BOSTON BACH BIRTHDAY 331 – March 19, 2016
8AM – 6PM, at the First Lutheran Church of Boston
Free Admission, donation gratefully accepted
Sponsored jointly for the 8th consecutive year by the First Lutheran Church of Boston and the Boston Chapter, American Guild of Organists
Celebrating the 331st Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685) and
Looking Towards the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation: 1517-2017
Organ: by Richards, Fowkes & Co., Opus X
Reserve your German Lunch or balcony seating…
Interested in volunteering? Opportunities here!
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Boston Bach Birthday 2016
Schedule and Program:
8:10
Ian Tomesch – Associate Organist at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey; Yale University doctoral candidate
Trio Sonata No. 5 in C, BWV 529
from Clavier-Übung III:
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 669
Christe, aller Welt Trost BWV 670
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 671
Passacaglia and Fugue in c, BWV 582
9:05
Mira Cieślak – Lutheran Church, Windischholzhausen, Germany; recently Interim Music Director at St. Joseph Basilica, Webster, MA
Trio Sonata No. 4 in e, BWV 528
Fantasia super: Valet will ich dir geben BWV 736
Chorale Partita: Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig BWV 768
Fantasia in G (Piece d’Orgue) BWV 572
10:00
Children’s Event: Peter and the Wolf, by Sergei Prokofiev
Joyce Painter Rice, organ – Assistant Interim Organist, First Lutheran Boston; Music Director, First Congregational Church, Kennebunkport, ME
Christopher Jones, Narrator
Following the performance children and their parents are invited to visit the organ loft.
11:00
Antico/Moderno
Jesse Irons and Sarah Darling, baroque violins; Jacques Lee Wood, baroque cello; Erik Higgins, baroque bass; Bálint Karosi, keyboards
Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039
Trill and Slow Gliss after Bach’s Prelude in F# BWV 858 Daniel Schlossberg
Fugue in F# BWV 858
Bach Studies: Devolving Fugue Bálint Karosi
11:50
Rosalind Mohnsen – Music Director, Immaculate Conception Parish, Malden/Medford, MA
Concerto in G, after Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar BWV 592
O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross BWV 622 (Orgelbüchlein)
Fugue in G, “Jig” BWV 577
Meine Seele erhebet den Herren BWV 648 (Schübler)
Fantasia and Fugue in g, BWV 542
12:35 pm
A German Lunch – served by First Lutheran Church, $15, reservations encouraged
1:30
Anne Laver – Assistant Professor and University Organist, Syracuse University
Concerto in d after Alessandro Marcello (1673–1747), BWV 974
From the Leipzig chorales:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, à 2 Clav. et Pedale BWV 659
Trio super Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, à due Bassi et Canto fermo BWV 660
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, à 2 Clav. et Pedale BWV 654
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552
2:20
Address: J. S. BACH, a portal in my life’s journey – Steven Dieck, President, C.B. Fisk, Inc., Organ builders, Gloucester, MA
2:45
Bálint Karosi – Cantor, St. Peter’s Church (Lutheran), NYC; Minister of Music at First Lutheran Boston, 2008-2015
HARPSICHORD:
Fantasia and Fugue in a, BWV 944
Capriccio in B-Flat, sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo BWV 992
CLAVICHORD:
Excerpts from the “Goldberg Variations” BWV 988
Aria, Andante espressivo
Var. 1 Allegro moderato
Var. 2 Allegretto
Var. 3 Canone all’ Unisono. Poco Andante, ma con moto
Var. 4 L’istesso movimento
Var. 6 Canone alla Seconda. Allegretto
Var. 7 al tempo di Giga
Var. 9 Canone alla Terza. Moderato
Var. 10 Fugetta. Un poco animato
Var 12 Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario. Allegretto moderato
Var. 13 Andantino
Var. 19 Allegro vivace
Var. 30 Quodlibet. Moderato
ORGAN:
Nun danket alle Gott, a 2 Clav. e Pedale, canto fermo in Soprano BWV 657 (Leipzig)
Vater unser im Himmelreich, Canto fermo in Canone. à 2 Clav. e Pedale BWV 682 (Clavier-Übung III)
Prelude and Fugue in e, BWV 548 (“Wedge”)
4:00
Jeremy Bruns – Music Director, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Beverly Farms, MA
Fugue in g, BWV 578
Chorale Partita: O Gott, du frommer Gott BWV 767
Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat BWV 525
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, à 2 Clav. e Pedale BWV 731
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532
5:00
Vespers with First Lutheran Choir and period orchestra, Balint Karosi, conductor.
The Vespers service includes Cantata 182: Himmelskönig sei willkommen (cantata for Palm Sunday)
6:00
Reception
At Emmanuel Church, Newbury St., Back Bay:
6:45
Pre-concert talk by Christoph Wolff
8:00
St. Mark Passion: Bach Re-Imagined. Emmanuel Music, Ryan Turner, Artistic Director.
Tickets at emmanuelmusic.org
