The Bach Festival Choir is an internationally recognized and admired choral group that has earned a reputation of excellence through its repertoire and collaborations with world-class composers, renowned musicologists, and today’s leading soloists.
The Choir is equipped with musical insight and craftsmanship as directed by award-winning Artistic Director and Conductor, Dr. John V. Sinclair. Rehearsing vigorously throughout the year, the Bach Festival Choir is Central Florida’s benchmark for excellence in choral singing as heard in their breathtaking performances of choral masterworks.
Auditions for the Bach Festival Choir will occur in the Spring. Learn more about the South’s great oratorio tradition and audition information at BachFestivalFlorida.org/choir.
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"This is not only the finest all-volunteer choir in the United States, but Edwin Outwater, Guest Conductor, Royal Philharmonic OrchestraPhoto by Scott Cook
OFFICERS
Dr. Jack Schott, Chairperson
Richard Russell, President
Dr. Bill Oelfke, Vice President
Michael Kakos, Treasurer
Beverly J. Slaughter, Secretary
TRUSTEES
Dr. Grant H. Cornwell
Betsy Gardner Eckbert
Dr. Jeff Flowers
Dr. Grant Hayes
Hon. Cynthia Mackinnon
Sam Stark
Alex Tiedtke
TRUSTEES EMERITI
M. Elizabeth Brothers
ARTISTIC STAFF
Dr. John V. Sinclair, Artistic Director and Conductor
Rhonda Burnham, Artistic Manager
Sondra Jones, Education Manager
Sherry Orr, Assistant to John Sinclair
Regunia Griggs, Choir Liaison
Jodi Tassos, Young at Heart Chorale Director
Lynn Peghiny, Accompanist
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The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park’s mission is to inspire the human spirit through extraordinary music, featuring powerful choral performances and innovative programming that celebrates the legacy of J.S. Bach. The 88th Season offers a dynamic array of world-class musicians and vocalists performing classical masterworks and contemporary compositions that will delight, challenge, and inspire listeners. Founded in 1935 at Rollins College, the Bach Festival Society continues to secure critical acclaim for its artistic excellence and its commitment to elevating new music while celebrating traditional composers.
The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park believes that all people deserve equal access and opportunities to participate in a vibrant, creative life. We are committed to policies and practices to increase diversity in the governance and administration of the Society, to deliver programming that illuminates diverse experiences, and to engage the broader community through outreach and education.
PURSUIT OF PEACE
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:30 pm | Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Knowles Memorial Chapel
The musical centerpiece of this poignant program, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins, was written to commemorate the victims of the Kosovo Crisis in 1999 and portrays both the horrors of war and the yearning for peace. In the last masterworks concert of the season, the Bach Choir and Orchestra, along with three guest soloists, are featured in this powerful and emotional performance. Tickets from $25
BACH VOCAL ARTISTS: THE MARRIAGE OF MUSIC AND POETRY
Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 7:30 pm | Tiedtke Concert Hall
For the final concert of their inaugural year, the Bach Vocal Artists will present a program entitled “The Marriage of Music and Poetry” patterned after a Rollins College class by the same name taught for many years by Dr. Sinclair. Tickets from $25
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John V. Sinclair enjoys a national reputation as a conductor of choral masterworks while locally being known as one of the hardest-working and in demand artists of the Central Florida cultural community. In his 33rd season as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Festival Society, he continues his imaginative programming, creative interpretations, and expressive conducting.
Dr. Sinclair, known as a master teacher, is Director of Music at Rollins College and holds the John M. Tiedtke Endowed Chair. As a career educator, Sinclair keeps the Society’s educational focus vital by providing a broad range of musical programs and experiences for individuals of all ages. As a conductor who is equally adept at directing choral and orchestral music, he has been referred to as Central Florida’s “resident conductor.” He has appeared as conductor for more than a thousand performances in addition to his work as clinician and lecturer throughout the United States and other countries. The Bach Festival, under his leadership, has achieved international recognition by touring in Europe, producing nationally released CDs and broadcasts, and performing with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Dr. Sinclair holds a masters and doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music. His undergraduate school, William Jewell College honored him with its most prestigious Citation for Achievement. In addition to editing and interpreting historical choral works through the Moravian Music Foundation, he has authored an anecdotal book entitled Falling Off the Podium, and Other Life Lessons. The late Wall Street Journal’s arts critic, Terry Teachout wrote, “John is a gifted conductor, a great educator, and the best of all possible colleagues.” For more than three decades, John Sinclair has shared his talent and dedication to musical excellence with the Central Florida community and beyond.
Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Presents
David Perry, violin; Victoria Chiang, viola; Michael Mermagen, cello
Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Tiedtke Concert Hall
String Trio (25’)
1. Allegro, moderato
2. Adagio, appossionato
3. Intermezzo. Allegretto
4. Variations. Molto moderato
5. Intermezzo. Arieggiato
6. Finale. Allegro moderato
Divertimento for String Trio in Eb Major, K. 563 (40’)
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
4. Andante
5. Menuetto: Allegretto
6. Allegro
Commentary and Discussion with John Harbison, composer
John Harbison (b. 1938)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
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The Aspen String Trio is one of the rare professional string trios performing and touring today. Celebrated for visionary programming and virtuoso performances offered with humor and insight, AST performs the complete trios of Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert, as well as lesser known blockbuster works by Dohnanyi, Hindemith, Martinů, Rozsa, Klein, Veress, Villa-Lobos and Ysaÿe, among others. Their many “themed” concert programs are in high demand, including a
of heart stopping beauty by composers tragically suppressed by the Nazi regime, and a new program that imaginatively explores John Harbison’s brilliant new trio, “a major addition to the tiny string trio repertory,” paired with the work that inspired it, Mozart’s K563 “Divertimento,” an extraordinary masterpiece that hides under its title. During his recent centennial year, AST introduced Mieczysław Weinberg’s ravishing String Trio, only recently re-discovered.
Consistently praised for their masterful sensitivity and nuance and ultra-refined musicianship, their tight ensemble work and musical intelligence, AST formed as summer artist teaching colleagues at Aspen Music Festival and School more than twenty years ago. Violinist David Perry, formerly a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, now leads the Pro Arte Quartet, in residence at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he holds an endowed professorship; he is also concertmaster of the Chicago Philharmonic. Violist Victoria Chiang is a member of the artist faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, was formerly on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Hartt School of Music, and previously served on the board of the American Viola Society. Cellist Michael Mermagen is Associate Professor of Cello at UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance; formerly Associate Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at The Catholic University of America, he has served as Chamber Symphony Principal Cellist of the Aspen Music Festival and School for more than 25 years.
Returning to live per formance af ter the pandemic, the Trio’s engagements in the 2022 season
(Utah) and at Louisiana State Universit y in Baton Rouge. They have previously per formed on the Rutenberg Series (Tampa), the Ar tists’ Series (Tallahassee), the Beaux Ar ts Chamber Music Series (Naples), the Ashville Chamber Music Series, at Chamber Music Kelowna (BC), the Los Angeles Music Guild, Barge Music (New York) and the National Galler y of Ar t (Washington, DC). They have held residencies in Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas, Iowa, Alabama, Delaware, Washington,
As teaching facult y at distinguished universities and conser vatories, Trio members are commit ted to incorporating educational components into all residencies, of fering not only masterclasses but also an array of workshops that address aspects of students’ professional lives beyond their instruments. The Aspen String Trio has recorded music of Mozar t, Beethoven and Strauss, and is currently preparing the complete string trios and other music of Mar tinů for release on the Naxos label.
John Harris Harbison is among the most prominent and prolific of American composers; his highly varied and interesting output has earned him the moniker, "the great master of ambiguit y." His principal works include three string quar tets, three symphonies, the cantata The Flight Into Egypt (Pulitzer Prize, 1987), and three operas, including The Great Gatsby (commissioned and premiered by The Metropolitan Opera).
Harbison was born in Orange, NJ, on December 20, 1938, and grew up in Princeton. While a teenager
one of his formative influences, while also developing considerable skills as a jazz pianist. Additional teachers
As influential as any teacher was Harbison's marriage to his violin pieces. Since 1969, he has been professor of echnology. More than 30 of his compositions have been
He is also a practiced writer on the ar t and craf t of composition and was recognized in his student years as an outstanding poet, later writing the libret to for his The Great Gatsby
premiere of Diotima, a commission by the Koussevitzky Foundation. This, his first major work for orchestra, showed him an adept symphonic composer—a talent that he then applied to a string of concer ted works, such as his Piano Concer to (1978) (recipient of the 1980 Kennedy Center Friedheim
Harbison. Other concer tos came later, including one for viola (1989), oboe (1991), cello (1993),
Occasionally, as in The Most Of ten Used Chords (Gli accordi più usati) of 1993, Harbison
these are his Mirabai Songs (for soprano and percussion ensemble) and his operas, which are, in addition to Gatsby: Full Moon In March (1977) and Winter's Tale
Harbison has worked extensively as a conductor, par ticularly with the Cantata Singers
20th
Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Tiedtke Concert Hall
String Quartet in F Major, Opus 77, No. 2 (25’)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Minuet. Presto - Trio
III. Andante
IV. Finale. Vivace assai
String Quartet in Eb Major (22’)
I. Adagio ma non troppo
II. Allegretto
III. Romanze
IV. Allegro molto vivace
Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Opus 44 (30’)
I. Allegro brillante
II. In modo d'una Marcia. Un poco largamente
III. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Trio I - Trio II
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Jeremy Denk, piano
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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The world-renowned Takács Quartet—based in Boulder at the University of Colorado— is now entering its 48th season. Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello) are excited about the 2022-2023 season that begins with a tour of Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea, and includes the release of two new CDs for Hyperion Records. A disc of Haydn’s opp. 42, 77 and 103 is followed by the first recording of an extraordinary new work written for the Takács by Stephen Hough, “Les Six Rencontres,” presented with quartets by Ravel and Dutilleux. As Associate Artists at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Takács will perform four concerts there. In addition to programs featuring Beethoven, Schubert, and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, one concert consists of works by Britten, Bartók and Dvořák that highlight the same themes of displacement and return explored in Edward Dusinberre’s new book “Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home” (Faber and the University of Chicago Press). The quartet will perform the same program at several venues across the United States, complemented by book talks. During this season the quartet will continue its fruitful partnership with pianist Jeremy Denk, performing on several North American series.
Throughout 2022 and 2023, the ensemble will play at prestigious European venues including the Edinburgh and Schwetzingen Festivals, Madrid’s Auditorio de Música, Bilbao’s Philharmonic Society, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Bath Mozartfest. The group’s North American engagements include concerts in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Tucson, Portland, and the Beethoven Center at San Jose State University. In 2014, the Takács became the firststring quartet to be awarded the Wigmore Hall Medal. In 2012, Gramophone announced that the Takács was the first string quartet to be inducted into its Hall of Fame. The ensemble also won the 2011 Award for Chamber Music and Song presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society in London.
Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists, proclaimed by the New York Times "a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs." Denk is also a New York Times bestselling author, winner of both the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In the 2022-23 season, Denk will continue his multiseason exploration of Book 1 of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier and will also perform with orchestras and in recitals across UK, Europe, and the United States, including a return to Carnegie Hall play-directing Bach concerti with Orchestra St. Luke’s, and multi-concert residency at the Lammermuir Festival in Scotland. An avid chamber musician, Denk will also embark on a US tour with the renowned Takács Quartet.
His New York Times Bestselling memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine was published to universal acclaim by Random House in 2022, with features on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR’s Fresh Air, New York Times Review of Books, and more, with The Guardian heralding it as “an elegant, frank, and well-structured memoir that entirely resists cliche. A rare feat... it makes the reader care about Denk beyond his talent for playing the piano.”
Denk has performed multiple times at Carnegie Hall and in recent years has worked with such orchestras as Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra. Further a field, he has performed multiple times at the BBC Proms and Klavierfestival Ruhr, and appeared in such halls as the Köln Philharmonie, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boulez Saal in Berlin. He has also performed extensively across the UK, including recently with the London Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and play-directing the Britten Sinfonia. Last season’s highlights include his performance of the Well-Tempered Klavier Book 1 at the Barbican in London, and performances of John Adams’ “Must the Devil Have All The Great Tunes?” with the Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, and Seattle Symphony, as well as a return to the San Francisco Symphony to perform Messiaen under Esa Pekka Salonen.
Denk is also known for his original and insightful writing on music, which Alex Ross praises for its “arresting sensitivity and wit.” He wrote the libretto for a comic opera presented by Carnegie Hall, Cal Performances, and the Aspen Festival, and his writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New Republic, The Guardian, and on the front page of the New York Times Book Review. His book Every Good Boy Does Fine was published in 2022 by Random House in the US and Pan Macmillan in the UK.
Denk’s recording of the Goldberg Variations for Nonesuch Records reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Charts. His recording of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 paired with Ligeti’s Études was named one of the best discs of the year by the New Yorker, NPR, and the Washington Post, and his account of the Beethoven sonata was selected by BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library as the best available version recorded on modern piano. Denk has a long-standing attachment to the music of American visionary Charles Ives, and his recording of Ives’s two piano sonatas also featured in many “best of the year” lists. His recording c.1300-c.2000 was released
in 2018 with music ranging from Guillaume de Machaut, Gilles Binchois and Carlo Gesualdo, to Stockhausen, Ligeti and Glass. His latest album of Mozart piano concertos, performed with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, was released in 2021 on Nonesuch Records. Jeremy Denk is a graduate of Oberlin College, Indiana University, and the Juilliard School. He lives in New York City.
As first violinist of the Takács Quartet, Edward Dusinberre has won a Grammy and awards from Gramophone Magazine, the Japanese Recording Academy, Chamber Music America and the Royal Philharmonic Society. Outside of the quartet he has made a recording of Beethoven's violin sonatas nos. 9 (Kreutzer) and 10 on the Decca label. Dusinberre is also an author. His second book Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home is published by Faber and University of Chicago Press in the Fall of 2022. The book explores the themes of displacement and return in the lives and specific chamber works of Dvorák, Elgar, Bartók and Britten. His first book Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet, takes the reader inside the life of a string quartet, melding music history and memoir as it explores the circumstances surrounding the composition of Beethoven's quartets and the Takács Quartet's experiences rehearsing and performing this music. The book won the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2016 Creative Communication Award. Announcing the award the RPS Committee said: "Few have told so well of the musician's life, or offered such illuminating insights to players and listeners alike." Dusinberre lives in Boulder, where he is Artist-in-Residence and a Christoffersen Fellow at the University of Colorado. In 2017 he was appointed a member of the faculty at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and is a Visiting Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Acclaimed by the New York Times as a “deeply expressive violinist,” Harumi Rhodes has gained broad recognition as a multifaceted musician with a distinctive and sincere musical voice. Her generosity of spirit on stage is contagious, making her one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Recent solo engagements include performances of Bernstein Serenade, Beethoven Violin Concerto, Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, and Vivaldi Four Seasons with the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra. In addition to being a founding member of the Naumburg Award winning ensemble, Trio Cavatina, she has performed regularly with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Musicians from Marlboro. An avid supporter of contemporary music, she has been actively involved in commissioning and premiering new works as an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), and Music from Copland House. Recent discography includes Milton Babbitt’s String Quartet No. 6 (Tzadik); The Five Borough Songbook, including 20 different composers and commissions (GPR Records); Compadrazgo, a compilation of chamber works by Gabriela Lena Frank (Albany Records); Secret Alchemy, with ensemble works by Pierre Jalbert (Copland House Blend); and Clean Plates Don’t Lie, featuring new vocal chamber music works with texts from Chef Dan Barber and the sustainable food movement (Centaur). Rhodes has served as Head of Strings and Chamber Music at Syracuse University, Assistant Violin Faculty at the Juilliard School, and most recently as Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Newly appointed violist of the Takács Quartet, Richard O'Neill has distinguished himself as one of the great instrumentalists of his generation.
An EMMY Award winner, two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, he has appeared as soloist with the world’s top orchestras including the London, Los Angeles, Seoul Philharmonics, the BBC, Hiroshima, Korean Symphonies, the Kremerata Baltica, Moscow, Vienna and Wurtemburg Chamber Orchestras, Alte Musik Koln, and has worked with distinguished musicians and conductors including Andrew Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Francois Xavier Roth and Yannick Nezet- Seguin. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Principal Violist of Camerata Pacifica, for thirteen seasons he served as Artistic Director of DITTO, his South Korean chamber music project, leading the ensemble on international tours to China and Japan and introducing tens of thousands to music.
A Universal Music/Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, he has made 10 solo albums and many other chamber music recordings, earning multiple platinum discs. Composers Lera Auerbach, Elliott Carter, Paul Chihara, John Harbison, and Huang Ruo have written works for him. He has appeared on major TV networks in South Korea and enjoyed huge success with his 2004 KBS documentary ‘Human Theater’ which was viewed by over 12 million people, and his 2013 series ‘Hello?! Orchestra’ which featured his work with a multicultural youth orchestra for MBC and led to an International Emmy in Arts Programming and a feature length film.
He serves as Goodwill Ambassador for the Korean Red Cross, The Special Olympics, UNICEF, and OXFAM and serves on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.
András Fejér(cello) was born in 1955 into a musical family. His father was a cellist and conductor, and his mother was a pianist. He began playing the cello at the age of seven, because as legend has it, his father was unwilling to listen to a violin-upstart practicing. Since an early age, his parents have held string quartet weekends, which, for the young cellist were the most memorable of occasions, if not for the music, then for the glorious desserts his mother used to prepare for those sessions. After attending a music high school, Mr. Fejér was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 1975, where he was a pupil of Ede Banda, András Mihály, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtág. That same year he founded the Takács String Quartet with three fellow classmates. Although the quartet has been his sole professional focus since then, he does perform as a soloist occasionally as well.
Mr. Fejér is married to a literature teacher. They have three children and live in the Rocky Mountains where they enjoy year-round sunshine in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. When he is not on tour he enjoys reading, photography, tennis and hiking.
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn, throughout his life, is said to have written at least eighty string quartets, and thus he amply earned the nickname, “father of the string quartet.” His labors gave the quartet form the shape, timbre, and technique it now has. In Haydn’s hands, the string quartet evolved from a composition basically for a solo violin accompanied by three strings, into a work of a highly organized combination of four strings equally sharing the four cogent parts in a sophisticated structure. In his later years, Haydn concentrated much of his energy on the string quartet form; after his return to Vienna, after his second sojourn in London in 1794-5, he composed little other instrumental music. He wrote two of a set that were intended to be the six Lobkowitz Quartets, Op. 77, in 1799, commissioned by Prince Lobkowitz, whose name they bear.
The second quartet of Op. 77, in F Major, has wit and subtlety, similar to that of his Symphony No. 99. As could be expected with one of Haydn’s late works, this quartet is powerfully dramatic and intense as well as imposing, long, and detailed.
The first movement, Allegro moderato, in sonata form, is richly textured and thoroughly developed. It is quite subtle, yet it opens with a lengthy theme, which is made up of a disarmingly simple and graceful melody. Snippets of that theme become an accompaniment to the next theme. Each melodic fragment seems to evoke new musical ideas that join or follow it. In the development section, the character of the theme seems to change as it undergoes harmonic change, but by the recapitulation section, it has again returned to its original character, one of straightforward sweetness.
The Minuet, with a Presto tempo, has far-ranging harmonies and begins uncharacteristically with the rough and irregular rhythms found in country peasant dances; in the trio, a slower tempo brings more refinement. The long Andante third movement begins unusually with just two instruments playing. It is in rondo form, but each time the rondo theme returns, it is varied. Although the theme undergoes development, embellishment, and modulation in a manner much like that in a theme and variations movement, it remains unaltered and recognizable throughout the movement.
The Finale, Vivace assai, a light-hearted, relatively simple sonata-form structure, has a dancelike feel which, because of its very independent parts for each of the players, is very demanding to perform. It is monothematic in that the secondary theme is a varied restatement of the first theme, shifted up a fifth to the dominant. As in the preceding Andante movement, Haydn keeps the original theme evident even while enhancing and varying it with accompanying syncopation and counterpoint.
- Susan Halpern
In her youth Fanny Mendelssohn revealed a musical talent just as precocious as that of her younger brother Felix. Both received the same rigorous musical training: keyboard instruction from pianist Ludwig Berger, a student of Muzio Clementi, and lessons in counterpoint and composition from composer Carl Friedrich Zelter. In 1824, Zelter noted in a letter to his friend Goethe that Fanny, barely 19 years of age, had already composed no less than 32 fugues. But while Felix might be free to pursue a musical career, Fanny, as the daughter of a well-to-do family of high social standing, was not. Her path in life, according to the social conventions of the time, was to be a wife and mother, a role she fulfilled when in 1829 she married, in a love match, the court painter Wilhelm Hensel. With the support of her husband, though, she continued to compose throughout her life, producing over 125 piano pieces and 250 lieder, as well as various chamber works. But nevertheless, many of her early compositions had to be published under her brother’s name, and the vast majority of her almost 450 completed works remained unpublished during her lifetime.
Frau Fanny Hensel did, however, have a private musical career, continuing to take part in the Sunday musicale concerts that had been held weekly in the Mendelssohn family’s elegant Berlin home since 1823 with audiences of up to 200 guests. A list of composers she programmed for these concerts in the period from 1833 until her death from a stroke in 1847 reveals much about her musical ideals and the models she used in her own compositions. Topping the list were 40 works by her brother, Felix Mendelssohn, followed by Beethoven (38), Bach (16), and Mozart (13). Her admiration for these composers is easily discernible in her String Quartet in E flat major written in 1834, which may well count as the first quartet by a female composer in the Western canon. Based on a piano sonata started five years earlier and written largely in the Mendelssohnian style of Romantic-tinged classicism, this four-movement work presents some interesting anomalies. The first of these is the choice of an Adagio for its opening movement, a deviation from classical decorum that raised an eyebrow of disapproval in her brother Felix. But there is also concentrated emphasis on imitative counterpoint, testifying to what the New Grove Dictionary refers to as the composer’s “Bachian proclivities.” The movement unfolds rhapsodically as a free fantasy that ruminates fervently and at length over its opening phrase, a downward melodic gesture ending with a sigh motive. The Allegretto that follows is fleet and acrobatic, but with a scurrying middlesection fugato like the scherzo from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The third movement Romanze is the emotional heart of the quartet, remarkable for its extraordinarily wide expressive range and creepycrawly chromatic harmonies. It begins tenderly with a gently pulsing carpet of repeated notes that blossoms into a shy, wistful, and slightly plaintive melody of small range contrasted immediately after with wide melodic leaps reminiscent of the two-voice single-line melodies found in Bach. These simple thematic elements, however, soon don their Wellington boots to huff and puff through a heavy developmental section of churning 16th-note passages echoing with passionate intensity through tonal space until the demure mood of the opening returns to close the movement as it began.
Now it is at just this point in the proceedings that listeners with perfect pitch might start to wonder just where the “E flat” in this “String Quartet in E flat” was planning on making an appearance, because up to this point the work seems to be spending most of its time anywhere but in E flat major. However, Fanny constructed with the rock-solid harmonic foundation the concluding movement. This finale is in a regular-as-rain sonata form with an exposition moving from a tonic E flat to its dominant, a massive development section with no awkward surprises, and a small but tidy little recapitulation to tie a neat formal bow around the whole package. The reason for this sudden falling-in-line on the harmonic front is that the expressive effect of the movement has little to do with its harmonic design but is predicated entirely on its unstoppable forward momentum. It opens with a flurry of
whirlwind figuration, and the 16th-note motion initiated at the outset rarely stops to catch its breath throughout, even acting as a kind of Peloton running strip underneath the more lyrical second theme. The development section features some impassioned Beethovenian counterpoint between starkly contrasting thematic ideas and the whole movement goes by like a blur.
- Donald G. Gislason, 2022ROBERT SCHUMANN
Robert Schumann is one of the quintessential Romantic figures of the 19th century as even a thumbnail sketch of his life vividly illustrates. He grew up with twin loves for literature and music and became a great composer as well as a great literary figure, one of the most esteemed and insightful musical commentators of his time. He fell passionately in love with Clara and fought a two-year legal battle against her father to win her hand in marriage. Subsequently, Schumann systematically, if not almost manically, attacked the great genres of music and composed, in concentrated fits, piano works, art songs, symphonies and chamber music amassing a formidable catalog of masterworks before his incipient madness set in. Schumann struggled with nervous disorders that eventually erupted into aural hallucinations, depression and a suicide attempt resulting in institutional confinement where he languished for two years before dying, unable to see Clara until his very last day. Literature, music, love and madness make for a rather fantastic life story, but what remains for us is Schumann's incredible music.
The Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 comes from Schumann’s “year of chamber music” where, in 1842, he composed string quartets, piano trios, a piano quartet and broke ground on an essentially new ensemble for string quartet and piano, the most powerful combination of instruments in all of chamber music. This is not only Schumann’s greatest chamber music work, it is one of the greatest chamber works of all time, of such majesty and artistry that it reigns supreme on any concert program. Its epic four-movement design includes an expansive, large first-movement sonata, a powerfully dark slow movement based on a funeral march with a Schubertian gravity, a rollicking scherzo with two trios and a mighty, contrapuntal finale.
Chief among many of its fascinating aspects worth mentioning is its use of “recall” creating what is called a “cyclic” form. The bold opening theme in the first movement reappears in the last movement in an apotheosis of dramatic development as it combines in countermelody with the finale’s own theme in a magisterial fugue recalling a tradition of high musical triumph going back through Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Mozart to J. S. Bach. The piano writing itself is on a high order of achievement and virtuosity and the public premiere would feature none other than supreme pianist Clara Schumann to whom Robert dedicated the quintet. Inaugurating a new ensemble/genre of chamber music, Schumann’s piano quintet greatly influenced subsequent epics by such composers as Brahms, Dvořák, Franck, Dohnányi and Shostakovich among the most noteworthy.
- Kai Christiansen
Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Presents
Bach Festival Chamber Choir
Rollins Choir
John V. Sinclair, Conductor
Samuel McKelton, tenor
Lynn Peghiny & Kristine Griffin, accompanists
Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Tiedtke Concert Hall
PROGRAM
Plenty Good Room
There is a Balm in Gilead
I’m Gonter Tell God All o’ My Troubles
Ain’t Got Time to Die
My God Is So High
Ride the Chariot
Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells (Rondo from Cantata)
Deep River
The Trumpet Sounds Within-A My Soul
De Blin’ Man Stood On De Road An’ Cried
I Got a Key
I Want Jesus
We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace
Soon-Ah Will Be Done
By and by
My Soul’s Been Anchored In De Lord
Great God Almighty
arr. Wm. Henry Smith
arr. William Dawson
arr. Hall Johnson
arr. Hall Johnson
arr. Hall Johnson
arr. Wm. Henry Smith
arr. John Carter
arr. Roy Ringwald
arr. Ian David Coleman
arr. Harry T. Burleigh
arr. Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
arr. Jester Hairston
arr. Moses Hogan
arr. William Dawson
arr. Henry Burleigh/Volker Hempfing
arr. Florence B. Price
arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Please turn off cell phone and electronic devices prior to the start of this performance. The Bach Festival Society’s policies strictly prohibit photography, filming, or recording of any kind during performances without the express written permission of the Society.
Sam McKelton, whose lyric tenor led the New York Times to proclaim him “a model Mozart tenor” with “a natural elegance” to his sound, has traveled throughout the world delighting audiences in both the classical and pop worlds.
Mr. McKelton has appeared with major symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles such as the Detroit Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Helsinki Orchestra (Finland), Estonia Philharmonic (Estonia), Knoxville Symphony, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony, among many others. For three years he traveled the world with superstar Harry Belafonte, with whom he was featured in the 1997 PBS special, Harry Belafonte and Friends. He starred in an off-Broadway revival of the Broadway and London hit musical Five Guys Named Mo’ and was an original Broadway cast and touring member of the Tony Award-winning Disney musical The Lion King.
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Mr. McKelton continues to make concert and solo appearances around the world and frequently appears as a guest artist and in master classes at schools, universities, and arts programs. 2017 marked his fifth year as Program Coordinator and Vocal Consultant, across genres, for the Stagebound Summer Vocal Intensive in New York City. He is a member of the world-renowned American Spiritual Ensemble (ASE), a mixed-voice professional performing arts organization whose mission it is to keep the American Negro spiritual alive. He is an honorary board member of the “Negro Spiritual” Scholarship Foundation based in Orlando, Florida.
Mr. McKelton has toured on behalf of the U.S. State Department of Cultural Affairs to Bolivia and returned to the Musica Sacre di Quito Festival in Quito, Ecuador. An adjunct professor of voice at NYU Tisch School of Drama, he is also one of two founding partners of Honorific Entertainment©, an entertainment properties and production firm in New York City, where he writes, produces, and develops works for stage and commercial media. In 2018, he launched Into the Deep Productions© with an eye on producing off-Broadway and touring theatrical properties. He made his Bach Festival Society debut in their tribute performances of R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses and William Grant Still’s And They Lynched Him on a Tree and premiered the role of the Inquisitor in Wittenberg: The Story of Martin Luther, Trent Johnson’s new oratorio about the religious reformer.
John V. Sinclair, conductor
Lynn Peghiny, accompanist
Ericka Anglin
Catalina Arias
Jim Beck
Ellen Huey Cassel
George Chandler
Paul Chilcote
Maya Clausen
Tom Cook
Vivian Cook
Athalia Cope
Bob Cope
Michael Creighton
Theresa Dulong
Dante Duphorne
Jolie Eichler
Grant Hayes
Ariel Hudak
Howard Jaffe
Sondra Jones
Beth Kassander
Rachel LaQuea
Julie Mathews
Dave Mattson
Margaret McMillen
Janice Meyer
John Niss
Luke Noles
Liana Pacilli
Ashley Peters Bj Price
Veronica Prevost
Matt Ricke
David Romaine
Jane Scamehorn
Maclane Schirard
Beverly Slaughter
Charles Thatcher
Cezarina Vintilla
John V. Sinclair, conductor
Kristine Griffin, accompanist
Kristin Adames
Samantha Alenius
Morgan Anderson
Genesis Bello
Elon Binder
Anya Bizon
Kiana Blake
Frederick Blanchard
Sophie Bostick
Chloe Cabney
Kylee Carter
Tripp Carter
Oriana Castellano
Katelyn Clark
Joseph Edgar
Jay Forsythe
Maria Gomez
Benjamin Haidukewych
Brooke Hayes
Pia Hernandez
Kalleigha Hughes
Eltavious Johnson
Jeffrey Keene
Natashia Luce
Nicholas Matthews
Cody Mathewson
Emma McAdoo
Evanielys Montilla
Harry Otero-Rivera
Jesus Pacheco
Sophie Page
Isabelle Perez
Laura Powalisz
Alessia Prenda
Veronica Prevost
Nadia Quiles
Alejandra Quintana
Simon Ramos
Brooks Rask
Isaiah Reid-Kirkland
Emma Roberts
Mikaella Romero
Andrew Rueda
Sebastian Sanchez
Emma Scott
Alexis Shroll
Michael Sinelli
Connor Teague
Samantha Torres
Russell Tretter
Alyssa Walker
Elise Wendelburg
Waverly Wildman
Yage Zhang
The Bach Festival Societ y of Winter Park mourns the passing of The Rev. Eric Ravndal III who ser ved this organization with distinction as President, Chairman of the Board, Trustee Emeritus, honorar y Choir member, faithful patron, benefactor, and friend. The trademarks of his t wo decades of ser vice were his wisdom, leadership, and integrit y, but the staf f and all the musicians will remember him for his gentle spirit. He exuded kindness and genuine love for the music and all who make it.
We are a bet ter organization and bet ter people for having had Eric among us these many years. To honor him we humbly and thankfully dedicate this, our 88th Festival, to his memor y. We believe the Bach Festival’s “best advocate” would hope you are enjoying the program.
We request that you keep Eric ’s dear wife Sarah and the entire Ravndal family on your hear ts and in your prayers, and join us in celebrating the life and ser vice of this remarkable man.
The Continuo Societ y recognizes patrons who have chosen to provide for the Bach
For more information about major and planned gif t oppor tunities, please contact 407.691 1056 or KBerlinsky@BachFestivalFlorida.org
Anonymous (2)
John W. and
P. Andrew and Autumn Ames
M. Elizabeth Brothers
Dana and Diana Eagles
Paul M. Harmon
Karen and Mickey Lane in memor y of Bernice and Stanley Levy
Rob and Wendy Landr y
Bonnie B. and
Leyse Lowr y in honor of
Pat McKechnie
Dr. Blair and Diane Murphy
Kenneth* and
The Rev.* and Mrs.
Drs. John and Gail Sinclair
Bosco R. and
Dr. Walter Stamm
Heather and David Torre
In honor of John V. Sinclair
Anonymous (4)
Athalia and Rober t Cope
Tim Delcavo
Michael and Susan D. Tucker *deceased
Long-time Bach Festival Choir members Beth and Jack Nagle understand the enormous contribution a world-class soloist brings to a choral work and have established an endowment to help ensure that the Bach Festival Societ y will always have the resources to engage the ver y best talent. Income from the endowment will be used for the financial suppor t of bass soloists singing with the Bach Festival Societ y. The Nagles have chosen to name their endowment in honor of bass-baritone Kevin Deas, who is featured in this af ternoon’s per formance of Verdi’s Requiem
“ We have had the joy and privilege of singing with Kevin with the Bach Festival Choir and the Berkshire Choral Institute for over 25 years. We so admire his wonder ful voice, hard work and kind hear t, and are so pleased to honor and immor talize him through this gif t!”
Established in 2020 in honor of Dr. John V. Sinclair’s 30th anniversary as Artistic Director, this fund will help ensure that future Artistic Directors will have sufficient resources to maintain a level of artistic excellence.
We invite all Bach Festival patrons to join the generous donors listed below to build this important resource. Contact Jane Newnum at JNewnum@BachFestivalFlorida.org for details.
GIFTS AND PLEDGES OF $20,000 AND ABOVE
Cynthia and Alex Mackinnon
The Rev. and Mrs. Eric Ravndal, III
Sally and Jack Schott
The Tiedtke Family
$10,000-$19,999
S. Blair and Diane Murphy
Bill and Sheila Oelfke
Leila Edgerton Trismen
$5,000-$9,999
Kathy Johnson Berlinsky
Brock and Sarah McClane
Gerard and Nichola Mitchell
Bosco R. and Beverly J. Slaughter
$1,000-$4,999 Anonymous (2)
Brian Ainsley and Candice Crawford
P. Andy and Autumn Ames
John D. Boulden
Michael and Mabel Burridge
Susan and Robert Christian
Dana and Diana Eagles
Alvaro and Routa Gomez
Leyse Lowry
Katie Mess
Janice and George Meyer
Beth and Jack Nagle
Donald A. Nash
Liana and Fred Pacilli
Dan and Barbara Preslar
Bj Price
Ann Morgan Saurman
Vivian Southwell
Edward and Virginia Ubels
BettyJane and Cecil Wilson, M.D.
UNDER $1,000
John Adams
Stewart Anderson
Meg Baldwin
Will and Barby Barbara
Jim Beck
Marianne Franus Beck
Mary Berglund-Bos
Bill and Becky Brown
Marcia and Michael Brown
Tim and Rhonda Burnham
Laurie Calhoun
Paul and Janet Chilcote
Tom Cook and Patricia Simmons
Grant and Peg Cornwell
Alan and Susan Davis
Daniel Flick
Alice and Larry Fortunato
Bill and Joanne Frederick
Elizabeth Gwinn and Michael Galletta
Lee and Diane Hansen
Kathleen Hartung
Sherwood Hawkins and Brenda Higgins
Amanda Kinder
Wendy and Rob Landry
Karen and Mickey Lane
Aaron Lefkowitz
Kay and Gerald Marin
Lora MacPherson
Elizabeth Maupin and Jay Yellen
David Odahowski
Bill and Sherry Orr
Maurice O’Sullivan
Liana and Fred Pacilli
Martin Phillips
Dan and Barbara Preslar
Dr. Mark and Beverly Rich in honor of our favorite conductor
Lisa and David Rosen
Joe Sapora and Carol Ducas
Dr. Daniel and Nancy Sharp
Karyll Shaw
Amanda Shoopman
Diana and Tim Sisley
Brian Solomon
Jessica Hall Speak
Matthew Swope
Jodi Tassos
Charles Thatcher
Jeff and Kathy Thomas
Susan and Michael Tucker
Jeanine Viau
Cezarina and Ray Vintilla
Kathleen Wassum-Hame
Diana Webb and T.J. Trapp
Jane R. White
Patty White
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whritenour
Gwendolyn and Wilford
Williams
The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park would like to thank the individuals and community partners below who have generously made a pledge or contribution in support of the dynamic artistic and educational programming and community engagement for the 88th Season.
BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY VISIONARIES
$100,000 AND ABOVE
Bach Festival Choir
Orange County Government through the Arts and Cultural Affairs Program
State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture
Beth and Jack Nagle
Rollins College
United Arts of Central Florida
J. S. BACH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
$50,000 - $99,999
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
$25,000 - $49,999
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Mr. Alex and The Hon. Cynthia Mackinnon
Richard Russell and Thomas Ouellette
Winifred J. Sharp
Templeton World Charity Foundation
Leila Edgerton Trismen
COMPOSERS CIRCLE
$15,000 - $24,999
Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation
John V. Frank
The Joe and Sarah Galloway Foundation
Ginsburg Family Foundation
Thomas P. and Patricia A. O'Donnell Foundation
Massey Services Inc.
Borron and Beppy Owen
Anonymous in honor of John Sinclair
Wayne and Robin Roberts
Sally and Jack Schott
The Tiedtke Family
Winifred Johnson
Clive Foundation
City of Winter Park
SAINT CECILIA CIRCLE
$10,000 - $14,999
Michael and Aimee Kakos
Bonnie B. and Robert M. Larsen
Chesley G. Magruder Foundation
Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation
Bosco R. and Beverly J. Slaughter
John Templeton Foundation
Welsh Charitable Trust
CHORAL CIRCLE
$7,500 - $9,999
The Rev. Eric and Sarah Ravndal III in honor of Dr. John Sinclair
PATRON’S CIRCLE
$5,000 - $7,499
Anonymous
Kathy Johnson Berlinsky
Nicki and Jeff Bromme
Charity Challenge, Inc.
Dana and Diana Eagles
Festival of Orchestras Endowment
Kathryn Grammer
Sheryl Kerr
Beverly M. King
Andrea and Philip Kobrin
Jeanette G. Leinbach
Bj Price
Kelly Price and Doug Sealey
Drs. John and Gail Sinclair
Dr. Joe and Sue Warren
Marchetta Tate Wood
ARTISTIC CIRCLE
$2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous
David and Judy Albertson
John W. and Linda Cone Allen
Andy and Autumn Ames, in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Mr. And Mrs. P. Andy and Autumn Ames, In Memory of John M. Tiedtke
Ellen Arnold
Jay H. Berlinsky
M. Elizabeth Brothers
Leon and Larissa Glebov
Allan and Linda Keen in honor of Alex and Deanna
TIedtke's Wedding
Karen and Mickey Lane in memory of Jean Murphy
Karen and Mickey Lane in memory of Estera Toaxen
Karen and Mickey Lane
David R. Mattson
The Mayflower Retirement Center, Inc.
Ann Saurman
Joel H. Sharp, Jr.
Dr. Tracy Truchelut and Mr. Robert A. White
The Wideman Family in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous (4)
Keith and Eleanor Ackermann
Tim and Sue Antonition
Richard Baldwin
Dr. Rita Bornstein
John D. Boulden
John D. Boulden in honor of Murray Forbes Somerville
Tim and Rhonda Burnham
Michael and Mabel Burridge
Tom and Kathy Cardwell
David Caudle and Gil Villalobos
Butch and Renee Charlan
O'Ann and Pat Christiansen
Robert and Athalia Cope
Alan and Susan Davis
Dr. Patsy Duphorne
Lee and Carolyn Eubank
Susan and Randolph Fields
Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Flick
Barbara and Richard Fulton
Linda Modrak and Bill Gallo
Freddi and Jim Goodrich
David and Jackie Green, Green Appraisal Group, Inc.
Mrs. Janice Granier Gruber
Anonymous in memory of Clifford and Marilyn Lee
Paul M. Harmon
Jack and Annis Bowen Foundation
Lars and Julie Houmann
Dr. Mimi Hull
Allen and Dana Irwin
Allen and Dana Irwin in honor of Dr. John Sinclair
Patrick J. Knipe
Ann Kurth in memory of Sylvia Kurth
Susan C. Lackman
Rob and Wendy Landry
The Lee Foundation
Leyse Lowry
Edward Manning
Jody and Craig Maughan
Elizabeth Maupin and Jay Yellen
Dr. Margaret McMillen
Jeff and Mindy Moore
Gary and Eileen Morgenthaler in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Jan Moss
John Niss and Lisa Mouton
William and Sheila Oelfke
Leslie King O’Neal
Dr. F. Robert and Norene Rolle
Joan Ruffier and Edward Manning
Joe Sapora and Carol Ducas
Jim and Pat Schroeder
Sara and Bill Segal
Dr. Karyll N. Shaw
Karyll Shaw in honor of Charlie and Noreen Shaw
Sidhu Family
Diana Sisley
Fred Lyndon Stone
John and Beatriz Struck
Jodi Tassos
Jodi Tassos in memory of John Tassos
Kathryn Chicone Ustler
Dr. Nancy van den Berg
Lee and Judy Van Valkenburgh
Hardy Vaughn and Betty Brady
Harold and Libby Ward
Michael and Kimberly Weathers
BettyJane and Cecil Wilson, MD
Armand and Alison Zilioli
$500 - $999
Anonymous (6)
Jocelyn Amalong Oehmler
George and Leslie Andreae
David B. Baer
Donald and Rhonda Bartlett in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Donald and Carol Beyer in memory of Dr. Don Beyer
Carolyn Blice
Diane G Boswell in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Lawrence D. Brown, M.D.
Guy and Donna Colado
Drs. Gary and Gloria Cook
Thomas Cook and Patricia Simmons
Raphael Arenas Fernandez and Family
The Honorable and Mrs. William Frederick
Alvaro and Routa Gomez
Debra Brown Hagan
Wallace H. Hall
The Mark and Lori Harris
Charitable Fund
Allison and Peter Hosbein
Nigel John and Heather
Badawi John
Bette Jore
Frank and Etta Jean Juge
Rita Lowndes
Dr. Jim Madison
Sally McHenry
Edward Meyer
Susan Miller
Lois H. Mills
Cecil and Carol Moore
D'Arcy Murphy
D'Arcy Murphy in memory of Charles E. Murphy, Natalie Murphy and Patricia Murphy
Donald A. Nash in memory of Marie D. Nash
Jane Secrist Newnum
Jane Secrist Newnum in honor of Ruby Abreu and Stephanie Rivera
Dr. and Mrs. James F. Niss
Deede Sharpe and John Parker
Gregory and Barbara Phillips
Dr. Daniel and Lesley Podberesky
Dan and Barbara Preslar
Joy Roney
Frank Rynd
Dr. Richard Sandler
George and Joan Schiele
Taylor Sinclair
Keith McIntyre and Richard J. Skaggs
Dale Smith
Joan and Harry Travis
Donna and Keith Van Allen
Paul and Madeleine Vilmos
Frank and Karell Voelkl in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Wagers
William Walker, In honor of Peter Schreyer, Crealde's Executive Director
Katy Moss Warner
Diana Webb in memory of Sylvia Kurth
Diana Webb in memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
Diana Webb and Dr. T.J. Trapp
Craig and Jeanne Weeks
Bruce A Whisler
Gwendolyn B. and Wilford J. Williams
Mike and Gartrelle Wilson
$250 - $499
Anonymous (2)
Judy Alper
Phil and Jennifer Anderson
Billy Aylward
Cecelia Bonifay
Claudia Breese
Kimberly and Charles T. Brumback, Jr.
Dale and Patricia Burket
Minter LN Byrd in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Nancy Constant
Grant and Peg Cornwell
Margaret W. Cruickshank
Howard Davis
Michael Dively
Carrie Duvall
Katrina and Ray Eaton
Mary Anne Elwood
Endean Fund - Mr. Jeffrey Endean and Dr. Myrna Endean
Candice Turner Erick
Daniel Flick
Christina and Brad Gant
Penny S. Gilman
Stan and Regunia Griggs
Gregg Gronlund Family
Marty and Mike Haddad
Debbie and Larry Halye
Amine and Paula Harb in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
John and Marianna Hawkins in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Patricia Higginbotham
Marc Himel
Dr. and Mrs. G. Wyckliffe
Hoffler
Rebecca Hull, In Memory of Norman L. Hull, Esquire, Awesome Dad!
Silvia S. Ibanez
Beth and Jack Isler
Toni Jennings
Kyle, Pat, and Mason Kanny in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Kenneth and Ann Murrah
Hicks Endowment
Carol Klim
Paul and Nola Knouse in honor of Dr. John V. Sinclair
Paul and Nola Knouse
Yen-Yen Kressel
John and Ku
Dr. Mubarak Shah and Ms. Becky Lee
Gerald and Kay Marin
Carol McKelvey
Walter and Carol McKelvey
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Minderman
Ann Hicks Murrah
Mark Nevins in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Perry and Jane Nies
Liana and Frederick Pacilli
Nancy F. Peed
Martin Phillips
Roger D. and Rosalind Ray
Magdalena and Clemens in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Bradley Roberts
Dr. Ante Rudez and Giulia Rudez
M.J. Schmid in memory of Dr. Don Beyer
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Sichler III
Tyler Simonton in memory of Susie Stone
Vivian Southwell in memory of Sylvia Kurth and Dr. Donald Beyer
Jeffrey T. Spoeri
Rene Stutzman
Jackie and Rod Sward
Dr. and Mrs. James Talcott in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Amie H. Tishkoff
Beatriz Truax
Susan and Michael Tucker in memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
Susan and Michael Tucker
Barbara L. Turner
Rebecca Hull and Jeremy Udell
Drs. Jeanine Viau and Ann
Gleig
Cezarina and Ray Vintilla in honor of Stela and Dumitru Toaxen
Kenneth Ward
Jane R. White
William C. Schwartz Fund
Art and Louise Yergey Legacy Charitable Fund
$100 - $249
Anonymous (14)
Anonymous in honor of Tim Delcavo
Rossana Abate in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Ruby Abreu in honor of Miguel Abreu
Millicent Adams and Michael Anthony
Giovanna Adimari in memory of Daniel B. Leonard
David Aiken
Stewart Anderson
Meg Baldwin
Mary D. Balk
Mr. and Mrs. Will and Barby Barbara
Beverly and Wayne Bargren
Jim D. Beck
Jerry Janesick and Cheryl Bollinger
Bill and Becky Brown
Brenda Bullock-Paget in memory of Tom T. Cole
Susan J. Burdette
Leslie Ann Chiarello
Anne Claiborne
Ellie Clark
Carolyn G. Coleman
Martin and Susan Collins
Francis and Giselle Conway
Terry and Paul Creighton
George Dappert and Judy Wixted
Edward and Janet Davenport
Katie and Ari in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Janet de Guehery
Jason Dewrell in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Dante Duphorne
Sharon K. Dwyer in memory of George and Marie Kramer
Sharon K. Dwyer
Hoyt and Charlene Edge
Marjorie and Harold Emmert
Mary Frances Emmons and Roger Roy
John and Nancy Engle
Elizabeth and Philip Eschbach
Carolyn M. Fennell
Anonymous
Deirdre and Shayne Floyd in memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
Larry and Alice Fortunato
Nicole Fournier
Elicia Garcia
Betsy Gardner Eckbert
Gary L. Geipel
Gail Graham
Mike and Ceil Graham
Katherine and Justin Green in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Dr. Scott Greenwood and Dr. Pamela Freeman
Ben and Nancy Grzeslk
Donald and Mary Pat Guske in memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
Lawrie Platt Hall
Mr. and Mrs. John Hallenbeck
James and Nancy Hannah
Kathryn Harbaugh
Barbara Hillerman Lieske
Elizabeth Hyden
Mrs. Patricia E. Jenkins
Ann Johnson
Leslie and Sondra Jones
Sandy Jordan
William Jordan
Donna and Ed Kania
Marc and Henrietta Katzen
Richard and Martha Kessler
Felice Koscinski
Ms. Phyllis Lachman
Lancaster Family Fund
Aaron Lefkowitz
Chad LeMeur in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Dr. Michael and Diane Levine
Nancy P. Lewis
M.J. Lowitz
Chris Ludemann-Davis in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Elisabeth J Luke
Dr. Ken and Mrs. Trisha Margeson
Paul Massimiano
Carolyn Maue
Justin McGill
Drs. Bill and Neva Meek
Friend of the Bach Festival Choir
Congressman John L. Mica
Carolyn Minear
Karen Morin in honor of Dan and Nancy Sharp
Joseph Mundy
J. Michael Murphy
Augustus Myers in honor of Alex and Deanna Tiedtke's Wedding
Linda Naughtin
Roxanne Niles
Luke M. Noles
Thomas O’Meara
Dr. Mary Palmer
The Mary Palmer Family Foundation
M. Carmela Pantano in memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
Jolene and Justin Patrou
Oliver and Kim Peters
Dr. Calvin and Pamela Peters
Edwin and Susan Peterson
Rose E. Quinlan in memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
David Rea
Tom and Cathy Regan
Shyla Reich in honor of David Albertson
Peter Riddleberger in memory of Philip Springer
Dr. Arnetta Rodgers in honor of Rev. Katrina Jenkins
Dr. Arnetta Rodgers
Holly Rogers
Dr. Mark and Leslie Sand
Jane and Bruce Scamehorn
Denise Schabacker Barnes
Paul Schmalzer
Nancy Seaman in loving memory of Hod Seaman
Seminole Spokes, Inc.
Arthur Shevchenko
William and Dorothy Silverman
Susan Slemons
Judith Smelser
Celnah Smith in memory of my husband Leon Smith
Dennis Sobeck
Sue and Allan Solomon
Scott and Nancy Stegall in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Dawn and George Sumrall
Vernon Swartsel
Patricia Torbert in memory of her husband Duke Torbert
Connie Trama in loving memory of Dr. Donald Beyer
Tamara Trimble
Edward and Virginia Ubels
Ben and Nicole Vallowe in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Tye Van Buren
Kim van Nymegen
Carrie and Kevin Wendelburg
Susan Whritenour
Laura M. Woodbury
Meredith Woodend
Clark and Emily Woodsby in honor of Alex and Deanna
Tiedtke's Wedding
Nicholas Yarnold
Ruth Young and Donald Rice
Mary Lou Zobel
*Donors recognized for their gifts and pledges received in support of the 2022–2023 Season prior to publication date of this program guide.
We apologize for any errors or omissions.
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The following contributions were made to United Arts or the 2022 Collaborative Campaign for the Arts between July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022.
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$100,000+
City of Orlando and Employees
Darden Restaurants, Inc. and the Darden Restaurants Foundation
Dr. Phillips Charities
Duke Energy and Duke Energy Foundation and Employees
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Inc.
The Massey Services Family and Team Members
National Endowment for the Arts
Orange County, Florida and Employees
Orange County Public Schools
University of Central Florida
Walt Disney World Resort and The Walt Disney Company Foundation
$50,000 – $99,999
Friends of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Florida Department of State
$25,000 – $49,999
Bank of America
City of Winter Park
Edyth Bush
Charitable Foundation
Florida Blue
Frontline Insurance
Orlando Magic
$10,000 – $24,999
Arts Bridge Charity, Inc.
The Ballet Academy of Central Florida
Charity Challenge, Inc.
Donors of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
John Willis Law Firm
Lake County, Florida
Lowndes
OUC-The Reliable One and Employees
Universal Orlando Foundation
Window World
$7,500 - $9,999
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits
KPMG, LLP and Employees
Team Ten 4 Kids, Inc.
$5,000 - $7,499
Crystal Photonics, Inc.
Ernst & Young LLP
Fairwinds Credit Union Employees
Get Off the Bus, LLC
Guignard Company
In Memory of Shellie-Ann M. Braswell
Orlando Health
Tampa-Orlando-Pinellas Jewish Foundation, Inc.
Upshot
$2,500 - $4,999
77 Trust Me Brand
Dean Mead Employees
Different Perspective
Eric Horner Interiors, Inc.
F/X Group
IATSE Local 631
Kidsville Pediatrics
MSL CPAs & Advisors
NFTorium, LLC
Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
RB Advisory LLC
Santa Monica Travel & Tourism
UCF College of Arts and Humanities
United Arts of Central Florida Employees
Wayne Dictor / Dictor
Financial LLC
Winter Park Publishing Company LLC
$1,000 - $2,499
Akerman LLP
AmFund
The Balmoral Group, LLC
Charities Aid Foundation of America
The Earl and Bettie Fields Automotive Group Foundation, Inc.
G R Bridges Jewelry
$100,000+
Anonymous
Hubbard Construction Company
The Joelson Foundation
MatWorkz Pilates Studio
Nulman Mediation Services
Orchid Medical
Orlando Science Center Employees
Pineloch Management Corporation
Seay Business Solutions, LLC
Spraker West Wealth Management Inc
Urban on Plant Kitchen & Bar
Valencia College Foundation
Westminster Winter Park
The Woman’s Club of Winter Park
Dr. Joe and Sue Warren
John and Lisa Westlake
Fred and Jeanie Raffa
Shyla G. Reich
J. Laurence and Susan K. Costin
Ginsburg Family Foundation
The Mary Palmer Family Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999
Anonymous
The Basel-Kiene Family
John and Lee Benz
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The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park was founded in 1935 at Rollins College to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth by presenting the composer’s orchestral and choral music to the public for its “enlightenment, education, pleasure, and enjoyment.” The Society decided early on to operate in partnership with Rollins College while still maintaining its status as a fully independent non-profit organization.
Mrs. Isabelle Sprague-Smith, a former New York artist and school principal, was the president and driving force behind the Bach Festival Society from 1935 until her death in 1950. At Mrs. SpragueSmith’s death, the future of the Bach Festival Society was uncertain. Rollins President Hugh McKean asked John M. Tiedtke, the treasurer of Rollins College, a music lover and an astute businessman, to fill the opening and he agreed. Mr. Tiedtke served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees until his death in December 2004. Under his leadership, the Bach Festival Society expanded its programming to include two additional choral programs beyond the Annual Festival, top-tier visiting soloists and ensembles, and community events in Winter Park.
Following Mr. Tiedtke’s death, the Society began a period of modernization and growth. Today, the Society maintains an all-volunteer choir of over 185 singers from throughout Central Florida and a professional orchestra of nearly 50 members. We present nearly 30 ticketed performances, dozens of in-school educational programs, a high school choral festival, and several community concerts; we produce recordings, present the Young at Heart Chorale, and form high-level artistic partnerships reaching approximately 50,000 people annually.
The Bach Festival Society is the third-oldest continuously operating Bach Festival in the United States and Central Florida’s longest-running performing arts organization. We maintain a strong partnership with Rollins College and provide high-quality performance and learning opportunities to students, faculty, and staff.
The Bach Festival Society offers music-making and educational opportunities for all ages.
The renowned Bach Festival Choir is comprised of auditioned singers, enjoying weekly rehearsals and specializes in singing choral masterworks in partnership with the Bach Festival Orchestra.
The Young at Heart Chorale is a volunteer singing group for those 55+ years young. The group has weekly rehearsals and performs outreach concerts at local community centers.
The Bach Youth choir will make their highly anticipated return this fall. Young musicians will refine their musicianship skills through weekly rehearsals and performances.
The Bach to the Future initiative provides programs for primary and secondary school students. The FreshStARTS program brings unique musical learning experiences into the schools featuring professional musicians who present a variety of musical genres. The newly formed Bach Vocal Artists offer educational outreach through open rehearsals, and/or school visits when available.
Our popular High School Honors Choral Festival provides valuable workshop/clinic feedback from collegiate choral directors recruited from across the country. This festival helps prepare high school choirs for their annual Music Performance Assessments.
A new initiative, the Choir of Distinction, offers area high school choirs a chance to compete for this honor. The carefully selected choir will receive many benefits including choral mentorship, educational opportunities, an invitation to perform, and a trophy.
The Bach Festival Society brings in world renowned visiting artists who often provide Master classes to students and patrons, giving a unique insider’s perspective of the process of fine-tuning musical excellence.
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Insights & Sounds: Sublime Schuber t
Thu, October 27, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
JI J I , guitar
Sun, October 30, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Verdi’s Requiem
Sun, November 6, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Chuck Seipp, trumpet and
Tue, November 8, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Christmas in the Park
Thu, December 1, 2022 at 6:15 p.m.
A Classic Christmas
Sat, December 10, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
Sun, December 11, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
A Voctave Christmas
The King’s Singers
Fri, Februar y 10, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Venus Ascending!
Sat, Februar y 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Februar y 12, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Concer tos by Candlelight
Fri, Februar y 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat, Februar y 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Februar y 19, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Lisa Terr y, viola da gamba and
Sat, Februar y 25, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
J.S. Bach’s
Sun, Februar y 26, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Paul Jacobs, organ
Fri, Februar y 3, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Spiritual Spaces
Sat, Februar y 4, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Bach Vocal Ar tists: Odes and a Hymn for
Sun, Februar y 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Insights & Sounds: Aspen Trio with
Thu, March 23, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat, March 25, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Insights & Sounds: The Spiritual
Thu, April 6, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Pursuit of Peace
Sat, April 29, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun, April 30, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Bach Vocal Ar tists: Marriage
Thu, May 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
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