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TAKÁCS QUARTET WITH DAVID REQUIRO, CELLIST PAUL JACOBS, ORGAN SPIRITUAL SPACES BIG BAND SPIRITUALS 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 Dr. John V. Sinclair, Artistic Director and Conductor Kathy Johnson Berlinsky, Executive Director Rhonda Burnham, Artistic Manager

TRUSTEES

Ruby Abreu, Marketing Manager

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

Steven Branstetter, Director of Marketing Sondra Jones, Education Manager Savanna Huls, Operations Manager Luke Noles, Administrative Coordinator Sherry Orr, Assistant to John Sinclair

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Regunia Griggs, Choir Liaison

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

Lynn Peghiny, Bach Choir Accompanist 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; 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

THE TAKÁCS QUARTET Edward Dusinberre, violin | Harumi Rhodes, violin Richard O’Neill, viola | András Fejér, cello with David Requiro, cello Sunday, January 19, 2025•3:00pm | Tiedtke Concert Hall

PROGRAM

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18, No. 1

I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato III. Scherzo IV. Allegro

String Quartet No. 1

I. Adagio con moto II. Con moto III. Con moto – Vivace – Andante – Tempo I IV. Con moto INTERMISSION

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

String Quintet, D. 956

I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Adagio III. Scherzo: Presto – Trio: Andante sostenuto IV. Allegretto with David Requiro, cello

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

The Takács Quartet appears by arrangement with Seldy Cramer Artists, and records for Hyperion and Decca/London Records.

The Takács Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Colorado in Boulder and are Associate Artists at Wigmore Hall, London www.takacsquartet.com

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PROGRAM NOTES TAKÁCS QUARTET String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven The evolution of Beethoven’s creative genius makes for one of the more intriguing biographies of any artist. Plagued by financial troubles most of his life, deafness by age 30, a variety of illnesses, and a paradoxical relationship with those around him, Beethoven could easily have given into what he called his "unfavorable fate." Instead, he persisted, and his stubbornness - arguably his most resilient trait - changed 19th century musical thought and action.

But Beethoven didn’t emerge onto the scene with the dramatic symphonies, overtures and concertos we have come to admire. His introduction to the public began intimately, with trios and quartets, some of which tip their hats to Haydn and Mozart but stand as emblems of Beethoven’s early creative period.

To truly know Beethoven is to explore this chamber music, and what better way to begin than with the String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, from the set of six that make up Op. 18. The commission for the two-volume collection in 1801 brought the young composer both artistic attention and much-needed money for beer, food and rent (most likely in that order).

The set is also a cathartic realization, as Beethoven’s descent into silence was becoming more profound: "I have ceased to attend any social function," he wrote, "for I cannot bring myself to tell people, 'I am deaf.' " Structurally, this early quartet follows traditional classical-period form, but an originality in its themes, modulations and phrasing make it stand apart from Beethoven’s contemporaries. Listen, for instance, to the subtle four-note theme that repeats from beginning to end and adds coherence to the entire work – a cyclical technique later applied so skillfully in the Fifth Symphony.

The quartet opens with a vibrant Allegro con bio in the home key, described by the musicologist Joseph Kerman as "a coiled spring ready to shoot off in all directions."

Then follows an impassioned Adagio in the dark cloak of D minor, which according to Beethoven’s friend Carl Amenda, was inspired by the crypt scene from Shakespear’s Romeo and Juliet.

The tension subsides in a relaxing Scherzo that basks in the opening movement’s key, and the work ends with a spirited Allegro, also in F major, full of virtuosic flash from all four players.

Beethoven revised the quartet before sending it to his publisher and told Amenda – to whom he dedicated the work – to keep the score under wraps: “Be sure not to hand on to anybody your quartet, in which I have made some drastic alterations. For only now have I learnt to write quartets.’’

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PROGRAM NOTES String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata – Leoš Janáček Most composers write their best work at a relatively young age, and seldom rekindle the fire later in life. This is true of Rossini, Strauss, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Copland, although some chose a self-imposed exile from their careers.

On the opposite end is Leoš Janáček, who flowered when others were deep into retirement. He penned his finest material after age 50, and the music of his later years aligns with avant-garde trends of the early 20th century. Janáček’s music is emotive, tersely dramatic, jagged, eccentric and propelled by an erotic energy. Much of it relies on contrasting sonorities, and his use of dissonance embraces rather than repels – no small feat.

This describes the first of his two string quartets, named after Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata and completed in nine days when the composer was nearly 70. Each of the four movements are marked con moto ("with motion"), a redundancy that belies any program or storyline, but not the work’s emotive power.

The first movement begins with the sound of haunting, hushed strings, soon shorn for a sweet, lyrical theme that builds in both spontaneity and intensity. A surreal dance fuels the second movement, the instruments bowing near the bridge – sul ponticello − to create an eerie, brittle effect. Violin and cello play a duet in the next section before the middle voices rudely interrupt them. The first violin offers an extended aria to open the finale, then the music drives forward, twisting and turning before the quartet ends in quiet resignation.

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PROGRAM NOTES String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Franz Schubert (with cellist David Requiro) Imagine, if you will indulge in whimsy for a moment, what glories of music would fill the air had Mozart not died at such a young age. The same can be said for Pergolesi, Mendelssohn, Bizet and Lili Boulanger, who all passed too soon, leaving us to wonder what might have been.

Franz Schubert seemed almost prescient about his short life, judging from the sheer output of compositions - nearly 1,500 - in his 31 years. This enormous cache includes 600 songs; 40 liturgical pieces; 20 piano sonatas; 15 string quartets; nine symphonies; and music for the stage. In the best of these resides a poetic gift from a preternatural composer whom Franz Eckel, Schubert’s childhood friend, said lived in a world "of inner, spiritual thought, seldom expressed in words but almost entirely in music."

Of all Schubert’s output, no single work has consistently been praised as highly as the C Major Quintet, a string quartet with an extra cello. Where Mozart and Beethoven added violas to their quintets, Schubert went for a darker sonority, and the gamble paid off. The "nobility of conception, beauty of melody and variety of mood is without equal," notes the American musicologist Homer Ulrich. The Quintet also is massive, with performances clocking in at nearly an hour, depending on the performers’ choice of tempo.

A deceptively simple opening allegro introduces a C major chord that grows in volume before the first violin takes on the principle them. A contrasting D minor chord follows and transports listeners into another world of sound. As tensions build, the music becomes chameleon-like, with new themes evolving into a small orchestra in size and texture. Two stentorian chords end the movement.

The adagio is the heart of the work, music the pianist Artur Rubinstein wanted played at his funeral. The tempos are glacial, as if slowing time, supported by a cello pizzicato that urges them forward. Then, unexpectedly, violin and viola cry out, and the musicians bring together all their disparate lines before the movement comes to a gentle close.

Almost like opening a window, the scherzo brings in fresh air and a dance-like theme before Schubert turns back to music of darkness and despair. He sweeps it all away in the optimistic entrance of the finale and ends in a skirmish between major and minor keys − among the last notes he put to paper before his death six weeks later.

Program notes by Kurt Loft, a journalist and arts writer who has covered classical music in Florida for more than 40 years. A member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he lives in St. Petersburg, FL.

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TAKÁCS QUARTET Now entering its 50th Anniversary season, the world-renowned Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gabor Ormai and András Fejér, while all four were students. The group received international attention in 1977, winning First Prize and the Critics’ Prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France. The Quartet also won the Gold Medal at the 1978 Portsmouth and Bordeaux Competitions and First Prizes at the Budapest International String Quartet Competition in 1978 and the Bratislava Competition in 1981. The Quartet made its North American debut tour in 1982.

The Takács maintains a busy international touring schedule. In 2025 the ensemble will perform in South Korea, Japan and Australia. As Associate Artists at London’s Wigmore Hall, the group will present four concerts featuring works by Haydn, Britten, Ngwenyama, Beethoven, Janáček and two performances of Schubert’s cello quintet with Adrian Brendel. During the season the ensemble will play at other prestigious European venues including Barcelona, Budapest, Milan, Basel, Bath Mozartfest and Bern.

The group’s North American engagements include concerts in New York, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Lajolla, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Tucson, Portland and Princeton, and collaborations with pianists Stephen Hough and Jeremy Denk. The members of the Takács Quartet are Christoffersen Fellows and Artists in Residence at the University of Colorado, Boulder. During the summer months the Takács join the faculty at the Music Academy of the West, running an intensive quartet seminar.

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FEATURED ARTIST The Takács has recorded for Hyperion since 2005. In 2021 the Takács won a Presto Music Recording of the Year Award for their recordings of string quartets by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, and a Gramophone Award with pianist Garrick Ohlsson for piano quintets by Amy Beach and Elgar. For their CDs on the Decca/London label, the Quartet has won three Gramophone Awards, a Grammy Award, three Japanese Record Academy Awards, Disc of the Year at the inaugural BBC Music Magazine Awards, and Ensemble Album of the Year at the Classical Brits.

The Takács Quartet is known for its innovative programming. In 2021-22 the ensemble partnered with bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro to premiere new works by Clarice Assad and Bryce Dessner, commissioned by Music Accord. In 2014 the Takács performed a program inspired by Philip Roth’s novel Everyman with Meryl Streep at Princeton, and again with her at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto in 2015.

They first performed Everyman at Carnegie Hall in 2007 with Philip Seymour Hoffman.

They have toured 14 cities with the poet Robert Pinsky and played regularly with the Hungarian Folk group Muzsikas.

In 2011 the ensemble won the Award for Chamber Music and Song presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society in London. In 2012, Gramophone announced that the Takács was the first string quartet to be inducted into its Hall of Fame. In 2014 the Takács became the first string quartet to be awarded the Wigmore Hall Medal.

Members of the Takács Quartet are the grateful beneficiaries of an instrument loan by the Drake Foundation and are Thomastik-Infeld Artists.

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FEATURED ARTIST EDWARD DUSINBERRE, VIOLIN As first violinist of the Takács Quartet Edward Dusinberre has won a Grammy and awards from Gramophone Magazine, the Japanese Recording Academy, Chamber Music America and the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Combining an international career with his longstanding appointment as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Dusinberre performs as a member Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist of the Takács in the USA, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, and is an Associate Artist at London’s Wigmore Hall.

Dusinberre’s first book, Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet, melded music history and memoir to illuminate the circumstances surrounding the composition of Beethoven’s quartets and the Takács Quartet’s experiences playing this music. For this work Dusinberre won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s 2016 Creative Communication Award: ‘Few have told so well of the musician’s life or offered such illuminating insights to players and listeners alike.’ In June 2020 Dusinberre and the Takács were featured in the BBC television series Being Beethoven. Dusinberre’s latest book Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home was published by Faber and The University of Chicago Press in 2022.

HARUMI RHODES, VIOLIN Acclaimed by The New York Times as a “deeply expressive violinist”, Harumi Rhodes is the second violinist of the Takács Quartet and has gained recognition as a multi-faceted musician with a distinctive musical voice.

She is Associate Professor of Violin, Artist in Residence and Ralph E. and Barbara L. Christoffersen Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Rhodes Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist combines her performing career with a passionate commitment to guiding young instrumentalists, composers, and chamber ensembles.

Rhodes has a vision for commissioning and programming contemporary music: her partnerships with composers of today have resulted in over 100 premieres. The collaboration between the Rhodes violin studio at CU-Boulder and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM) resulted in 8 new solo works for violin.

Recent concerto performances include Joseph Bologne Violin Concerto No. 9 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante (with violist Richard O’Neill) with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Colorado, as well as Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 with the West Texas Symphony.

As a member of the Takács Quartet, Rhodes has shaped the Graduate String Quartet Residency at the University of Colorado. At the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, Rhodes leads an intensive summer string quartet seminar and coordinated BachFestivalFlorida.org

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FEATURED ARTIST a partnership between Takács and El Sistema Colorado, working closely with its chamber music education program in Denver. Rhodes serves as Artistic Director of the Denver/Boulder branch of “If Music Be The Food…”, a concert series designed to build partnerships through music in order to raise awareness for food insecurity in local communities.

Originally from New Jersey, Rhodes was born into a family with Japanese, American, Russian and Romanian roots. After studying at the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, she co-founded the Naumburg Award-winning ensemble Trio Cavatina, served as artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and performed extensively with Music from Copland House, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Musicians from Marlboro.

RICHARD O’NEILL, VIOLA Violist of the Takács Quartet, Richard O'Neill has distinguished himself as one of the great instrumentalists of his generation. Grammy Award winner for Best Classical Instrumental Solo Performance in 2021, O'Neill is only the second person to receive an award for a viola performance in the history of this category.

Following two previous Grammy nominations, O'Neill's Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist recent win for his recording of Christopher Theofanidis’ "Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra" also spotlights conductor David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony. Theofanidis’ composition was inspired by Navajo poetry and the composer’s psychological response to the September 11 attacks.

Also an EMMY Award winner and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, O'Neill has appeared as soloist with the world’s top orchestras including the London, Los Angeles, Seoul Philharmonics, the BBC, Hiroshima, Korean Symphonies, the Kremerata Baltica, Moscow, Vienna and Wurtemburg Chamber Orchestras, and Alte Musik Koln. He has worked with distinguished musicians and conductors including Andrew Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Francois Xavier Roth and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Principal Violist of Camerata Pacifica, for thirteen seasons he served as Artistic Director of DITTO, his South Korean chamber music project, leading the ensemble on international tours to China and Japan and introducing tens of thousands to music.

Richard has made 10 solo albums and many other chamber music recordings, earning multiple platinum discs. Composers Lera Auerbach, Elliott Carter, Paul Chihara, John Harbison and Huang Ruo have written works for him. He has appeared on major TV networks in South Korea and enjoyed huge success with his 2004 KBS documentary ‘Human Theater’ which was viewed by over 12 million people, and his 2013 series ‘Hello?! Orchestra’ which featured his work with a multicultural youth orchestra for MBC and led to an International Emmy in Arts Programming and a feature length film.

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FEATURED ARTIST He serves as Goodwill Ambassador for the Korean Red Cross, The Special Olympics, UNICEF and OXFAM and serves on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.

ANDRÁS FEJÉR, CELLO András Fejér was born in 1955 into a musical family.

His father was a cellist and conductor, and his mother was a pianist. He began playing the cello at the age of seven, because as legend has it, his father was unwilling to listen to a violin-upstart practicing. Since an early age, his parents held string quartet weekends, which, for the young cellist were the most memorable of occasions, if Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist not for the music, then for the glorious desserts his mother used to prepare for those sessions.

After attending a music high school, Mr. Fejér was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 1975, where he was a pupil of Ede Banda, András Mihály, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtág. That same year he founded the Takács String Quartet with three fellow classmates. Although the quartet has been his sole professional focus since then, he does perform as a soloist occasionally as well.

Mr. Fejér is married to a literature teacher. They have three children and live in the Rocky Mountains where they enjoy year-round sunshine in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. When he is not on tour he enjoys reading, photography, tennis and hiking.

DAVID REQUIRO, CELLO Winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition and the Gaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition, David Requiro (pronounced re-KEER-oh) has appeared as soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and numerous orchestras across North America. His Carnegie Hall debut recital at Weill Hall Photo credit: Courtesy of the Artist was followed by a critically acclaimed San Francisco Performances recital at the Herbst Theatre. Soon after making his Kennedy Center debut, he completed a cycle of Beethoven’s cello sonatas at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. An alum of CMS’s Bowers Program, he has performed with the Seattle Chamber Music Society and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and is a founding member of the Baumer String Quartet. Requiro serves as Associate Professor of Cello and Chair of String Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he joined faculty in 2015.

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Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Presents

PAUL JACOBS, ORGAN Friday, February 7, 2025 | 7:30pm | Knowles Memorial Chapel

PROGRAM Sonata No. 1 in f minor, Op. 65

I. Allegro moderato e serioso II. Adagio III. Andante--Recitative IV. Allegro vivace assai

Felix Mendelssohn (1890-1847)

Prelude, Fugue, Variation, Op. 18

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Variations on "America"

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Arioso from Cantata, BWV 156

Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad Nos, Ad Salutarem Undam'

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

This recital is made possible by Rollins College through the Faith Emeny Conger '54 Visiting Organist Concert Series in Honor of John Oliver Rich ’38

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FEATURED ARTIST PAUL JACOBS, ORGAN Heralded as “one of the finest organists and teachers of our day,” by Zachary Woolfe of The New York Times, “one of the major musicians of our time” by Alex Ross of The New Yorker and as “America’s leading organ performer” by The Economist, the internationally celebrated organist Paul Jacobs combines a probing intellect and extraordinary technical mastery with an unusually large repertoire, both old and new.

He has performed to great critical acclaim on five continents and in each of the fifty United States. The only organist ever to have won a Grammy Award—in 2011 for Messiaen’s towering Livre du Saint-Sacrement,—Mr. Jacobs is an eloquent champion of his instrument both in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Jacobs has transfixed audiences, colleagues, and critics alike with landmark performances of the complete works for solo organ by J.S. Bach and Messiaen. A fierce advocate of new music, Mr. Jacobs has premiered works by Samuel Adler, Mason Bates, Michael Daugherty, Bernd Richard Deutsch, John Harbison, Wayne Oquin, Stephen Paulus, Christopher Theofanidis, and Christopher Rouse, among others. As a teacher he has also been a vocal proponent of the redeeming nature of traditional and contemporary classical music.

No other organist is repeatedly invited as soloist to perform with prestigious orchestras, thus making him a pioneer in the movement for the revival of symphonic music featuring the organ. Mr. Jacobs regularly appears with the Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Nashville Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, and Utah Symphony, among others. Mr. Jacobs studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with organist John Weaver and harpsichordist Lionel Party, and at Yale University with Thomas Murray. He joined the faculty of The Juilliard School in 2003 and was named chairman of the organ department in 2004, one of the youngest faculty appointees in the school’s history. He received Juilliard’s prestigious William Schuman Scholar’s Chair in 2007. In 2017 he received an honorary doctorate from Washington and Jefferson College. In 2021, The American Guild of Organists named him recipient of the International Performer of the Year Award. Mr. Jacobs has written several articles for the Wall Street Journal.

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Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Presents

SPIRITUAL SPACES Bach Festival Chamber Choir and Orchestra John V. Sinclair, conductor Saturday, February 8, 2025 | 5:00pm | Knowles Memorial Chapel

PROGRAM Arioso from Cantata No. 156

Johann Sebastian Bach

Adagio in E Major, K. 261

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ose Shalom

arr. John Leavitt

Adiemus from Songs of Sanctuary

Karl Jenkins

Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio

J. S. Bach

Simple Song from Mass

Leonard Bernstein

Deep River

arr. John Rutter

Elegy

Lee Holdridge

Danse of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus

Christoph Gluck

You Only Cross My Mind in Winter

arr. Michael Andrew Creighton

Agnus Dei from Requiem

Gabriel Faure

In the Garden from Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26

Karl Goldmark

Down By The Salley Gardens from The Sprig of Thyme

arr. John Rutter

Andante con moto from Suite for Strings

Leoš Janáĉek

Andante non troppo – Elegie from Serenade for Strings

Peter Tchaikovsky

Turn, Turn, Turn

The Byrds, arr. Maclane Schirard

Feather Theme

Alan Silvestri

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FEATURED ARTIST Bach Festival Chamber Choir Grant Hayes Ariel Hudak Sondra Jones Beth Kassander Dave Mattson Margaret McMillen Janice Meyer Natalie Morgan Margaret Munro Julie Mathews Gabe Navarez John Niss Luke Noles Digna Ojito Liana Pacili Ashley Peters Bj Price Mikaella Romero Pamela Rosario

Catalina Arias Liz Ausburn Jim Beck Frederick Blanchard Melanie Campbell Ellen Huey Cassel George Chandler Maya Clausen Tom Cook Vivian Cook Michael Creighton Dante Duphorne Ashley Duve Dana Eagles Jolie Eichler Alice Fortunato Larry Fortunato Charlotte Geise Diane Hansen

Erin Rosel Sebie Sanchez Jane Scamehorn Maclane Schirard Karyll Shaw Laurie Seeley Diana Sisley Beverly Slaughter Karyll Shaw Rebecca Stracener Herbert Suarez Kristofer Thornton Virginia Ubels Jeanine Viau Cezarina Vintella Matthew Walker Richard Wilson Rowan Wilson Enrique Ynaty

Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra VIOLIN I

CELLO

BASSOON

Routa Gomez Alvaro Gomez Shelley Mathews Mary Bos

Brenda Higgins Shona Mcfadyen

Ashley Heintzen

STRING BASS

Kathy Thomas

VIOLIN II Joni Roos Victor Ferroni Olga Ferroni Dina Fedosenko

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Rob Kennon

FLUTE Nora Lee Garcia

OBOE Sherwood Hawkins

CLARINET Jessica Speak

HORN TRUMPET TBD

HARP Dawn Edwards

Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Presents

BIG BAND SPIRITUALS Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 7:30pm | Knowles Memorial Chapel

PROGRAM Narrator Dr. Dorrell Brisco, Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life, Rollins College The program will be announced from the stage, and will include the following HOLD ON JOHN’S GONE DOWN ON DE ISLAND IT’S ME O LORD AIN’T GONNA STUDY WAR NO MORE LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER OH FREEDOM DEEP RIVER STEAL AWAY And More …

Featured Arrangers Chuck Archard Marco Bojorquez Per Danielsson David MacKenzie

Featured Vocalists Elodie Germain Akina Kennedy

These new jazz arrangements are commissioned by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.

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FEATURED ARTIST Big Band Roster Chuck Archard, leader

SAXOPHONES

TRUMPETS

TROMBONES

Tamara Danielsson

Mathew Mill

Harry Waters

Joe Eckert

Jim Derrick

Chris (Cash) Clifton

Rex Wertz

Alex Castner

Robert Harrover

David MacKenzie

Greg Little

Will Nestler

Brian Snapp Rhythm Section

KEYBOARDS

DRUM SET

GUITAR

Per Danielsson

Jeremy Katalenic

Bobby Koelble

Ed Krout

BASS GUITAR Chuck Archard

CHUCK ARCHARD Chuck Archard has been playing the electric bass guitar professionally since 1975.

With BME and MM degrees from Morehead State University, he is currently a Senior Artist in Residence at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where he has been teaching for over 25 years. At Rollins, Chuck teaches courses in Music Business, Music Marketing, and Popular Music, and he directs the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo while also providing private lessons.

An accomplished bassist, composer, and educator, Chuck is a member of ASCAP and a primary composer for the Power House Music Library. His original works have been featured on major television networks including CBS, NBC, ABC, MAX, SHOWTIME, Apple TV, and HULU, as well as in thirty international markets. His music has been used in motion pictures, such as Career Girls, Substance of Fire, and Santa, Jr. Chuck is also the co-owner and composer of World Time Music, a company specializing in jazz and world music, distributed exclusively by Hal Leonard, Inc. 22

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FEATURED ARTIST Chuck authored two best-selling bass instruction books, Building Bass Lines and No Brainer Bass, published by Alfred, Inc. He has also contributed articles to Bass Player Magazine, including interviews with bassist Don Payne (January 2006) and bassist Linley Marthe (April 2007).

As a composer, Chuck has written major works for jazz legends Peter Erskine, Joe Morello, and Danny Gottlieb, commissioned by the Percussive Arts Society. His compositions, "Mixed Metaphors" (2016) and "Road Trip" (2016), were commissioned

by Mike Roylance (Principal Tuba with the Boston Symphony) and The Boston Symphony Cello Quartet. He has also arranged pieces for the Bach Festival Society Orchestra of Winter Park, the UCF Jazz Ensemble, the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival and the majority of selections for the Rollins College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo for over 25 years. He is also an in-demand arranger for numerous vocalists in Central Florida.

He has performed and recorded with artists including Isaac Hayes, Larry Coryell, Peter Erskine, Cyril Neville, Danny Gottlieb, Mike Wofford, Holly Hoffman, Al Vizzuti, Romero Lubambo, Mitch Stein, Rodney Howard, Ira Sullivan, Helio Alves, Matt Catingub, and Gene Bertoncini. Chuck has appeared on network and international television shows, numerous jazz festivals, and as a full-time musician for the Walt Disney Corporation from 1989-1992.

An in-demand studio musician, Chuck has played on hundreds of recordings and numerous television commercials. He is also the bassist for Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard educational publications recordings and teaches online bass lessons at torrins.com, a premier Internet-based instructional site.

In 2011, Chuck co-founded Modified Cha Cha (MCC) recording company with his business partner Jerome Cruitt. MCC has released three recordings: Full Circle featuring legendary New Orleans drummer Allyn Robinson (October 2011), Dreams Realized: The Allyn Robinson Project (October 2013), and Supervision Needed featuring New Orleans musicians Allyn Robinson, Marc Adams, John Fohl, and Jason Mingledorff (October 2015). Chuck performed at the prestigious French Quarter Fest in April 2016 with both the Allyn Robinson Project and The Adams/Robinson Project.

Chuck is also profiled in the book The Best Jobs in the Music Industry: Straight Talk from Successful Music Pros by Michael Redman, published by Hal Leonard (2013). He is a LaBella String endorsed artist and exclusively uses EMG pickups, Lyrical Lumber bass guitars and Godin bass guitars.

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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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CONTINUO SOCIETY The Continuo Society recognizes patrons who have chosen to provide for the Bach Festival Society through their estate plans. These thoughtful legacy gifts will help sustain the Society's mission for many years to come. For more information about major and planned gift opportunities, please contact Executive Director Kathy Belinsky at 407.691.1056 or KBerlinsky@BachFestivalFlorida.org.

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 26

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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 28

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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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Build-Your-Own Subscriptions Select 3-8 unique performances and enjoy a 10% discount off individual ticket prices or 9-15 unique performances and receive a 15% discount off individual ticket prices.

Annual Bach Festival Subscription Enjoy three weekends of world-class performances plus special events with a 15% discount off individual ticket prices. This package includes all 90th Season Annual Bach Festival performances from February 15 – March 2.

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Individual Tickets Reserved seating and limited General Admission tickets are on sale now. Discounted student and educator rush tickets are available “at the door” with school ID pending availability. Group discounts are also available.

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PLEASE CONSIDER A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY THROUGH THE UNITED ARTS COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN!

As we proudly present our historic 90th Annual Bach Festival, we give thanks for the robust financial support that has sustained our long tradition of providing world-class music to Central Florida. Bach’s primary source of donations from patrons is the annual United Arts Collaborative Campaign, which is now underway and accounts for nearly 20% of our annual budget.

We must raise $400,000 through this year’s Campaign if we are to meet rising costs while keeping ticket prices as reasonable as possible.

Will you help us? Please donate now at

unitedartscfl.org/collaborativecampaign or use the QR code below.

Every gift made through the Campaign between now and April 30, 2025 and designated for the Bach Festival Society will go directly to us and enhance our share of UA’s and Orange County’s $1.25 million matching gift pool. In addition, a generous patron who wishes to remain anonymous will match all new and increased gifts to Bach through the campaign dollar for dollar -- up to $70,000!

Questions?

Please contact us at 407-646-2182 or info@bachfestivalflorida.org.

We deeply appreciate your patronage, and your consideration of this urgent request!

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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 Ann ual Bach Fe sti 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 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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