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This year offers us a wonderful opportunity to look both forward to innovative programming and back to greatly respected traditions. With the theme Bach: Spheres of Influence, Festival programs will explore the impact of J.S. Bach by juxtaposing his music with works from England, Europe, Russia, Mexico, South America, and the United States. We open Saturday night with a grand scale performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass and follow this on Sunday afternoon with a rare performance of Handel's magnificent oratorio, Alexander's Feast, depicting the exoticism of Persia and the futility of power and war. Hidden within the fabric of this oratorio, and alongside Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3, will be a commissioned work by the distinctive American composer Curt Cacioppo.
On Wednesday evenings the ever popular Mission concert moves to the larger Sunset Theater for a sumptuous program of South American and Mexican choral music coupled with Bach’s exquisite Mass in G Minor, skillfully directed by Festival Chorale Director Andrew Megill.
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This July we celebrate an extraordinary milestone— the 75th anniversary of this remarkable Festival. Many of you will have heard or experienced the buzz of excitement emanating from the Peninsula during the 2011 Festival; we are now looking forward to the chance to build on our considerable successes to make the 75th anniversary a celebration to remember!
Where would we be without the wit and entertainment of David Gordon? This year he reveals in our Tuesday night concerts the styles and themes from the last 75 years in a startling and fascinating mélange ending with the finale to Mozart's Magic Flute.
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Musical Pairings: A 75th Anniversary Gala Celebration
Gorgeous Carmel Valley Ranch sets the stage for the glittering Gala that launches the Festival’s 75th anniversary season! Join us for this once-in-alifetime party where spheres of influence are expressed in the musical and culinary pairings of famed guest Pianist Stephen Prutsman, award-winning Soprano Rosa Lamoreaux, and the Ranch’s acclaimed Executive Chef Tim Wood. Prutsman, a consummate innovator of musical fusion, was received with tremendous enthusiasm during the 2011 season. Hailed for her radiant, effortless singing and diversity of repertoire, Lamoreaux, a favorite Festival soloist from the 90s, makes a joyful return. The unique talents of Chef Tim promise culinary adventures nourished from the area's freshest and best ingredients. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012 | 6:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. WINE, HORS D’OEUVRES, DINNER, MUSIC, & LIVE AUCTION Transportation available to the Ranch from Sunset Center. Also: Special stay and play packages available at Carmel Valley Ranch.
GUEST ARTISTS In addition to the nearly 100 orchestral and choral musicians the Festival welcomes to Carmel each summer, we are delighted to welcome the following guest artists.
Thursday nights continue our new and very successful crossover series, bringing in artists from other disciplines who also share with us a love of J.S. Bach. This year it is the turn of the virtuosic mandolin duo, Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg, two of the top players in the U.S. and Europe. They will delight you with Bach and Vivaldi, bluegrass and Bulgarian folk music accompanied by a quintet of our Festival strings.
Baroque trumpet specialist Robert Farley will lead the trumpet section throughout the Festival and baroque flute specialist Janet See performs in Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 on Monday nights.
Friday nights bring the grand orchestral concert which highlights the Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4, rounding off the complete cycle of his orchestral suites performed during this Festival, a Stravinsky neo-baroque masterpiece in the form of the Pulcinella Suite and probably the first ever period style performance in America of Brahms's glorious Second Symphony.
The works of American composer Curt Cacioppo, engaged for the Festival’s second annual Carmel Commission, have been presented around the globe and honored by a 1997 lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Interspersed with the major concerts we will weave our delightful mix of chamber concerts and solo recitals and I look forward to continuing our successful open rehearsal format, hoping to bring the music ever closer. Finally, we complete the 75th Anniversary celebration with our popular "Best of the Fest" concert, enabling you to relive your favorite moments of the Festival. I hope so much that you will join us in July to experience a truly celebratory Festival with exciting themes interwoven to ravish the ear and expand the mind.
- Paul Goodwin, Music Director and Conductor
This year’s crossover concert features the virtuosic mandolin duo, Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg.
We are pleased to welcome back vocal soloists Kendra Colton, soprano, Clara Rottsolk, soprano, Thomas Cooley, tenor, and Alexander Dobson, baritone, and are delighted to introduce Robin Blaze, world-renowned countertenor established in the front rank of interpreters of Purcell, Bach, and Handel.
New Ticket Pricing In order to match the growing demand for tickets from a diversity of audiences within the communities we serve, the Festival has re-scaled its pricing at Sunset Center from two to four options. See box office information for details.
THE MASS IN B MINOR
J.S. Bach assembled many of his own favorite works to create the Mass in B Minor—with instrumental and vocal solos, duets and soaring choruses, all brought together in the most uplifting masterpiece of Bach’s career. Part of the Festival repertoire since the 1930s, this is a grand scale performance using the full forces of the Festival Chorale, Chorus and Orchestra.
An exciting multi-instrumentalist, brilliantly original performer, and composer of bluegrass, classical and jazz, Mike Marshall together with his wife Caterina Lichtenberg, Germany’s great classical mandolinist, lead a program of music from baroque to bluegrass – including a Bach double concerto, Vivaldi, bluegrass, and Bulgarian folk music.
THE POWER OF MUSIC, OLD AND NEW
MUSIC OF DANCE
Paul Goodwin, conductor; Festival Orchestra and Chorale; Soloists; Alexander’s Feast .............................. Handel A Meeting of Souls ........................... Cacioppo Orchestral Suite No. 3 in .................... Bach D Major, BWV 1068 The exoticism of Persia is depicted in Handel's triumphant oratorio, Alexander’s Feast (or The Power of Music), which examines the power of music to provoke desire, sorrow, heroism and irrational violence, before ultimately portraying music as the harmonization of human passion with universal order. It is fitting that Bach’s best known orchestral suite is paired here along with the distinctive voice of American composer Curt Cacioppo, whose commissioned work is hidden within the fabric of the evening.
PETER HANSON GOES ITALIAN
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MONDAYS | July 16 & 23 | 8:00pm
Peter Hanson, concertmaster and director; baroque flute specialist Janet See; members of the Festival Strings. Concertmaster Peter Hanson leads an allstring evening of Italian Baroque + Bach, and a little Argentinean spice. Includes works by Corelli, Geminiani, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, plus Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 and Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067.
INSIDE THE MUSIC: 75 YEARS OF THE CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL TUESDAYS | July 17 & 24 | 8:00pm
FRIDAYS | July 20 and 27 | 8:00pm Paul Goodwin, conductor; Festival Orchestra. Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 ............... Bach Pulcinella: Suite ........................................................ Stravinsky Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 ............................ Brahms One of the first ever period style performances in the U.S. by an American orchestra of Brahms's glorious Symphony No. 2. Natural horns, trumpets and trombones will complement our strings and woodwinds for a light and dance-like texture that showcases Brahms's folk and baroque musical heritage. Complemented by Bach's most complex orchestral suite, and Stravinsky's neo baroque masterpiece, Pulcinella.
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BACH TO BEETHOVEN
Wednesday | July 11 | 5:00pm | Church in the Forest A new pre-Festival tradition! Enjoy violin and keyboard works including the Bach Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017 and the Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, "Spring," in the intimate setting of Church in the Forest. Emlyn Ngai, violin; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord and fortepiano. M O R N I N G
BACH ON THE ORGAN
Paul Goodwin, conductor; David Gordon, narrator; Festival Orchestra, Chorale, and Chorus; Soloists. With four centuries of music selected from the Festival archives, conductor Paul Goodwin and narrator David Gordon lead you on a tour of 75 years of glorious music-making at the Carmel Bach Festival. The narrated concert features words and images from the past, concluding with the uplifting finale to Mozart’s glorious Magic Flute.
Mondays | July 16 & 23 | 11:00am | Church in the Forest Andrew Arthur continues his popular survey of Bach’s great organ works, this year performing his own sparkling keyboard transcriptions of concerti and trios by Italian, French and German baroque masters.
WOMEN ON THE VERGE
Fridays | July 20 & 27 | 11:00am | Wave Street Studios
CATHEDRAL OF ANGELS
WEDNESDAYS | July 18 & 25 | 8:00pm Andrew Megill, conductor; Festival Chorale and Chorus; members of the Festival Orchestra. An evening of South American and Mexican choral music from the 16th to 20th centuries, from Leipzig to Lima, alongside Bach's musical gem of devotion based on his earlier cantatas, the Mass in G Minor, BWV 235.
Songs from 17th-century Spain and Italy emoting desire and betrayal to folly and madness, along with solos from leading theorbo and baroque guitar composers. Daniel Swenberg, theorbo and baroque quitar; Clara Rottsolk, soprano; Angelique Zuluaga, soprano.
Programs subject to change.
VIRGINIA BEST ADAMS MASTER CLASS SHOWCASE Saturday | July 28 | 1:30pm | Sunset Theater
Four emerging vocal stars from our Master Class program, chosen from hundreds of applicants from around the world, perform vocal Baroque masterpieces with members of the Festival Orchestra.
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Mondays | July 16 & 23 | 2:30pm All Saints Church
TWILIGHT TRIOS OF THE BAROQUE Wednesday | July 18 | 5:00pm | Church in the Forest
Renowned baritone Alexander Dobson performs Schubert’s monumental song cycle in its entirety in a unique arrangement for baritone and string ensemble.
Guest baroque flutist Janet See and violinist Peter Hanson present a rich assortment of baroque trio sonatas.
OCCUPY 1720
PICCOLO MONDO
Songs of speculative bubbles, market collapses, political corruption, war, and people behaving badly—in short, the dismal science made fun.... Music by Handel, Conti, St. Luc, Purcell, and Anonymous.
The Festival Youth Chorus sings on the fringes with choral music from many lands and cultures, conducted by Youth Chorus Director John Koza.
Tuesdays | July 17 & 24 | 1:00pm | Sunset Center Foyer
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CURT CACIOPPO
SUNDAYS | July 15 & 22 | 2:30pm
A mainly Mozart program of virtuosity and charm featuring Festival soloists Emlyn Ngai, violin, Roger Cole, oboe, and Christopher Cooper, horn, along with 13 other members of the Festival Orchestra. Selections include Mozart’s Serenade for Orchestra in D Major, K. 250, “Haffner” and Concerto in C Major for Oboe, and Michael Haydn’s Horn Concerto in D Major.
ALEXANDER DOBSON
Paul Goodwin, conductor; Festival Orchestra, Chorale, and Chorus; Soloists.
Chamber music for strings ranging from the sublime to the ludicrous, including Haydn's Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Boccherini's Quintet in F Major, Op. 39, No. 2, and Rossini's Sonata in C Major.
Saturdays | July 21 & 28 | 11:00 am | Sunset Theater
Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg, mandolin; members of the Festival Strings.
SATURDAYS | July 14 & 21 | 8:00pm
Fridays | July 20 & 27 | 2:30pm | All Saints Church
Saturday | July 21 | 4:00pm | All Saints Church
TWILIGHT QUINTETS
BORROWED BAROQUE: INSPIRING PULCINELLA
Wednesday | July 25 | 5:00pm | Church in the Forest Violinist Peter Hanson leads an ensemble presenting Mozart's Quintet in C Major, K. 515 and Haydn's The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation.
TWILIGHT BACH
Tuesdays | July 17 & 24 | 2:30pm All Saints Church
Thursdays | July 19 & 26 | 5:00pm San Carlos Cathedral
Mentre l’erbetta pasce l’agnella from Il Flaminio ......... Pergolesi Sinfonia in F Major for Cello Solo .............................. Pergolesi Pièces modernes pour le clavecin .............................. Carlo Monza Trio Sonatas............................................................ Gallo Concerto Armonico No. 2 in B-flat Major ................... Wassenaer Performed by Tenor Thomas Cooley and others, a delightful sampler of the baroque originals that formed the basis for Stravinsky’s famous ballet.
DUELING MANDOLINS
Wednesdays | July 18 & 25 | 2:30pm | All Saints Church Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg will perform a selection of music from Brazilian to Bach on mandolin and mandocello, including music by the Italian Raffaele Calace, one of the greatest mandolin virtuosos of all time, and an original work by Marshall himself.
SONGS OF THE SPIRIT
Thursdays | July 19 & 26 | 2:30pm | All Saints Church Hermit Songs ......................................................... Barber The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 ................... Britten Five Mystical Songs ................................................. Vaughan Williams Die junge Nonne, Nachtstück, Litanei ........................ Schubert An afternoon of lieder based on mystical poetry, presented by Andrew Megill and members of the Festival Chorale.
World-renowned Countertenor Robin Blaze performs in a program of Purcell songs and Bach masterpieces led from the harpsichord by Principal Harpsichordist Andrew Arthur including the Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066 and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050.
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ROMANTIC STRINGS
Sunday | July 15 | 8:30pm | Sunset Theater Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 ................................ Brahms Allegro con spirito from String Sextet in D Minor, Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 .................... Tchaikovsky Two brilliant works for string sextet displaying two distinct styles of Romanticism. ONE NIGHT ONLY!
RACHMANINOFF VESPERS Sunday | July 22 | 8:30pm | Sunset Theater
A rare performance in Carmel of this monumental work for a cappella chorus. Andrew Megill directs the Festival Chorus and Chorale in All-night Vigil, also known as Vespers, praised as Rachmaninoff's finest achievement and the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Programs subject to change.
VENUE CODES ST Sunset Center Theater | ST(F) Sunset Center Foyer | AS All Saints Church | CF Church in the Forest | CC San Carlos Cathedral | WS Wave Street Studios | CVR Carmel Valley Ranch
THURSDAYS | July 19 & 26 8:00pm
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The Power of Music, Old and New
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Peter Hanson goes Italian
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Inside the Music: 75 years of the Carmel Bach Festival
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Cathedral of Angels
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Baroque to Bluegrass
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Music of the Dance
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Best of the Fest
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Bach to Beethoven
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Bach on the Organ
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Women on the Verge
7/20 | 7/27
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Viennese Matinée Concertante
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Schubert's Winterreise
7/16 | 7/23
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Tuesday
1:00 pm
Occupy 1720
7/17 | 7/24
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2:30 pm
Borrowed Baroque: Inspiring Pulcinella
7/17 | 7/24
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Wednesday
2:30 pm
Dueling Mandolins
7/18 | 7/25
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2:30 pm
Songs of the Spirit
7/19 | 7/26
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2:30 pm
Italian Seasoning
7/20 | 7/27
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1:30 pm
Virginia Best Adams Master Class Showcase
7/28
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5:00 pm
Twilight Trios of the Baroque
7/18
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5:00 pm
Twilight Bach
7/19 | 7/26
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Piccolo Mondo: Youth Chorus
7/21
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5:00 pm
Twilight Quintets
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Romantic Strings
7/15
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