlorida.org.
Community Event | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: No ticket required. Free and open to the public.Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Lanier's Symphony for Amelia
Saturday, October 23 at 7:30pm
Sunday, October 24 at 3:00pm
Beethoven's revolutionary Symphony No. 9 is one of the most loved pieces of the western classical repertoire. A fitting companion is the world premiere of Symphony for Amelia, a choral and orchestral work composed by Jaron Lanier and commissioned by the Bach Festival Society in partnership with the Winter Park Institute, Rollins College.
Choral Masterworks | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
Saturday, November 13 at 7:30pm
Brooklyn Rider is best known as the string quartet chosen by Yo-Yo Ma to participate in his Silk Road Ensemble. Brooklyn Rider illuminates music in fresh ways and invites its audiences into a shared musical experience.
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40A Classic Christmas
Saturday, December 11 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 12 at 2:00pm
Our holiday celebration features Christmas Classics and Hugo Wolf's Romantic piece Christnacht performed by the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra.
Choral Masterworks | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Sunday, January 30 at 3:00pm
The Brazilian Guitar Quartet has established itself as one of the world's leading guitar ensembles. "The Brazilians played with one mind, without losing the central pulse, and conveyed all the mystery, joy, passion, and pride in this music... This was magical music making."-Palm Beach Daily News
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40
Saturday, February 12 at 7:00pm
Sample what the 76th Annual Festival has in store for you in our annual preview concert.
Community Event | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: No ticket required. Free and open to the public.Rebecca Owens, organ
Sunday, February 20 at 3:00pm
Rebecca Kleintop Owens is the Director of Music at the historic Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, PA, the birthplace of American Bach Festivals.
76th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: $25, General Admission SeatingBeethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Mozart's Grand Mass in C minor
Sunday, February 27 at 3:00pm
Join us for a night of masterpieces. Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 contains one of the best-known themes in classical music, and Mozart's Grand Mass is his most elaborate and ambitious piece of sacred music.
76th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50Concertos by Candlelight: Bach and Vivaldi
Saturday, March 5 at 7:30pm
Experience Bach and Vivaldi by candlelight. Featuring Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major for Harp and Strings and his Double Cello Concerto, as well as a Brandenburg Concerto and cantata by J.S. Bach, this program will transport you back to the Baroque era.
76th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50 J.S. Bach's St. John Passion
Sunday, March 6 at 3:00pm
Hear J.S. Bach's telling of this timeless story of the Passion of the Christ as told in the Gospel of St. John.
76th Annual Festival | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50Camerata Ireland
Sunday, March 13 at 4:00pm
This chamber orchestra celebrates Ireland and its music-making history with performances featuring both classical and modern music. The performance presents pianist Barry Douglas playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A.
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40Olga Kern, piano
Friday, March 25 at 8:00pm
This young Russian pianist is known for winning the Gold Medal in the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition and for "her technical abilities but also an innate musicality."-Los Angeles Times
Visiting Artists | Tiedtke Concert Hall
Tickets: Range from $30 to $40Fauré's Requiem and Poulenc's Gloria
Saturday, April 16 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 17 at 3:00pm
Join us for a program of celestial French Masterpieces: Fauré's Requiem, Poulenc's Gloria, Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin, and Fauré's Pavonne.
Choral Masterworks | Knowles Memorial Chapel
Tickets: Range from $20 to $50
About the Bach Festival Society
The Bach Festival Society celebrates 75 years in 2010. Located in Winter Park, Florida, it is one of the longest continuously operating Bach Festivals in the country and among America's great oratorio societies. The Bach Festival Society brings the highest caliber of classical music to Central Florida. Performances are held in the intimate settings of Tiedtke Concert Hall and Knowles Memorial Chapel on the beautiful campus of Rollins College.For more information regarding the upcoming season or to order tickets, please call the Bach Festival Society at 407.646.2182 or visit us online at www.BachFestivalFlorida.org.
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