50th Anniversary - Final Season

Festival Schedule:

Friday, April 26, 2024

7:30 PM: Sergei Babayan, Piano

Renowned pianist Sergei Babayan opens the 2024 Festival, with a tribute performance celebrating Bach Week Festival's 50th Anniversary.

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) -transcr. Franz Liszt
"Der Müller und der Bach" S. 565 No. 2
"Aufenthalt" S. 560 No. 3
"Auf dem Wasser zu singen" S. 558 No. 2
"Die Stadt" S. 558 No. 11
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" S. 558 No. 8
"Ständchen von Shakespeare" S. 558 No. 8
"Erlkönig" S. 558 No. 4

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
"Liebeslied" (Widmung) S. 566 -transcr. Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
"Hymne de la nuit" S. 173a/1
"Romance" in E Minor S. 169, O pourquoi donc

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
"Where beauty dwells" from Twelve Songs, Op. 21 -transcr. Arcadi Volodos
"Melody" from Twelve Songs Op. 21 -transcr. Arcadi Volodos
"Dream" from Six Songs Op. 38 -transcr. Earl Wild

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
"Liebesleid" -transcr. Sergei Rachmaninoff

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
Canción Nos. 6, 7, and 8 from “Cançons i Danses”

Komitas (1869-1935)
"Chinar es" -transcr.Villy Sargsyan

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
"Over the Rainbow" -transcr. Keith Jarrett

Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955)
"Red arrowwood, green leaves" from "Songs of Bukovina"

Jesús Guridi (1886-1961)
"La carrasquilla" from "Danzas viejas"

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
"Einleitung und Lied" from Klaviermusik, Op. 37, Pt. 2, "Reihe kleiner Stücke"

Komitas(1869-1935)
"Berceuse" -transcr. Georgy Saradjian
"Semplice" from "Seven Songs"

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
"L'aurore" from "Chants du Rhin"

Stephen Reynolds (b. 1947)
"Chanson d'automne" from "Two Poems in Homage to Fauré"

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor
"Hommage à Edith Piaf" FP 176

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
"Au bord de l'eau", Op. 8 No. 1 -transcr. Sergei Babayan

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
"Les chemins de l'amour"

Charles Trenet (1913-2001)
"En avril à Paris" -transcr. Alexis Weissenberg

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
"Oh lady, be good!" -transcr. Maurice Whitney

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
"Aria" from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Tickets: VIP $50, Adults $35, Seniors $25, Students w/ID $15

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Location: Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston

10:00 PM: Italian Delights - Candlelight Concert

Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano | Stephen Alltop, harpsichord

PROGRAM

Georg Friederich Handel
Se pieta  from Giulio Cesare
Suite in G minor, HWV 432

Isabella Leonarda
Surge ó faelix anima

Claudio Monteverdi
Exulta Filia Sion

Antonio Vivaldi
In furore iustissimae irae, RV 636

Tickets: $25 General Admission

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Location: Nichols Concert Hall Lobby, Evanston

Sunday, April 28, 2024

3:00 PM: Music Among Friends

PROGRAM

Antonio Vivaldi
Cantata: Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 1 in B minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014

Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio Sonata in F Major for Violin, Cello, and Continuo, TWV 42:F1

Johann Georg Pisendel
Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo

George Frideric Handel
From “Nine German Arias”
Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205

Singe Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206

Hannah De Priest, soprano
Shelby Yamin, baroque violin
Ana Kim, baroque cello
Jason J. Moy, harpsichord

Tickets: Free

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Location: All Saints Episcopal Church, Ravenswood, Chicago

Sunday, May 5, 2024

4:00 PM: Closing Concert

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach
B Minor Mass

Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano;
Lindsay Metzger, soprano;
Susan Platts, contralto;
Tyler Lee, tenor;
David Govertsen, bass;
North Park University Chamber Singers
Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Richard Webster, conductor

Tickets: VIP $50, Adults $35, Seniors $25, Students w/ID $15

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Location: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston

Fest Date: April 26 - May 5, 2024

Locations:
Nichols Concert Hall - 1490 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60201
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church - 939 Hinman Avenue Evanston, IL 60202
All Saints Episcopal Church - Ravenswood - 4550 N Hermitage Ave Chicago, IL 60640

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