Bach Collegium San Diego, the city's acclaimed early music and Baroque performance ensemble, has announced the return of its popular free Bach@Noon concerts for the 15th anniversary season.
All Bach@Noon concerts take place at All Souls' Episcopal Church, 1475 Catalina Blvd. in Point Loma, and are free and open to all.
BACH@NOON 2017-18 CONCERTS:
ELEGY
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
12:00pm-12:45pm
Program:
Christopher Tye, In Nomine 'Rachels Weepinge'
John Dowland, Flow my Tears
Herny Purcell, Chacony in g minor
Thomas Tomkins, A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times
John Bull, My Grief
HerBert Howells, Elegy for solo viola
CONSOLATION
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:00pm-12:45pm
Program:
Jacques van Oortmerssen, Nun ruhen alle Wälder
Georg Philip Telemann, Concerto a 4 TWV 43:D4
J.S. Bach, Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170
MEMORIAM
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
12:00pm-12:45pm
Program:
Hugo Distler, Partita: Jesus, Christus unser heiland
Arvo Pärt, Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Salve Regina in c minor
PEACE
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
12:00pm-12:45pm
Program:
Robert Schumann, Fugue on BACH no. 1 Op. 60
G.F. Handel, Selections from Neun Deutsche Arien
Johann Rosenmüller, Sonata a 2 in g minor
J.S. Bach, Der Friede sei mit dir BWV 158
ECSTASY
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
12:00pm-12:45pm
Program:
Healey Willan, Fugue in c minor
Tomaso Albinoni, Sonata a 5 Op. 2 no. 2
Antonio Vivaldi, In furore iustissimae irae RV 626
For more information on Bach Collegium San Diego's 2017-18 main season, visit bachcollegiumsd.org.
Bach Collegium San Diego engages audiences with accessible, historically informed performances and educational programs featuring repertoire from the Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical eras. The ensemble was founded in 2003 by Music Director Ruben Valenzuela to diversify the musical offerings of the San Diego community. Bach Collegium San Diego has presented a wide variety of historically significant works, including many San Diego and Southern California premieres. Works are performed using the instruments, instrumentation, and techniques of the period in which they were written. Bach Collegium San Diego engages this country's finest musicians working in the field of early music, bringing world-class historically informed performance to the greater San Diego area through main stage concerts and admission-free lunchtime performances. Through its excellent programming and exemplary performances, Bach Collegium San Diego is considered one of the premier early music ensembles on the West Coast and is quickly becoming one of this country's foremost ensembles for early music. Bach Collegium San Diego is Ensemble in Residence at All Souls' Episcopal Church in Point Loma. For detailed bios and a list of ensemble performers, visit the website, or follow on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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