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.

Festival Schedule:

Friday, February 3, 2023

7:30 PM - 8:45 PM: Paul Jacobs, organ

Continuing our tradition of presenting the world’s best organists at the Annual Bach Festival, we are thrilled to bring back celebrated organist Paul Jacobs to Knowles Memorial Chapel. This Grammy Award– winning artist will remind us why the organ has been called “King of the Instruments.” The New York Times called Jacobs “a virtuoso of dazzling technical acumen,” and The Washington Post stated that he is “one of the great living virtuosos.” Free and open to the public, this recital is made possible by Rollins College through the Faith Emeny Conger ’54 Visiting Organist Concert Series in Honor of John Oliver Rich ’38.

This is a free event and seating is General Admission

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt AvenueWinter Park, FL, 32789

Saturday, February 4, 2023

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM & 5:00 PM  6:15 PM: Spiritual Spaces

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Members of the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra

Do you need to soothe your soul, take time for inspired reflection, experience peace, calm, and tranquility? This perennial favorite is performed in the serene Knowles Memorial Chapel by members of the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra. Come and be revived by classical music’s most beautiful and beloved works.

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Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt AvenueWinter Park, FL, 32789

Sunday, February 5, 2023

3:00 PM - 5:15 PM: Bach Vocal Artists: Odes and a Hymn for St. Cecilia by Purcell, Handel, and Britten

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Bach Vocal Artists

For the second concert in their inaugural season, the Bach Vocal Artists will pay homage to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians. Works by British composers Henry Purcell, George Frederick Handel, and Benjamin Britten will be featured.

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Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt AvenueWinter Park, FL, 32789

Friday, February 10, 2023

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM: The King's Singers

The King’s Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s most prominent stages for over fifty years. Renowned for their unrivaled technique, versatility, skill, and consummate musicianship, The King’s Singers will present a varied and lively program at their Bach Festival debut.

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Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Saturday, February 11, 2023

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Venus Ascending

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Brandon Hendrickson, baritone

Celebrating centuries of impactful music by women composers, this thoughtfully curated program features music of Lili Boulanger, who was a Grand Prix de Rome winner; Marianna Martines, who often played duets with Mozart; Amy Beach, America’s first successful woman composer; and Valerie Coleman, who was named by Performance Today as a 2020 Artist of the Year. Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, love, and victory, is a fitting emblem for these super-women whose music will delight and inspire. Hear our Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra elevate these and other works to the status they so justly deserve.

Tickets from $25

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Sunday, February 12, 2023

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Venus Ascending

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Brandon Hendrickson, baritone

Celebrating centuries of impactful music by women composers, this thoughtfully curated program features music of Lili Boulanger, who was a Grand Prix de Rome winner; Marianna Martines, who often played duets with Mozart; Amy Beach, America’s first successful woman composer; and Valerie Coleman, who was named by Performance Today as a 2020 Artist of the Year. Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, love, and victory, is a fitting emblem for these super-women whose music will delight and inspire. Hear our Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra elevate these and other works to the status they so justly deserve.

Tickets from $25

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Friday, February 17, 2023

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Concertos by Candlelight

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Orchestra
Itamar Zorman, violin
Adam Golka, piano

This program continues the Bach Festival tradition of featuring two world-class artists in classical music’s most iconic concertos. Adam Golka, last here in 2020 when performing all 32 Beethoven sonatas, will be playing Beethoven’s Piano Concert No. 3. Itamar Zorman will perform the Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 and O Martirio Dos Insetos (The Martyrdom of Insects) by Hector Villa-Lobos. The program will also feature an award-winning piece by Rollins College’s own Daniel Crozier.

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Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Saturday, February 18, 2023

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Concertos by Candlelight

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Orchestra
Itamar Zorman, violin
Adam Golka, piano

This program continues the Bach Festival tradition of featuring two world-class artists in classical music’s most iconic concertos. Adam Golka, last here in 2020 when performing all 32 Beethoven sonatas, will be playing Beethoven’s Piano Concert No. 3. Itamar Zorman will perform the Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 and O Martirio Dos Insetos (The Martyrdom of Insects) by Hector Villa-Lobos. The program will also feature an award-winning piece by Rollins College’s own Daniel Crozier.

Tickets from $25

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Sunday, February 19, 2023

3:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Itamar Zorman, violin and Adam Golka, piano

Back by popular demand! Two consummate artists continue their collaboration, creating a collective virtuosic experience. A violin and piano recital is classical music in a truly pure form.

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Location: Tiedtke Concert Hall, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Saturday, February 25, 2023

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Lisa Terry, viola da gamba and Joanne Kong, harpsichord

Enjoy a rare opportunity to hear two historical instruments performed by two master musicians playing repertoire written specifically for these instruments. This is a free concert for our patrons. Works include the Sonata in G Major by Christoph Schaffrath and J. S. Bach’s Sonata in D major. In addition, the duo will perform 19th century composer Franz Xaver Chwatal’s Variations on "Was soll ich in der Fremde thun" for gamba and piano. Two solo works will round out the program: a sonata for solo viola da gamba by Carl Friedrich Abel, and C. P. E. Bach’s virtuosic harpsichord variations, Les Folies d'Espagne.

This is a free event and seating is General Admission.

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Sunday, February 26, 2023

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM: J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion

Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra • John V. Sinclair, conductor
Mary Wilson, soprano
Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano
Robert Bracey, tenor
Michael Dean, baritone
John Grau, Evangelist
Stephen Mumbert, Jesus
Lisa Terry, viola da gamba
Joanne Kong, harpsichord

J.S. Bach is considered by most musicians to be the most important composer in history, but he was also an amazing dramatist. Both skills are on display in his St. Matthew Passion. First performed on Good Friday in 1729, this last of Bach’s passions is the largest single composition he wrote. In both scale and musical demands, this composition takes the audience and music-makers alike on an emotional musical journey. Conductor John V. Sinclair considers this Bach’s finest large-scale work and one of the greatest creations of Western civilization. Every moment of this work confirms Bach’s genius.

Tickets from $30

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

Fest Date: February 3 - 26, 2023

Location: Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789

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