90th Season | Program Book 2

MOZART - REQUIEM | SIBELIUS - FINLANDIA | RICKETTS - SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE EDGAR MEYER TRIO WITH TESSA LARK AND JOSHUA ROMAN A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS

PRESENTED BY THE BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF WINTER PARK

AT ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1935

The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park’s mission is to inspire the human spirit through extraordinary music, featuring powerful choral performances and innovative programming that celebrates the legacy of J.S. Bach. The 90th Season will showcase a dynamic array of world-class musicians and vocalists performing classical masterworks and contemporary compositions that will delight, challenge, and inspire listeners.

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OFFICERS Dr. John W. Schott, M.D., President Dr. William C. Oelfke, Vice President Mr. Michael J. Kakos, Treasurer Mrs. Beverly J. Slaughter, Secretary

STAFF John V. Sinclair, Artistic Director and Conductor Kathy Johnson Berlinsky, Executive Director Rhonda Burnham, Artistic Manager

TRUSTEES

Deanna Tiedtke, Acting Marketing Director

Mr. Richard O. Baldwin, Jr. Dr. Grant Cornwell Dr. Jefferson S. Flowers Dr. B. Grant Hayes The Hon. Cynthia Mackinnon Ms. Beppy Landrum Owen Mr. Victor Alexander Tiedtke

Ruby Abreu, Marketing Manager Sondra Jones, Education Manager Logan Landry-Jennings, Operations Manager Luke Noles, Administrative Coordinator Sherry Orr, Assistant to John Sinclair Regunia Griggs, Choir Liaison

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Lynn Peghiny, Bach Choir Accompanist

The late M. Elizabeth Brothers J. Michael Murphy The late Rev. Eric Ravndal, III

Rebecca Hammac, Youth Choir Director Vivian Cook, Young at Heart Choral Director Sofia Cardi Bonfil, Youth Choir and Young at Heart Choral Accompanist

Major Support Provided By

Our 90th Season is supported by many generous individual donors as well as Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs program; United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts; Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation; Dr. Phillips Charities; Jessie Ball duPont Fund; Pabst Steinmetz Foundation; Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation; AdventHealth, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation; The Joe & Sarah Galloway Foundation; Massey Services Inc.; and Rollins College.

JOHN V. SINCLAIR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR

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John V. Sinclair has established a national reputation as one of the leading conductors of choral masterworks while locally being known as one of the hardest-working and in-demand artists of the Central Florida cultural community. In his 35th season as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Festival Society, he has broadened the Society’s musical offerings of masterworks by both classical and contemporary Photo credit: David Bean composers into the repertoire of the Society while perpetuating his reputation as a scholarly interpreter of J.S. Bach’s music. He continues his imaginative programming, creative interpretations, and expressive conducting.

Dr. Sinclair, known as a master teacher, is Director of Music at Rollins College and holds the John M. Tiedtke Endowed Chair. As a career educator, Sinclair keeps the Society’s educational focus vital by providing a broad range of musical programs and experiences for individuals of all ages. As a conductor who is equally adept at directing choral and orchestral music, he has been referred to as Central Florida’s “resident conductor.” Sinclair has appeared as conductor for more than a thousand EPCOT Candlelight performances in addition to his work as a clinician and lecturer.

The Bach Festival, under his leadership, has achieved international recognition by touring in Europe, producing nationally released CDs and broadcasts, and performing with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during their Florida residencies.

Dr. Sinclair holds master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music. His undergraduate school, William Jewell College, honored him with its most prestigious Citation for Achievement. In addition to editing and interpreting historical choral works through the Moravian Music Foundation, he has authored an anecdotal book entitled Falling Off the Podium and Other Life Lessons. The late Terry Teachout, formerly the Wall Street Journal’s arts critic, once wrote, “John is a gifted conductor, a great educator, and the best of all possible colleagues.” For more than three decades, John Sinclair has shared his talent and dedication to musical excellence with the Central Florida community and beyond.

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Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Presents

MOZART AND RICKETTS Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra John V. Sinclair Artistic Director and Conductor Clara Rottsolk, soprano | Morgan Davis Peckels, mezzo-soprano Steven Soph, tenor | Brian Ming Chu, bass Sunday, November 3, 2024•3:00pm | Steinmetz Hall

PROGRAM Finlandia, Opus 26 (9’)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Songs of War and Peace (20) Ted Ricketts 1.

Beat! Beat! Drums - Based on a poem by Walt Whitman 2.

Suicide in the Trenches - Based on a poem by Siegfried Sassoon 3.

War is Kind - Based on a poem by Stephen Crane 4.

Reconciliation - Based on a poem by Walt Whitman 5.

You are the Light of the World/Dona Nobis Pacem

Lyrics by Sarah Moore, Sherilyn Draper & Ted Ricketts INTERMISSION Serenade in C, K. 648 (Ganz Kleine Nachtmusi) 1.

Marche 2.

Allegro 3.

Menuet & Trio 4.

Polonese 5.

Adagio 6.

Menuet & Trio 7.

Finale

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Requiem in d minor, K. 626 (60’) I. Introit: Requiem II. Kyrie III. Sequence

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Dies irae

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Tuba mirum

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Rex tremendae 4.

Recordare 5.

Confutatis 6.

Lacrimosa IV. Offertory

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Domine Jesu 2.

Hostias V. Agnus Dei VI. Communion

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Lux aeterna

W. A. Mozart

The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park extends deep appreciation to: Mr. Alexander and The Hon. Cynthia Mackinnon for sponsoring this performance.

The Charles F. de Ganahl Family Foundation for sponsoring the recording of Ted Ricketts' "Songs of War and Peace."

Please turn off cell phone and electronic devices prior to the start of this performance. The Bach Festival Society’s policies strictly prohibit photography, filming, or recording of any kind during performances without the express written permission of the Society.

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FEATURED ARTIST TED RICKETTS Ted Ricketts is a highly creative music professional with national and international experience producing and directing live and recorded music. In his 24-year tenure as Music Director and Producer for Walt Disney World, Ted contributed to hundreds of stage shows, parades, concerts and atmospheric instrumental and vocal groups for Walt Disney World Resort, Tokyo Disneyland and Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist Disneyland Paris. In addition, he produced recordings in major cities in Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States. As an innovative composer, arranger and orchestrator, Ted's commissioned and published works have been heard on television, commercially produced albums, in Walt Disney theme parks, and performed live throughout the world. Ted’s current clients include The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong Disneyland parade and fireworks shows, the BBC Concert Orchestra Prom in Hyde Park, and the San Francisco Symphony July 4 2006 Disney Concert), VEE Corporation (Dragon Tales and Care Bears national tours), Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, TKG (McDonald’s and Takeda Pharmaceuticals global conferences), and Tokyo Disneyland Resort (FUNderful).

Ted has over 100 compositions and arrangements for orchestra and concert band published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. Drum Taps, a choral trilogy for orchestra and choir based on the war poems of Walt Whitman and Stephen Crane, was commissioned and premiered in 2000 by the Winter Park, Florida Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra.

Mr. Ricketts holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Master of Arts in Music from California State University at Long Beach. Early in his career, he served as Assistant Director of the marching band and concert band at Long Beach City College. At the high school level, Ted was Director of Music at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California. In recent years, Ted has been a college instructor in Commercial Music Arranging at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Ted has recently relocated to Los Angeles, where he is currently a freelance music director, producer, composer and arranger.

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FEATURED POETS WALT WHITMAN

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Walter Whitman Jr. (1819–1892) was a pioneering American poet, essayist, and journalist, considered a father of free verse. Born in Long Island and raised in Brooklyn, he left formal schooling at 11 to work as a journalist, teacher, and government clerk. His major work, Leaves of Grass (1855), self-published, expressed transcendentalism and realism. During the Civil War, Whitman cared for wounded soldiers, influencing his poetry on loss and healing. He admired Lincoln, writing "O Captain! My Captain!" after the president’s assassination. Whitman spent his later years in Camden, New Jersey, and remains one of America's most influential poets.

SIEGFRIED SASSOON

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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886–1967) was an English writer and soldier, renowned for his First World War poetry and bravery on the Western Front. His works vividly depicted the horrors of trench warfare and critiqued the jingoism that fueled the conflict. In 1917, Sassoon made a bold protest against the war with his "Soldier's Declaration," which led to his confinement at Craiglockhart War Hospital.

Beyond poetry, Sassoon earned acclaim for his prose, especially the Sherston trilogy, a semi-autobiographical account of his wartime experiences. He remains one of the most significant voices of the war generation.

STEPHEN CRANE

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Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his innovative works in Realism, Naturalism, and Impressionism. Born into a Methodist family, Crane began writing as a child and left Syracuse University to become a journalist.

His first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893), pioneered American Naturalism. Crane gained international fame with The Red Badge of Courage (1895), a Civil War novel. He later became a war correspondent, surviving a shipwreck he described in "The Open Boat." Crane’s vivid, intense writing influenced 20th-century authors like Ernest Hemingway before his early death from tuberculosis at 28.

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FEATURED POETS SARAH MOORE Sarah Moore is an Orlando, Florida based Music Producer. She has been involved with composing, arranging, coaching, recording and directing vocals for live performance and recorded playback for shows and events including theme parks, conventions, television shows, ads, theater, cruise ships and more.

Her vocals have been a part of the Disney experience for more than 30 years, and hundreds of her compositions play regularly in theme parks, schools and churches around the world. Sarah has recorded and performed live with artists as diverse as Gloria Estefan, The Newsboys, Molly Hatchett and Charley Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist Rich. She has voiced ads for hundreds of radio and television clients including Chevrolet, State Farm, AMC Theaters, Kentucky Fried Chicken and many more. Sarah has also worked extensively with some of the world’s top companies, such as Warner Brothers and Hal Leonard, making sure that the quality of their publisher’s demos is at the highest level.

As a writer, Sarah Moore has published over 800 songs in a wide variety of fields.

Her original compositions have been utilized in Disney parks worldwide. She created 25 songs for the American Bible Society’s children’s animated series “Kingsley’s Meadow”, which aired on TBS and INSP TV. Her songs written in conjunction with Advance Publishing’s “Sommer-Time Stories” have won over 40 national awards and are used in many schools nationwide. She wrote and produced 9 songs for Florida Hospital that have been used in VBS programs, in patient packets and in live productions...one of which was hosted by Michele Obama as part of her “Let’s Move!” campaign. One of Sarah’s strengths is working with clients to determine their needs, and then finding just the right lyric, melody and style to make their vision a reality.

Sarah earned screen credit as Music Performance Supervisor (third season) for Nickelodeon Studios’ highly acclaimed children’s series, “Allegra’s Window”. She has also enjoyed multiple seasons as children’s chorus director for the “Barney and Friends” television show and videos and working on a host of other projects such as the “Character Counts” video series, “Reppies”, and PBS’s “Dooley and Pals”.

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FEATURED POETS SHERILYN DRAPER As an internationally known creative producer, director and writer, Sherilyn Draper has conceived, written and directed shows and events for clients all over the world. She can follow a project from concept to completion either as the creative leader or a member of the project team. Participating as a concept developer, treatment, story and script writer, or director, Sherilyn is well versed in all aspects of the live entertainment production process. Whether the entertainment endeavor is a live stage show, arena style children’s show, parade, spectacular or branded corporate special event, Sherilyn is known Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist for her ability to quickly recognize the core essence of a project. The result is highly creative, targeted entertainment that fundamentally represents the subject matter. It has been her greatest honor to work alongside teams at Universal Studios Japan, Universal Parks and Experiences, The Walt Disney Company, SeaWorld, LEGOLAND and many more. Ms. Draper believes every day is an opportunity to create more joy in the world, one show at a time.

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FEATURED ARTIST CLARA ROTTSOLK, SOPRANO Soprano Clara Rottsolk has been lauded by The New York Times for her “clear, appealing voice and expressive conviction” and by The Philadelphia Inquirer for the “opulent tone [with which] every phrase has such a communicative emotional presence.” In repertoire extending from the Renaissance to the contemporary, her solo appearances have taken her across the U.S., the Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist Middle East, Japan, and South America. She specializes in historically- informed performance practice and hasPhoto sungcredit: withMarjorie such Durante ensembles as American Bach Soloists, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Pacific MusicWorks, Virginia Symphony, Atlanta Baroque, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Piffaro, Colorado Bach Ensemble, Seraphic Fire, New Mexico Symphonic Chorus, ARTEK, St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Philadelphia Bach Collegium, Trinity Wall Street Choir, and the Masterwork Chorus. As a recitalist, she has performed throughout the U.S., in venues including the Goethe-Institut Boston, St. Mark’s Church Philadelphia and Swarthmore College, and at the Carmel Bach Festival, Whidbey Island Music Festival, and the Brevard Music Center. Her recordings include Myths and Allegories (French Baroque cantatas with Les Délices), and Scarlatti Cantatas with Tempesta di Mare. A native of Seattle, currently based in Philadelphia, Rottsolk earned her music degrees at Rice University and Westminster Choir College and received an award for musical excellence from the Metropolitan Opera National Council.

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FEATURED ARTIST MORGAN DAVIS PECKELS, MEZZO-SOPRANO Mezzo-Soprano Morgan Peckels is an active performer and highly sought after voice teacher in the Central Florida area. She can be seen singing with the numerous orchestras and performance groups in the state of Florida such as the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, The Orlando Philharmonic, Space Coast Symphony, Brevard Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orlando, and Orlando’s Messiah Choral Society. She is a founding member of The Bach Vocal Artists with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and her solo oratorio credits include Bach’s Magnificat and B Minor Mass, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Juditha triumphans, and Mozart’s Requiem as well as more modern works such as Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo and Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light where she was praised by Matt Palm of the Orlando Sentinel for her “hauntingly lamenting tones”. Her operatic credits include The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly as well as roles in Trouble in Tahiti, Dido and Aeneas, and La Rondine. Earning her bachelor’s degree from Elon University and her master’s from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Morgan is currently on the voice faculty at Rollins College in Winter Park and runs a thriving private studio from her home in Winter Springs.

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FEATURED ARTIST STEVEN SOPH, TENOR Steven Soph has appeared in Handel’s Messiah with the symphonies of Fort Worth, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Colorado Pro Musica, the New World Symphony and the Bach Society of St. Louis, Master Chorale of South Florida, Handel Oratorio Society, Seraphic Fire, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Bourbon Baroque, Variant 6, Oklahoma Bach Choir, Messiah Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist Choral Society (Orlando, Florida), and the Alpine Chorale. He has also appeared with the Boston Symphony in Handel’s Israel in Egypt, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Berlioz’s Requiem, and joined the University of Iowa for Britten’s War Requiem.

Steven returns to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall for Bach’s Mass in B minor; to Choral Arts Philadelphia in Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, and the Oregon Bach Festival for performances of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. He also appears with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Rhode Island’s Ensemble Altera, Winter Park Florida’s Bach Vocal Artists, Washington Bach Consort, Yale Choral Artists, Handel’s Oratorio Society, Spire Chamber Ensemble, Apollo, Bourbon Baroque, Oklahoma Bach Choir, Messiah Choral Society (Orlando, Florida), and the Alpine Chorale (Denver). With the Choral Arts Philadelphia Steven debuted the North American premiers of Carissimi’s rediscovered oratorios Goliath and Noah An active Bach interpreter, Steven has performed “with a tenor ranging from feathered intimacies to powerful, glinting top notes” (The Dallas Morning News). Steven performs with top American vocal ensembles including GRAMMY® Award-nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra; GRAMMY® Award-winning Roomful of Teeth and Conspirare; Gramophone® finalist Cut Circle; Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Oregon Bach Festival; Colorado Bach Ensemble; and Spire Chamber Ensemble.

Recent recording credits include solos on Baltimore Choral Arts Society’s 2023 “Mozart’s Requiem,” solos on 2021 GRAMMY®-nominated “The Singing Guitar” with Conspirare, Seraphic Fire's "Steal Away," and tenor vocals on Maná's 2015 Latin GRAMMY® Award-winning Best Pop/Rock Album "Cama Incendiada."

During the pandemic, Steven performed in True Concord Voices & Orchestra’s “bubble” season, recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts in The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19. He also contributed to remote projects with Seraphic Fire, Master Chorale of South Florida, and Victoria Bach Festival.

Steven holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Yale School of Music where he studied with renowned tenor James Taylor. Steven attended the American Bach Soloists Academy in 2011, was a 2014 Carmel Bach Festival Adams Fellow, and a 2016 Oregon Bach Festival Young Artist.

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FEATURED ARTIST BRIAN MING CHU, BARITONE Acclaimed by The Washington Post for his “sterling performances”, baritone Brian Ming Chu has established himself onstage as a dynamic interpreter of music from the Baroque to the Great American Songbook. Hailed for his “rich, authoritative tone" (Kansas City Metropolis), and “range, agility, and expressive storytelling ability” (Monterey Herald), he has been a regular soloist with Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Brandywine Baroque, the Dryden Ensemble, La Fiocco, The King’s Noyse, Piffaro, the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, as well as the Caramoor and Carmel Bach music festivals. As a lecturer in voice at Muhlenberg for fifteen years, he brings critical thinking from the performer’s perspective to his analytical approach to pedagogy.

A specialist in oratorio and choral music, he has given numerous performances in the title role of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, the Bach Passions, Haydn’s Creation, the Brahms, Mozart and Verdi Requiems, and Handel’s Messiah on three continents. Additional credits include Orff’s Carmina Burana, Finzi’s In terra pax, Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He premiered the role of Rudyard Kipling in John Muehleisen’s A Kipling Passion for the WWI centenary in Kansas City and performed the role of Martin Luther in Ludwig Meinardus’ 1876 oratorio, Luther in Worms, with the Bach Choir Eisenach and Dresden Singakademie, for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Mr. Chu made his Kennedy Center debut in Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with the Choral Arts Society of Washington.

On the operatic stage, he has performed with opera companies around the country, appearing in signature roles that inclue La Bohème, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, and Pagliacci. With the Bethlehem Bach Choir, he premiered multiple roles in their newly-commissioned (2014) opera, Young Meister Bach.

A passionate advocate for contemporary art song, Mr. Chu has been cited for “vocal and interpretive confidence” (Philadelphia Inquirer) in repeat appearances with the modern ensemble Network for New Music. He has appeared in recital at Carnegie’s Weill and Merkin Halls in New York, the Annenberg Center for the Arts, Washington's Phillips Collection, and as a US Embassy Cultural Artist in French West Africa and Vienna, Austria.

Mr. Chu did his graduate work in voice and opera at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University.

Additionally, he has taught on the voice faculties of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, Lehigh University, and Rowan University.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION Commissioned by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Dr. John Sinclair, Artistic Director and Conductor World premiere November 3, 2024 in Orlando, Florida

SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE Composed by Ted Ricketts (ASCAP) 1. Beat! Beat! Drums Based on a poem by Walt Whitman Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!

Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying, Leave not the bridegroom quiet—no happiness must he have now with his bride, Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain, So fierce you whirr and pound you drums—so shrill you bugles blow.

Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!

Over the traffic of cities—over the rumble of wheels in the streets; Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers must sleep in those beds, No bargainers’ bargains by day—no brokers or speculators—would they continue?

Would the talkers be talking? would the singer attempt to sing?

Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge?

Then rattle quicker, heavier drums—you bugles wilder blow.

Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!

Make no parley—stop for no expostulation, Mind not the timid—mind not the weeper or prayer, Mind not the old man beseeching the young man, Let not the child’s voice be heard, nor the mother’s entreaties, Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses, So strong you thump O terrible drums—so loud you bugles blow.

2. Suicide in the Trenches Based on a poem by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain.

No one spoke of him again.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.

3. War is Kind Based on a poem by Stephen Crane Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.

Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do not weep.

War is kind.

Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment, Little souls who thirst for fight, These men were born to drill and die.

The unexplained glory flies above them, Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom— A field where a thousand corpses lie.

Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.

Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches, Raged at his breast, gulped and died, Do not weep.

War is kind.

Swift, blazing flag of the regiment, Eagle with crest of red and gold, These men were born to drill and die.

Point for them the virtue of slaughter, Make plain to them the excellence of killing And a field where a thousand corpses lie.

Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep.

War is kind.

4. Reconciliation Based on a poem by Walt Whitman Word over all, beautiful as the sky!

Beautiful that war, and all its deeds of carnage, must in time be utterly lost; That the hands of the sisters Death and Night, incessantly softly wash again, and ever again, this soil’d world: . . . For my enemy is dead—a man divine as myself is dead; I look where he lies, white-faced and still, in the coffin—I draw near; bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION 5. You are the Light of the World/Dona Nobis Pacem Lyrics by Sarah Moore, Sherilyn Draper, & Ted Ricketts You are the light of the world. Rise up and show the way.

Where there is hate, anger and pain, let your light be love.

You are the light of the world. Rise up and shine like the dawn.

Where there is greed, discord, mistrust, let your song be grace.

We can be a beacon of hope where there is fear. Step into the darkness and be the light.

We can make tomorrow a better, brighter day. Step into the darkness and be the light.

You are the light of the world. Rise up and share in the work.

Where there is war, chaos, and strife, let your light be peace!

Dona nobis pacem. Dona nobis pacem.

Sing a song of love. Sing a song of grace. Sing a song of peace. Dona nobis pacem.

Dona nobis pacem. Live in peace. Sing a song of peace and goodwill.

You are the light of the world. Rise up and show the way.

Where there is hate, anger and pain, let your light be love.

You are the light of the world. Rise up and shine like the dawn.

Where there is greed, discord, mistrust, let your light be grace.

Let there be love. Let there be grace. Let there be peace. Let your light shine into the dark, let there be hope. Dona nobis pacem.

You are the light of the world. Rise up and shine through the dark.

Rise up in love. Rise up in grace. Rise up, rise up in peace. Rise up and shine!

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION REQUIEM, W.A. MOZART I. Introit: Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis care veniet.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them.

You are praised, God, in Zion, and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.

Hear my prayer, to You all flesh will come.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them.

II. Kyrie Kyrie, eleison.

Christe, eleison.

Kyrie, eleison.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

III. Sequence Dies irae Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurus, quando judex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus!

Day of wrath, day of anger will dissolve the world in ashes, as foretold by David and the Sibyl.

Great trembling there will be when the Judge descends from heaven to examine all things closely.

Tuba mirum Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum.

Mors stupebit et natura, cum resurget creatura, judicanti responsura.

Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde mundus judicetur.

Judex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet, apparebit, nil inultum remanebit.

The trumpet will send its wondrous sound throughout earth's sepulchres and gather all before the throne.

Death and nature will be astounded, when all creation rises again, to answer the judgement.

A book will be brought forth, in which all will be written, by which the world will be judged.

When the judge takes his place, what is hidden will be revealed, nothing will remain unavenged.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? quem patronum rogaturus, cum vix justus sit securus?

What shall a wretch like me say?

Who shall intercede for me, when the just ones need mercy?

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Rex tremendae Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salve me, fons pietatis.

King of tremendous majesty, who freely saves those worthy ones, save me, source of mercy.

Recordare Recordare, Jesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae; ne me perdas illa die.

Quaerens me, sedisti lassus, redemisti crucem passus; tantus labor non sit cassus.

Juste judex ultionis, donum fac remissionis ante diem rationis.

Ingemisco, tamquam reus: culpa rubet vultus meus; supplicanti parce, Deus.

Qui Mariam absolvisti, et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti.

Preces meae non sunt dignae, sed tu, bonus, fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne.

Inter oves locum praesta, Et ab haedis me sequestra, Statuens in parte dextra.

Remember, kind Jesus, my salvation caused your suffering; do not forsake me on that day.

Faint and weary you have sought me, redeemed me, suffering on the cross; may such great effort not be in vain.

Righteous judge of vengeance, grant me the gift of absolution before the day of retribution.

I moan as one who is guilty: owning my shame with a red face; suppliant before you, Lord.

You, who absolved Mary, and listened to the thief, give me hope also.

My prayers are unworthy, but, good Lord, have mercy, and rescue me from eternal fire.

Provide me a place among the sheep, and separate me from the goats, guiding me to Your right hand.

Confutatis Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis, voca me cum benedictus.

Oro supplex et acclinis, cor contritum quasi cinis, gere curam mei finis.

When the accused are confounded, and doomed to flames of woe, call me among the blessed.

I kneel with submissive heart, my contrition is like ashes, help me in my final condition.

Lacrimosa Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla judicandus homo reus.

Huic ergo parce, Deus, pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Amen.

That day of tears and mourning, when from the ashes shall arise, all humanity to be judged.

Spare us by your mercy, Lord, gentle Lord Jesus, grant them eternal rest. Amen.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION IV. Offertory Domine Jesu Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu.

Libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum.

Sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam.

Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.

Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, liberate the souls of the faithful, departed from the pains of hell and from the bottomless pit.

Deliver them from the lion's mouth, lest hell swallow them up, lest they fall into darkness.

Let the standard-bearer, holy Michael, bring them into holy light.

Which was promised to Abraham and his descendants.

Hostias Hostias et preces tibi, Domine, laudis offerimus.

Tu sucipe pro animabus illis, quaram hodie memoriam facimus.

Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam, Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.

Sacrifices and prayers of praise, Lord, we offer to You. Receive them in behalf of those souls we commemorate today.

And let them, Lord, pass from death to life, which was promised to Abraham and his descendants.

V. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them eternal rest.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Grant them eternal rest.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them eternal rest forever.

VI. Communion: Lux aeterna Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.

Requiem aeternum dona eis, Domine, et Lux perpetua luceat eis, cum Sanctus tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.

Let eternal light shine on them, Lord, as with Your saints in eternity, because You are merciful.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them, as with Your saints in eternity, because You are merciful.

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PROGRAM NOTES FINLANDIA, JEAN SIBELIUS As a talented young violinist, Sibelius left his homeland to study music in Berlin and Vienna, where he claimed to be influenced by the works of musical greats such as Bruckner, Greig, and Tchaikovsky. But when Sibelius returned home to Helsinki, he chose not to adopt a more international style, but rather to allow his nationalistic tendencies to capture the essence of Finland through symphonic poems, such as Finlandia.

During a speech in February of 1899, Tsar Nicholas II declared that Russia could impose its will upon Finland, without any approval of local leaders. This declaration only served to fuel the determination of the Finns to establish a sovereign country.

Sibelius who typically stayed removed from political commentary, composed Finlandia as a statement against Russian censorship laws, subtly nurturing patriotism through his art. This work helped solidify the collective call to toughen the resolve of the opposition and in 1917 when Finland finally achieved its independence, the work became a celebratory anthem.

The music itself is direct, powerful, and rousing, yet simple in structure and steeped with emotion. The moving “Finlandia Hymn” at the end, soon became a second national anthem for Finland, a country that still celebrates Jean Sibelius as a national hero.

SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE, TED RICKETTS Composer Ted Ricketts' work, Songs of War and Peace beautifully melds music and poetry to convey his powerful message—the story of war’s horrors and the yearning for peace. He poignantly illuminates the conflict’s ghastly nature through the first four movements and then comforts the listener with the piece’s final words of hope.

Movement One begins with Walt Whitman’s poem “Beat, Beat Drums,” a call to action written shortly after the first battle of the Civil War. The conflict became personal after the poet visited a battlefield where his brother shared his own experiences as a soldier. Whitman later wrote about observing piles of amputated limbs on that killing field and the lingering aftermath of battle he observed while serving in a hospital for wounded soldiers. This first section’s epic sound imbues a cinematic atmosphere matching the poet’s powerful text, and the dialogue between the Choir, brass, and percussion captures in sound the anger and chaos while simultaneously maintaining its tonal sense.

Movement Two is brief and sobering as its succinct elegy pits the heroic against the pathetic. Using for its textual base “Suicide in the Trenches” by young British poet Siegfried Sassoon writing about WWI, the poem avoids self-pity as it describes realities of war that lead to a soldier’s suicide. The movement becomes even more evocative when paired with Ricketts haunting melody which he said emerged intact from the first reading of the poem.

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PROGRAM NOTES Movement Three opens with an aggressive orchestral introduction enlisting pounding rhythmic ostinato string writing accentuated by woodwind and brass flourishes. The sudden change in timbre allows the choir to powerfully emote, “I cried for you” before the orchestra reinstates anger, then subdues the tempo for singers to tenderly intone, “Do not weep maiden, war is kind.” The continual tension/release makes the absurd irony of poet Stephen Crane’s “War Is Kind” even more heart-wrenching.

Movement Four opens with non-verbal singing and creates the effect of crying and sobbing that are war’s aftermath. Paired with text from Whitman’s “Reconciliation,” the listener is reminded that the conflict is over but the gruesome carnage and unimaginable grief remain. Ricketts achieves this effect by seamlessly intertwining music and lyrics to produce a mournfulness that doesn’t allow us to forget our grief.

The last movement majestically celebrates the triumph over war. Ricketts reflects that while composing this section he was reminded, “War doesn’t ever seem far from us, and we have a responsibility to do something to accomplish peace.” He combined the traditional text, “Dona Nobis Pacem” (Grant us peace), with positive yet actionable lyrics co-written with Sherilyn Draper and Sarah Moore. In tandem with the music’s weighty joyfulness, the inspiring last words, “Rise up and shine,” compel us to remember that peace begins with each of us.

REQUIEM, W.A. MOZART The musician baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart is unrivaled for his prodigious ability and creative output as a composer and performer, but his last work had a personal essence not found in most of his music. His Requiem remains one of the greatest mysteries of classical music.

Mozart was no stranger to illness, with a long history of upper respiratory and staph infections, in addition to other conditions such as rheumatic fever. His already precarious health declined rapidly during the final few months of his life with just over the last two weeks spent bed-ridden while dictating the Requiem. Notes left

by Mozart’s doctors have led current day physicians to theorize that he died from a combination of streptococcal infection, Schönlein-Henoch Syndrome, renal failure, cerebral hemorrhage, and pneumonia.

In July 1791, five months before his death, a stranger wearing a mask and long dark cape presented an already weak and compromised Mozart with a letter commissioning a requiem. After the composer agreed to the project, the stranger returned a few days later providing half of the fee, the remainder to be paid when the composition was delivered.

Mozart immediately started to work with the underlying belief that he was writing a mass for his own death adding to the immediacy of the project. His efforts were interrupted by the need to finish the opera La Clemenza di Tito, a Little Masonic Cantata, the Clarinet Concerto, and to prepare the Magic Flute for its premier on BachFestivalFlorida.org

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PROGRAM NOTES September 30. As validated by a letter to his librettist Ponte, while Mozart was fully engaged in other pressing work, the requiem never left his mind. He wrote: “My head is confused. It is only with difficulty that I can keep my thoughts collected. The image of that stranger will not part from my eyes. I always see him before me; he asks, he urges me, he impatiently demands the work from me. I continue because composing tires me less than rest … I feel it, my condition tells me; my hour has struck. I shall have to die.

So, I am finishing my funeral dirge. I must not leave it incomplete.”

At fifty-five minutes past mid-night on December 5, 1791 Mozart died with his Requiem unfinished, leaving his wife Constance scrambling to find someone to complete the work. A past student and friend, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who visited the composer often during his final illness, eventually took over the task of completion.

And now, the tale’s conclusion. The mysterious stranger negotiating the Requiem was representing Count Franz von Walsegg, who intended to take the famed composer’s music and pass it off as his own. The work was finally performed by Walsegg in December 1793 in remembrance of his recently departed wife, but in time he admitted the work was Mozart’s.

Except for his operatic writing, Mozart’s compositions from June 1791 forward, including “Ave Verum Corpus” and Requiem, reflect a sustained seriousness rarely found in his earlier pieces. Such frenzied and profound treatment of the work bears evidence of a frightened and fragile man in his last days.

Composing the opening of a large-scale work might be compared to writing the first sentence of a novel with the attempt to draw the audience in and to provide a glimpse of what might be in store. Mozart doesn’t disappoint. He is predictably unpredictable beginning with a solemn but understated opening few phrases while saving the ominous tone for the choir’s entrance. He succeeds in making the first two movements feverishly intense, and one can only imagine how careful he was in creating such a sense of expectation.

The steady pace at the beginning feels like a deliberate and slow ascent to impending death with a gentle pause allowing us to catch our breath before charging into the assertive “Kyrie” section. This section provides Mozart with two compositional opportunities. First, through the text, he earnestly pleas for mercy, while secondly showing off his mastery of fugal writing. Mozart’s writing tells us he is not going to the grave quietly. The dramatic “Dies Irae” movement that follows accomplishes the fearfulness Mozart depicts in facing the Day of Wrath.

Next, in the stately “Tuba mirum” a trombone solo summons all before the throne only to move to an aggressive “Rex tremendae,” King of fearful majesty, movement which ends with the choir pleading “save me.” The next movement, “Recordare,” elegantly allows soloists to remind Christ to not “cast me out that day.”

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PROGRAM NOTES directions from Mozart or if the remainder was original. Interestingly, the last words we know Mozart set were, “O how tearful that day……spare them O God.” The “Offerorium” section includes a frantic “Domine Jesu” with the text asking the “King of Glory to liberate the souls,” followed by the “Hostias” movement where the music gently requests “the dead to pass to eternal life.”

The powerful “Sanctus” movement is formulaic, a rather typical rhythmic “Sanctus” ending with an exuberant “Hosanna.” The “Benedictus” movement’s structure is also predictable given this part of a requiem is often sung by soloists and ends with the choir reprising the “Hosanna” refrain.

The “Agnus Dei” section treats the text, “Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them peace” with an uncharacteristic urgency.

What happens next is truly unique and brilliant. Süssmayr allows the work to end as it began, using Mozart’s musical ideas with different text. There are only a few moments that don’t feel Mozartian, so it is difficult to believe that a composer such as Sussmayr, whose music was not considered exemplary in his own time, could have taken an incomplete masterpiece by Mozart and finished it so beautifully. Count me among those who believe the master shared his vision and ideas with Süssmayr before his death.

Mozart’s instrumental choices are intriguing. He uses basset horns, but he had just finished his divine Clarinet Concerto, so why not use clarinets? One could speculate that the basset horn was chosen for its lower, more melancholy sound, the same reason J.S. Bach uses the viola da gamba in his passion settings. Both instruments produce a mournfulness other instruments don’t possess. Noticeably absent are flutes, oboes, and horns.

Mozart’s music is as relevant today as it was over two-hundred years ago, and the commonality of emotions he was expressing are timeless. This work was personal for him. He literally died working on it, and all that is required of us is to listen. . . to breath it in. Mozart will do the rest.

– Program Notes by Dr. John Sinclair

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VISITING ARTISTS SERIES EDGAR MEYER TRIO Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 3:00pm | Tiedtke Concert Hall

PROGRAM Gamba Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027 I. Adagio II. Allegro ma non tanto III. Andante IV. Allegro moderato

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

THE REST OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE ANNOUNCED FROM THE STAGE Meyer String Trio 1986

Meyer New String Trio

Edgar Meyer (born 1960)

INTERMISSION Meyer String Trio 1988

Commissioning support provided by: Aspen Music Festival and School, Robert Spano, Music Director Big Ears Festival Cal Performances Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University The Lied Center of Kansas – University of Kansas

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EDGAR MEYER, STRING BASS, COMPOSER In demand as both a performer and a composer, Edgar Meyer has formed a role in the music world unlike any other. Hailed by The New Yorker as ‘’the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively un-chronicled history of his instrument.” Mr. Meyer’s unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast and varied audience.

His uniqueness in the field was recognized by a MacArthur Award in 2002.

As a solo classical bassist, Meyer can be heard on a concerto album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff featuring Bottesinia’s Gran Duo with Joshua Bell, Meyer’s own Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma, Bottesinia’s Bass Concerto No. 2. He has also recorded an album featuring three of Bach’s Unaccompanied Suites for Cello. In 2006, he released a self-titled solo recording on which he wrote and recorded all of the music, incorporating piano, guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, gamba, and double bass. In 2007, recognizing his wide-ranging recording achievements, Sony/BMG released a compilation of “The Best of Edgar Meyer.” In 2011, Meyer joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and fiddler Stuart Duncan for the Sony Masterworks recording Goat Rodeo Session which was awarded the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.

As a composer, his music has been premiered and recorded by Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Hilary Hahn and the Emerson String Quartet, among others. The Nashville Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and School commissioned his first purely orchestral work which was premiered by the Nashville Symphony in March 2017. Additionally, Bravo!

Vail and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields commissioned an Overture for Violin and Orchestra that was premiered by Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in June 2017.

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FEATURED ARTIST TESSA LARK, VIOLINIST, COMPOSER, ARRANGER Violinist Tessa Lark is one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time, consistently praised by critics and audiences for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility, and musical elegance. In 2020 she was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category, and she is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky.

Highlights of Lark’s 2023-24 season include the world premiere of Carlos Izcaray’s Violin Concerto and performances of Michael Torke’s violin concerto, Sky – both pieces written for her – as well as her European orchestral debut with the Stuttgart Philharmonic. She also performs with the Virginia Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, England’s City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and others; and gives duo concerts with double bassist Michael Thurber and jazz guitarist Frank Vignola.

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Lark’s newest album, The Stradgrass Sessions, was released this past spring. Her debut commercial recording was the Grammy-nominated SKY, and her discography also includes Fantasy; Invention, recorded with Michael Thurber; and a live recording of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

In addition to her performance schedule, Lark champions young aspiring artists and supports the next generation of musicians through her work as Co-host/Creative of NPR’s From the Top. Lark plays a ca. 1600 G.P. Maggini violin on loan from an anonymous donor through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

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FEATURED ARTIST JOSHUA ROMAN, CELLIST, COMPOSER Joshua Roman is a cello soloist and composer, hailed for his “effortlessly expressive tone… and playful zest for exploration” (The New York Times), as well as his “extraordinary technical and musical gifts" and “blend of precision and almost improvisatory freedom… that goes straight to the heart" (San Francisco Chronicle). His genre-bending programs and wide-ranging collaborations have grown out of an “enthusiasm for musical evolution that is as contagious as his love for the classics" (Seattle Times).

Committed to bringing Classical music to new audiences, Roman has collaborated with world-class artists across genres and disciplines, including Edgar Meyer, DJ Spooky, Tony-winner/MacArthur Genius Bill T. Jones, Grammy Award-winning East Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist African vocalist Somi, and Tony Award-nominated actor Anna Deavere Smith. His concert of the complete Bach Solo Cello Suites after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election had nearly a million live viewers, and his solo performance with the YouTube Symphony at Carnegie Hall was viewed by 33 million people across nearly 200 countries, with Yo-Yo Ma introducing him as “one of the great exemplars of the ideal 21st century musician.”

As a soloist with an “exceptionally high quality of performances” (LA Times), Roman has performed with leading orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Toronto Symphony, BBC Scottish, and Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, he has been commissioned by Music Academy of the West, Illinois Philharmonic, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Roman has also premiered new works composed for him by Mason Bates, Reena Esmail, Timo Andres, Gabriela Lena Frank, Aaron Jay Kernis, Lisa Bielawa, and others.

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A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra Bach Festival Youth Choir John V. Sinclair, Artistic Director and Conductor Rebecca Hammac, Youth Choir Director Saturday, December 14, 2024 •2:00pm & 5:00pm | Knowles Memorial Chapel Sunday, December 15, 2024 •2:00pm & 5:00pm | Knowles Memorial Chapel

PROGRAM Set I Angels We Have Heard on High O Holy Night

arr. Derric Johnson Adolphe Adam / arr. Jamey Ray

Maya Clausen, soprano In the Bleak Midwinter

Gustav Holst / arr. Michael Andrew Creighton

Masters in This Hall

arr. Mark Hayes

Set II O Come All Ye Faithful

John Francis Wade / arr. Maclane Schirard

Drummer Boy

Katherine Davis / arr. Jody Dipiazza

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Joy to the World

arr. M. Schirard Lowell Mason / arr. M. Schirard

Set III Happy Holidays Christmas Overture Il Est Né le Divin Enfant

Rick Mizell arr. Russell Robinson / orch. M. Creighton

Somewhere in My Memory

John Williams Bach Festival Youth Choir

Let There Be Peace on Earth

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Jill and Sy Miller / arr. Ray

Set IV Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane / arr. Christopher Weiss

Christmas Song

Wells and Tormé/ arr. Ray

Silent Night

Franz Grüber / arr. Ted Ricketts

Songs of the Season

arr. Chuck Archard

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BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR John V. Sinclair, Director

Maya Clausen, 4

Brad Gant, 3

Vivian Cook, 6

Linda Gibson, 1

Lynn Peghiny, accompanist

Michael Creighton, 3

Joshua Gibson-Cribbs, 1

Isabel Acuna, 4

Abigail Cribbs,* 1

Rebekah Gibson-Cribbs, 1

Ari Cricks

Charlotte Giese

Carl Davis, 22

Gines Gines

Tim Delcavo, 9

Barbara Gomes, 1

Kollin Dembeck*

Maribel Gomez, 1

Mirjana Dimitrovska, 5

Cheri Grayson, 1

Jodi DiPiazza,* 3

Minet Gregory, 11

Frank DiPietro, 4

Regunia Griggs, 25

Irina Dixon

Gregg Gronlund, 26

Jacqueline Dixon, 1

James Guild, 2

Ricardo Dominguez

Jeanné Hall, 5

Ricardo Dominguez

Jennifer Hallenbeck, 8

Theresa Dulong, 15

Rebecca Hammac

Karen Dunscomb, 2

Diane Hansen, 11

Lilliyan Duong,* 1

Grant Hayes, 5

Dante Duphorne, 17

Pia Hernandez,* 1

Ashley Duvé, 10

Sarah Hibbs

Cynthia Dybas, 9

Richard Horn, 2

Tabitha Dybas, 5

Ariel Hudak, 8

Dana Eagles, 14

Rebecca Hull, 14

Patti Eastwood, 1

Silvia Ibañez, 8

Jolie Eichler, 17

Howard Jaffe, 5

Marjorie Emmert, 6

Jenny Jimenez, 1

Mary Frances Emmons, 3

Gary Johanson

Jonathan Erick, 29

Elisabeth Johar, 2

Matthew Ewy*

Heather John, 9

Richard Chambers

Raphael Arenas Fernandez, 4

Eltavious Johnson,* 2

George Chandler, 7

Bob Fields, 6

Kateryna Cherenko, 1

Sondra Jones, 14

Jay Forsythe, 2

Ashley Cieplensky

Beth Kassander, 9

Alice Fortunato, 5

Anne Claiborne, 1

Erika Kellam, 1

Larry Fortunato, 10

Megan Kenney,* 1

Bryan Adames,* 4 Hallie Allen, 1 Katie Anderson, 2 Stewart Anderson, 4 Sue Antonition, 2 Catalina Arias, 7 Liz Ausburn, 4 Meg Baldwin, 5 Barby Barbara, 6 Will Barbara, 6 Samantha Basso, 2 Jim Beck, 13 Heather Bissett, 3 Kiana Blake, 1 Frederick Blanchard, 2 Andrew Bostrom Richard Bump, 3 Michael Burridge, 25 Gayle Burton Laurie Calhoun, 6 Melanie Campbell, 1 Sofia Cardi, 2 Julia Carpenter, 13 Charlie Carroll Ellen Huey Cassel, 14

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Frederick Jones, 1

BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR Amanda Kinder, 7

Digna Ojito*

Andrew Smith,* 1

Yen-Yen Kressel, 18

Betsy Owens, 12

Vanessa Spallone

Rob Landry, 5

Liana Pacilli, 12

Yvette Stohler

Caleb Lang

Luis Padilla

Rebecca Stracener

Elizabeth Lang

Meredith Parker, 2

Justin Stratton

Brian Lanier

Kirsten Paulson, 4

Herbert Suarez, 1

Rebekah Lewis, 1

Estrella Perez

Alona Svydenko, 10

Gary Li, 1

Ashley Peters, 5

Nataliia Svydenko, 1

Arabella Lilleslatten,* 2

Cara Pfost Brown, 2

Jodi Tassos, 50

Kathleen LoPresti, 22

Martin Phillips, 24

Maja Lucic Tepper, 3

Leyse Lowry, 10

Ryan Picard

Jennifer Thibodeau, 3

Clara Mansilla, 1

Kurt Plotts, 19

Kristofer Thornton

Julie Mathews, 2

Dan Preslar, 11

Alex Tiedtke, 5

Stephanie Matthews,* 1

Veronica Prevost, 4

Virginia Ubels, 12

David Mattson, 18

Bj Price, 20

Luke van Reijendam

Carolyn Maue, 3

Kate Reilly*

Jeanine Viau, 6

Elizabeth Maupin, 7

Sam Reynolds

Cezarina Vintilla, 20

Michael McClory, 1

Beverly Rich, 11

Matt Walker, 6

Justin McGill, 5

Abigail Rodriguez

Christian Wangsgard,* 1

Margaret McMillen, 32

David Romaine, 5

Joseph Warmus

Rita Merlot, 16

Mikaella Romero,* 2

Diana Webb, 9

Luiz Mestrinho, 5

Pamela Rosario, 9

Benjamin Webster*

Janice Meyer, 9

Erin Rosel, 1

Sarah Webster*

Susan Miller, 3

Michael Rosenblatt

Jane White, 43

Stella Monner,* 3

Sebastian Sanchez,* 2

Patty White, 7

Aleitha Morgan, 12

Jane Scamehorn, 10

Susan Whritenour, 15

Natalie Morgan, 3

John Maclane Schirard, 8

Wave Wildman,* 2

Margaret Munro, 1

Edward Searl, 2

Gwendolyn Williams, 19

Jack Nagle, 14

Daniel Sharp, 5

Richard Wilson, 1

Gabe Narvaez Quintero*

Karyll Shaw, 10

Rowan Wilson,* 1

Donald Nash, 45

Amanda Shoopman, 5

Enrique Ynaty*

John Niss, 30

Taylor Sinclair, 10

Emma Youngblood*

Luke Noles, 9

Michael T. Sinelli*

Mary Lou Zobel, 8

Donna O'Connor, 1

Diana Sisley, 18

Bill Oelfke, 35

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YOUTH CHOIR Rebecca Hammac, Director

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Caleb Cribbs

Kennedy Page

Juniper Czarnik

Alexandra Peet

Sofia Cardi, accompanist

Coral Davis-Koelble

Romy Perez

Isabella Andriolo

Jayden Dunn

Lauren Pichardo

Isla Blevins

Rowan Fowler

Eliana Ramirez

Erivyn Campbell

Sequoia Fowler

Mauricio Ribeiro

Jingyi Cao

Lydia Gibson

Camila Riera

Maven Cardenas

Hudson Hamilton

Alison Sheha

Grace Colon

Ava Kurzon

Lucy Vassalli

Madelyn Colon

Grace Muldoon

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BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA ROSTER VIOLIN I

STRING BASS

PERCUSSION

Routa Gomez

Rob Kennon

Thad Anderson

Alvaro Gomez

Lee Eubank

Jeffrey Moore

Shelley Mathews

Tye Van Buren

Mary Bos

Michael Hill

BASSOON Ashley Heintzen

Olga Ferroni Julia Gessinger

FLUTE

Kathleen Beard

Nora Lee Garcia

Olivia Skaja

Kate Nichols

Aysima Anik

Sasha Enegren

TUBA Robin Sisk

OBOE VIOLIN II

Sherwood Hawkins

TIMPANI

Joni Roos

Lora Macpherson

Kirk Gay

Victor Ferroni

CLARINET

HARP

Dina Fedosenko

Jessica Speak

Dawn Edwards

Christina Gant

Erik Cole

Rhonda Burnham

ORGAN

Jennie Rudberg Thomas Todia

HORN

Max Griffen

Kathy Thomas

André Lash

Ben Lieser

VIOLA

Pam Titus

Susan Gray

Nicole Clark

Dan Flick Jesus Alfonzo

TRUMPET

Marla Morgan

Teresa Linn

Linda Kessler

John Copella Fred Green

CELLO David Bjella

TROMBONE

Shona Mcfadyen

Jeff Thomas

Brenda Higgins

Aaron Lefkowitz

Maureen May

Alex Regazzi

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CONTINUO SOCIETY MEMBERS Anonymous (2) John W. and Linda Cone Allen P. Andrew and Autumn Ames in honor of John M. Tiedtke M. Elizabeth Brothers* Dana and Diana Eagles Paul M. Harmon Karen and Mickey Lane in memory of Bernice and Stanley Levy

Rob and Wendy Landry Bonnie B. and Robert M. Larsen Leyse Lowry in honor of John V. Sinclair Pat McKechnie Dr. Blair and Diane Murphy Kenneth* and Ann Hicks Murrah James F. Niss and Judith H. Niss

The Rev.* and Mrs. Eric Ravndal, III Drs. John and Gail Sinclair Bosco R. and Beverly J. Slaughter Dr. Walter Stamm* Heather and David Torre

IN HONOR OF JOHN V. SINCLAIR ON HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Anonymous (4) Athalia and Robert Cope Tim Delcavo Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Susan D. Tucker *deceased

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THE JOHN V. SINCLAIR ENDOWED FUND FOR ARTISTIC DIRECTION Established in 2020 in honor of Dr. John V. Sinclair's 30th anniversary as Artistic Director, this fund will help ensure that future Artistic Directors will have sufficient resources to maintain a level of artistic excellence. We invite all Bach Festival patrons to join the generous donors listed below to build this important resource. Contact Executive Director Kathy Berlinsky at 407.691.1056 or KBerlinsky@BachFestivalFlorida.org for details.

GIFTS AND PLEDGES OF $20,000 AND ABOVE Cynthia and Alex Mackinnon The Rev.* and Mrs. Eric Ravndal, III Sally and Jack Schott The Tiedtke Family

Dan and Barbara Preslar BJ Price Ann Morgan Saurman Vivian Southwell Edward and Virginia Ubels BettyJane and Cecil Wilson, M.D.

GIFTS AND PLEDGES OF $10,000-$19,999

GIFTS AND PLEDGES OF UNDER $1,000

S. Blair and Diane Murphy Bill and Sheila Oelfke Leila Edgerton Trismen

John Adams Stewart Anderson Meg Baldwin Will and Barby Barbara Jim Beck Marianne Franus Beck Mary Berglund-Bos Bill and Becky Brown Marcia and Michael Brown Tim and Rhonda Burnham Laurie Calhoun Paul and Janet Chilcote Tom Cook and Patricia Simmons Grant and Peg Cornwell Alan and Susan Davis Daniel Flick Alice and Larry Fortunato Bill and Joanne Frederick Elizabeth Gwinn and Michael Galletta Lee and Diane Hansen Kathleen Hartung Sherwood Hawkins and Brenda Higgins Amanda Kinder Wendy and Rob Landry Karen and Mickey Lane Aaron Lefkowitz

GIFTS AND PLEDGES OF $5,000-$9,999 Kathy Johnson Berlinsky Brock and Sarah McClane Bosco R. and Beverly J. Slaughter GIFTS AND PLEDGES OF $1,000-$4,999 Anonymous (2) Brian Ainsley and Candice Crawford P. Andy and Autumn Ames Stewart Anderson Michael and Mabel Burridge Susan and Robert Christian Dana and Diana Eagles Alvaro and Routa Gomez Leyse Lowry Katie Mess Janice and George Meyer Gerard and Nichola Mitchell Beth and Jack Nagle Donald A. Nash Liana and Fred Pacilli 38

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Kay and Gerald Marin Lora MacPherson Elizabeth Maupin and Jay Yellen David Odahowski Bill and Sherry Orr Maurice O’Sullivan Liana and Fred Pacilli Martin Phillips Dan and Barbara Preslar Dr. Mark and Beverly Rich in honor of our favorite conductor Lisa and David Rosen Joe Sapora and Carol Ducas Dr. Daniel and Nancy Sharp Karyll Shaw Amanda Shoopman Diana and Tim Sisley Brian Solomon Jessica Hall Speak Matthew Swope Jodi Tassos Charles Thatcher Jeff and Kathy Thomas Susan and Michael Tucker Jeanine Viau Cezarina and Ray Vintilla Kathleen Wassum-Hame Diana Webb and T.J. Trapp Jane R. White Patty White Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whritenour Gwendolyn and Wilford Williams *deceased

OUR 2024-2025 SEASON DONORS The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park would like to thank the individuals and community partners below who have generously made a pledge or contribution in support of the dynamic artistic and educational programming and community engagement for the 90th Season.

BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY VISIONARIES $100,000 AND ABOVE Bach Festival Choir Orange County Government through the Arts and Cultural Affairs Program Beth and Jack Nagle Rollins College United Arts of Central Florida J. S. BACH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL $50,000 - $99,999 Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation The Jessie Ball duPont Fund CONDUCTOR'S CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. Alex and The Hon. Cynthia Mackinnon The Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Sally and Jack Schott The Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation COMPOSERS CIRCLE $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous David and Judy Albertson Richard O. Baldwin, Jr. Chelsey G. Magruder Foundation Teresa Doggett Dr. Phillips Charities John V. Frank Ginsburg Family Foundation Kathryn and (the late) Bud Grammer Michael and Aimee Kakos Bonnie B. & Robert M. Larsen Massey Services Inc Mrs. Sarah Ravndal Wayne and Robin Roberts Bosco R. and Beverly J. Slaughter The Joe and Sarah Galloway Foundation Florida Charities Foundation Leila E. Trismen Richard Foundation in care of Marchetta Wood

CHORAL CIRCLE $7,500-$9,999 Anonymous Jeff and Nichole Bromme The Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation Festival of Orchestras Endowment Fund The Thomas P. and Patricia A. O'Donnell Foundation Borron and Beppy Owen PATRON'S CIRCLE $5,000 - $7,499 Anonymous Kathy Johnson Berlinsky The Welsh Charitable Trust Sheryl Kerr Kelly Price Dr. MK Reischmann Dr. John V. Sinclair and Dr. Gail D. Sinclair Dr. Joe and Sue Warren ARTISTIC CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 Patsy L. Duphorne Dana and Diana Eagles Jeff and June Flowers Giving Fund Dr. Grant Hayes Jeannette Leinbach GladdeningLight David Reynolds Mattson BJ Price John and Beatriz Struck Hardy Vaughn and Betty Brady Dr. Tracy Truchelut and Mr. Robert A. White The Mayflower Retirement Center, Inc. BENEFACTORS $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (4) Keith and Eleanor Ackermann Linda and Jack Allen Tim and Sue Antonition Ellen Arnold BachFestivalFlorida.org

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2024-2025 SEASON DONORS Donna Borko Mr. and Mrs. James Burrell Michael and Mabel Burridge Tom and Kathy Cardwell Pilar Carvajal O'Ann and Pat Christiansen Tim and Vivian Cook Robert and Athalia Cope Linda T. Dalton Alan and Susan Davis Lee Eubank Susan and Randolph Fields Robert and Ann Flick Barbara and Richard Fulton G. Randall and Nancy Gibbs in honor of John Sinclair Alvaro and Routa Gomez Freddi and Jim Goodrich Susan Gray Mrs. Janice Granier Gruber Wallace H. Hall Anonymous in memory of Clifford and Marilyn Lee Paul M. Harmon Allison and Peter Hosbein Dr. Mimi Hull Dr. Susan Cohn Lackman and Dr. Richard David Knapp Rob and Wendy Landry The Lee Foundation Leyse Lowry Edward Manning Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Martinez Jody and Craig Maughan Elizabeth Maupin and Jay Yellen Jay and Alison McClelland Dr. Margaret McMillen Jeff and Mindy Moore D'Arcy Murphy Donald A. Nash in memory of Marie D. Nash John Niss and Lisa Mouton Dr. William C. Oelfke Jason Parker Dan and Barbara Preslar Dr. F. Robert and Norene Rolle Diane L. Sandquist Ann Saurman Sara and Bill Segal 40

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Winifred J. Sharp Karyll Shaw The Sidhu Family Foundation McIntyre and Skaggs Charitable Trust Jodi Tassos in memory of John Tassos George R. and Eleanor C. Taylor in memory of The Rev. Eric Ravndal, III The Benevolent Charitable Fund Kathryn C. Ustler Donna and Keith Van Allen Mike and Kim Weathers Gwendolyn B. and Wilford J. Williams Betty Jane and Cecil B. Wilson, MD Alice Williams and Debby Zutter FRIENDS $100 - $999 Anonymous (9) Sandra Albert Judy Alper Mr. and Mrs. Ames, In Memory of John M. Tiedtke George and Leslie Andreae Shan Atkins and Jim Erbs Liz Ausburn David B. Baer Mary D. Balk Mr. and Mrs. Will and Barby Barbara Barbara Beaudry Jim D. Beck Patricia Guerrero and Jack Berger Anne Elizabeth Berlinsky Donne Bitner in memory of Michael Ensign Bitner Bill and Becky Brown Lawrence D. Brown, M.D. Dale and Patricia Burket Tim and Rhonda Burnham Chance and Christina Carter Sterling and Ellen Cassel David Caudle and Gil Villalobos Central Florida Spokes Richard and Terri Cerritto Leslie Ann Chiarello Mr. and Mrs. Don Clark Maya Clausen Guy and Donna Colado Mr. and Mrs. Francis Conway

2024-2025 SEASON DONORS Thomas Cook and Patricia Simmons Paul and Terry Creighton Margaret Cruickshank Diane Culler Enoch Dangerfield, M.D. G. Dappert and J. Wixted Edward and Janet Davenport Carl Davis and Carrie Duval Beth Desimone Thomas DiPiazza Dante Duphorne Hoyt and Charlene Edge Mary Anne Elwood Marjorie and Harold Emmert Nancy Engle Candice T. Erick Elizabeth and Philip Eschbach Lisa Everett Carolyn M. Fennell Raphael Fernandez and family Daniel Flick Mimi Ford Ms. Susan Fornear The Honorable and Mrs. William Frederick Brad and Christina Gant Linda Gibson Penny S. Gilman Gail Graham David and Cheri Grayson Dr. Scott Greenwood and Dr. Pamela Freeman Stan and Regunia Griggs Gregg Gronlund Family Barbara Grossman David W. Gurney, Ph.D. Marty and Mike Haddad Lawrie Platt Hall Lillian Hall John and Jennifer Hallenbeck Debbie and Larry Halye Diane and Lee Hansen Kathryn Harbaugh Karen Harris Hilary Davis Barbara Hillerman Lieske Lynda Hinckley Dr. and Mrs. G. Wyckliffe Hoffler

Lars and Julie Houmann Bonnie C. Hubbard Rebecca Hull and Jeremy Udell Silvia S. Ibanez Beth and Jack Isler J. McLaughlin Richard and Jeanne Jaffe Toni Jennings Sondra Jones William and Sue Jordan Frank and Etta Jean Juge Henrietta Katzen Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kawainui Kenneth and Ann Hicks Murrah Endowment Richard and Martha Kessler Bob and Betty Kimbrel Carol Klim Paul and Nola Knouse Andrea and Philip Kobrin George Kountanis Dr. Yen-Yen Kressel Orlando Garden Club Dr. Mubarak Shah and Ms. Becky Lee Aaron Lefkowitz Dr. Mitch and Swantje Levin Dr. Michael and Diane Levine Nancy P. Lewis Gary Li Mr. and Mrs. David Linder Dee Lore Dr. Jim Madison Glen Martin Shelley and Doug Mathews Carolyn Maue and Bryan Hunt Justin McGill in memory of Joy Groves McGill David and Suzi McGuffin Walter and Carol McKelvey Robert Meek Dr. and Mrs. Robert Metzger Janice Meyer Congressman John L. Mica Lois H. Mills Barbara and Peter Minderman Carolyn Minear Aleitha Morgan Dan and Nancy Sharp Allison Morris BachFestivalFlorida.org

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2024-2025 SEASON DONORS Eva Burbank Murphy Ann Hicks Murrah Mr. Thomas Nealssohn Jane Secrist Newnum Roxanne Niles Randy Noles and Sarah McArthur David and Amy Noznesky Leslie King ONeal Paul and Betsy Owens Liana and Fred Pacilli Bradley Page The Mary Palmer Family Foundation Nancy Fansher Peed Lynn Peghiny-Mells Mr. and Mrs. John Pfost Martin Phillips Dr. Daniel and Lesley Podberesky Rosalind Ray Robert Reedy and Corrine Wightman Tom and Cathy Regan Dr. and Mrs. Mark and Beverly Rich in loving memory of Dr. Seymour Cohen Bradley Roberts Holly Rogers Joy Roney Elizabeth Rothard Dr. Richard Sandler Jane and Bruce Scamehorn Paul Schmalzer Jim and Pat Schroeder David Schwind Sara and Bill Segal Tyler Simonton, in memory of Susie Stone Diana Sisley Celnah Smith in memory of my husband Leon Smith Vivian Southwell in memory of Dana Irwin Jeffrey T. Spoeri Charlie Stevens

Elizabeth Stewart Fred Lyndon Stone Rene Stutzman Herbert Suarez Dawn and George Sumrall Jackie and Rod Sward Vernon Swartsel E. Donald Thomas, DMD Amie H. Tishkoff and Robert Kennon Stephen Toth Tim and Barbara Trombitas Beatriz Truax Barbara L. Turner Anne Van den Berg Dr. Nancy van den Berg Lee and Judy Van Valkenburgh Laura Vennard Drs. Jeanine Viau and Ann Gleig Dr. and Mrs. Paul and Madeleine Vilmos Cezarina and Ray Vintilla in honor of Stela and Dumitru Toaxen Nancy R. Wagers In honor of Peter Schreyer, Crealde's Executive Director Harold and Libby Ward Katy Moss Warner Diana Webb and Dr. T.J. Trapp Craig and Jeanne Weeks Dr. Bruce Whisler Jane R. White Susan Whritenour Madeline Wiley William C. Schwartz Fund Stuart Wills and Sandra Piepho Joyce and Richard Wilson Nicholas Yarnold Dr. and Mrs. Lee Zehngebot Armand and Alison Zilioli Mary Lou Zobel

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A B O U T B AC H The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park’s mission is to inspire the human spirit through extraordinary music, featuring powerful choral performances and innovative programming that celebrates the legacy of J.S. Bach. The 90th Season will showcase a dynamic array of world-class instrumentalists and vocalists performing classical masterworks and contemporary compositions that will delight, challenge, and inspire listeners.

M U S I C - M A K I N G I N I T I AT I V E S The renowned Bach Festival Choir is comprised of auditioned singers, enjoying weekly rehearsals and specializing in singing choral masterworks in partnership with the Bach Festival Orchestra.

The Young at Heart Chorale is a volunteer singing group for those 55+ years young.

The group has weekly rehearsals and performs outreach concerts at local community centers.

The young musicians of the Bach Festival Youth Choirs will continue to refine their musicianship skills through weekly rehearsals and will be featured in performances with the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra throughout the season, along with outreach concerts in the community.

ACCESSIBILITY The Bach Festival Society is committed to making its programs accessible to all audiences. Tiedtke Concert Hall and Knowles Memorial Chapel on the Rollins College campus in Winter Park have accessible entrances and parking options available, as does Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in downtown Orlando.

Please call 407.646.2182 for assistance with questions or concerns.

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E D U C AT I O N I N I T I AT I V E S The Bach Festival Society’s Fresh StARTs program places professional musicians in elementary and secondary schools to present unique musical learning experiences.

The Bach Vocal Artists offer educational outreach through open rehearsals and in-school visits.

The world-renowned musicians featured in the Bach Festival Society’s Visiting Artists Series often present master classes to students and patrons. These classes offer a unique perspective on the process of creating musical excellence.

Our popular High School Honors Choral Festival provides valuable workshop/clinic feedback from collegiate choral directors recruited from across the country. This festival helps prepare high school choirs for their annual Music Performance Assessments.

Bach Festival Society’s newest Educational program is the Choir of Distinction. Each year, Central FL choirs are invited to compete in a multi-phased audition process and adjudicated on tone, preparation and effect. Edgewater High School’s Eagle Chorus, directed by Alex Glover, and Winter Springs High School’s Bear Voices, directed

by Kara Ferland, have been named the 2024-2025 “Choirs of Distinction” by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. They will enjoy choral mentorship, invitations to Bach Festival Choir rehearsals and the opportunity to perform with the Bach Festival Orchestra.

COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park believes that all people deserve equal access and opportunities to participate in a vibrant, creative life. We are committed to policies and practices to increase diversity in the governance and administration of the Society, to deliver programming that illuminates diverse experiences, and to engage the broader community through outreach and education.

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International Recognition | Rigorous Rehearsals Challenging Repertoire Since 1935, the Bach Festival Choir has been recognized by audiences and critics alike for its exceptional musicianship, national and international collaborations, and musical versatility within the classical genre. A cornerstone of the classical music tradition in the United States, the Winter Park Bach Choir is the longest-continuously performing chorus in Central Florida and the third longest-running Bach Choir in the country.

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2024-2025 Voctave: The Corner of Broadway and Main Street The Greatest Composers You’ve Never Heard Of: Volume 2 JIJI Guitar - Chamber Concertos JIJI Guitar - Recital Rossini - Petite messe solennelle with Bach Vocal Artists Mozart - Requiem | Sibelius - Finlandia | Ricketts - Songs of War and Peace Edgar Meyer Trio with Tessa Lark and Joshua Roman A Classic Christmas Takács Quartet with David Requiro, cellist Paul Jacobs, organ (FREE) Spiritual Spaces Big Band Spirituals

Friday, September 13, 2024 • 7:30pm Thursday, October 3, 2024 • 7:30pm Thursday, October 17, 2024 • 7:30pm Sunday, October 20, 2024 • 3:00pm Thursday, October 24, 2024 • 7:30pm Sunday, November 3, 2024 • 3:00pm Sunday, November 10, 2024 •3:00pm Saturday December 14, 2024 • 2pm & 5pm Sunday, December 15, 2024• 2pm & 5pm Sunday, January 19, 2025• 3:00pm Friday, February 7, 2025• 7:30pm Saturday, February 8, 2025• 5:00pm Thursday, February 13, 2025• 7:30pm

90th An nual Bach Fe s ti val Handel - La resurrezione, HWV 47 The King’s Singers Dashon Burton - Brick by Brick: Changing America by Song J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Beethoven - Mass in C, Opus 86 | Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”) A Musical Travelogue (Works by Gershwin, Brahms, von Suppé, Strauss, and more) Brahms - German Requiem, Opus 45 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 23 Bach to the Future (FREE) Bach Festival Choir Alumni Recital Bach Chamber Singers Concert Modern Masterworks Vivaldi Choral Works with Bach Vocal Artists

Saturday, February 15, 2025• 7:30pm Sunday, February 16, 2025•3:00pm Tuesday, February 18, 2025 • 7:30pm Friday, February 21, 2025• 7:30pm Saturday, February 22, 2025• 7:30pm Sunday, February 23, 2025• 3:00pm Friday, February 28, 2025• 7:30pm Saturday, March 1, 2025• 7:30 pm Sunday, March 2, 2025• 3:00 pm

Thursday, March 20, 2025• 7:30pm Thursday, April 10, 2025• 7:30pm Saturday, April 26, 2025• 7:30 pm Sunday, April 27, 2025• 3:00 pm Thursday, May 1, 2025• 7:30 pm

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