Friday, June 14, 2024 | 7:30PM
Saturday, June 15, 2024 | 7:30PM
Sunday, June 16, 2024 | 2PM
Maestro Grant Cooper, Artistic Director

Bach & Beyond is a lively celebration of Baroque music with spirited performances of some of the greatest music ever written, presented here in the acoustically ideal setting of the Opera House.  Treat yourself to the lighthearted atmosphere that has distinguished  the Festival since its beginning in 1996 with incredible performances by acclaimed musicians from across the globe!  Though the music of Johannes Sebastian Bach is the inspiration and foundation of the Festival, we include other great composers whose works reflect Bach’s inspirational influence.

2024 PROGRAM
Join us for the 27th Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival, June 14-16, 2024.  Maestro Cooper has created an exciting program of contrasts and comparison.  Wolfgang Mozart, Antonio Salieri and Chevalier de Saint-Georges … who was the superior composer?  Through representative symphonies, the Bach musicians will present and explore these three contemporaries and examine their musical prowess.  The Festival also will feature a world premiere composition by Byron Adams for orchestra and oboe to feature our founding oboist, Cheryl Bishkoff.

Also this year, two pre-Festival movie screenings will preview the Festival’s focus on our three competing composers.

PRE-FESTIVAL MOVIE SCREENINGS

Saturday, June 8 – 2pm
Amadeus …… 1985 Best Picture Oscar winner … The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Saturday, June 8 – 7:30pm
Chevalier …… 2022 film inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette.

CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS

Friday, June 14 – 7:30pm
Bach:  Harpsichord Concerto in G-minor, BWV 1058
Salieri:  Symphony No. 19 in D major
de Saint-Georges: Overture: L’amant anime

Saturday, June 15 – 7:30pm
Adams:  Work for Orchestra and Oboe*
Corelli:  Concerto Grosso
Mozart:  Symphony in A major

Sunday, June 16 – 2pm
Bach:  Concerto for violin in A-minor, BWV 1041
Haydn:  Farewell Symphony

*World Premiere work by composer Byron Adams to feature Festival founding oboist Cheryl Bishkoff

SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE THE BEST BARGAIN
Individual concert tickets are an affordable $20.  However, consider a subscription to all three concerts for $51, a savings of $9.  Be an Early Bird subscriber by purchasing your tickets before Apr. 17 and maximize your savings!

This year, a special Festival Package includes discounted tickets to the two pre-Festival movies for just $10 more.

All Bach & Beyond Festival tickets are Reserved Seating.

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