{"id":38298,"date":"2018-05-08T08:26:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T12:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=38298"},"modified":"2018-05-08T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:20:56","slug":"shenandoah-valley-bach-festival-hosts-26th-season-june-10-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/shenandoah-valley-bach-festival-hosts-26th-season-june-10-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival hosts 26th season June 10-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Bach to Bernstein, the 26th\u00a0Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a> explores a wide array of classical music this June.\u00a0World-class soloists join Artistic Director Kenneth Nafziger, the Festival Orchestra, and Festival Choir for eight days of orchestral masterworks and dynamic chamber music.<\/p>\n

Works of Bach and Telemann open the festival, and then the musicians traverse through the ages with iconic works of Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, and William Walton.\u00a0\u00a0The centerpiece of the festival is a mostly-Bernstein concert featuring\u00a0West Side Story Symphonic Dances<\/em>,\u00a0Chichester Psalms<\/em>, and excerpts from\u00a0Candide<\/em>, all in celebration of the 100th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the composer\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

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Festival Concert III, the final evening concert of 2017 season of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. (EMU file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival is a week-long summer music festival devoted to promoting an appreciation and understanding of the music of Bach and a featured composer, country, era or people. Concerts take place on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University and at Asbury United Methodist Church in downtown Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n

Three featured concerts with orchestra, soloists, and choir; six chamber music concerts; a Leipzig Service; and open rehearsals infuse the Valley with unequaled musical richness.\u00a0 The festival, widely recognized for its artistic excellence, has been named the \u201cjewel in Harrisonburg\u2019s crown\u201d by the Virginia Commission for the Arts.<\/p>\n

FESTIVAL CONCERTS 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lehman Auditorium, EMU Campus<\/p>\n

Tickets: $27 \u2013 Adults, $22 \u2013 Seniors (65+), $15 Youth (22 & under).\u00a0Multi-concert discounts and group rates available.\u00a0 All tickets $2 higher at the door.<\/p>\n

Purchase at www.svbachfestival.org<\/a> or call the EMU Box Office (540) 432-4582<\/p>\n

Concert 1 \u2013 Sunday, June 10, at 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This opening concert features Artistic Director Kenneth Nafziger leading the Festival Orchestra and soloists in concertos by Bach and Telemann.\u00a0 Soloists from within the orchestra are joined by flutist Emma Resmini and viola d\u2019amore specialist Paul Miller. Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5<\/em> opens the program; rarely heard works of George Philipp Telemann round out the afternoon. A pre-concert talk by Executive Director David McCormick begins at 2:15 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Concert 2 \u2013 Friday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This concert features pianist David Berry in Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra <\/em>and baritone John Fulton in Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019 Five Mystical Songs<\/em>.\u00a0 William Walton\u2019s lush orchestrations of Bach cantata movements, The Wise Virgins Suite<\/em>, rounds out the program.\u00a0 A pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Kenneth Nafziger begins at 6:45 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

Concert 3 \u2013 Saturday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The centerpiece of the festival, this mostly-Bernstein concert features\u00a0West Side Story Symphonic Dances<\/em>,\u00a0Chichester Psalms<\/em>, and excerpts from\u00a0Candide<\/em>, all in celebration of the 100th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the composer\u2019s birth.\u00a0 This concert features soprano Jessica Spafford, alto Tracy Cowart, tenor Dian Rene, and baritone John Fulton.\u00a0 A pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Kenneth Nafziger begins at 6:45 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

LEIPZIG SERVICE: Sunday, June 17, 10 a.m., Lehman Auditorium<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Free Concert (freewill offerings welcome, no tickets required)<\/p>\n

The season concludes with the cherished Leipzig Service, modeled on services during Bach\u2019s years as a church musician in Leipzig, Germany during the Baroque era. This unique event features Artistic Director Kenneth Nafziger leading the Festival Orchestra and Choir in sacred music of Bach, Buxtehude, and Bernstein. Rabbi Scott Sperling will deliver the homily and organist Marvin Mills will also perform.<\/p>\n

NEW: BAROQUE ACADEMY FACULTY CONCERT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, downtown Harrisonburg<\/p>\n

Tickets: $27 \u2013 Adults, $22 \u2013 Seniors (65+), $15 Youth (22 & under). Multi-concert discounts and group rates available.\u00a0 All tickets $2 higher at the door.<\/p>\n

Purchase at www.svbachfestival.org or call the EMU Box Office (540) 432-4582<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 14 \u2013 Baroque Academy Faculty Concert, \u201cBach and His World\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members of the Baroque Academy faculty including harpsichordist Arthur Haas, mezzo-soprano Judith Malafronte, recorder player Anne Timberlake, baroque violinist Daniel Lee, and viola da gamba player Martha McGaughey perform works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Franc\u0327ois Couperin on period instruments. This concert celebrates the 10th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Virginia Baroque Performance Academy.<\/p>\n

NOON CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Location: Asbury United Methodist Church, downtown Harrisonburg<\/p>\n

Free Concert ($5 suggested donation)<\/p>\n

June 11-16, noon<\/p>\n

Festival musicians present free noon chamber music concerts Monday through Saturday featuring a diverse selection of works for small ensembles.\u00a0 A full list of artists and repertoire is available at www.svbachfestival.org.<\/p>\n

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