Friday
July 12 2013 |
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Opening Night Gala Dinner: Dobbs Ferry of San Francisco
5:00 p.m. TICKETS $75
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Chamber Series: Works by J. S. Bach, Biber, Schmelzer, & More
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $20-$45 |
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Saturday
July 13 2013 |
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Public Colloquium: "Pitch, Tuning, Temperaments, & Scordatura"
2:30 p.m. FREE - Pre-Registration Requested
Join Academy faculty and participants in an exploration of
the conundrums of authentic performance practice tuning. Concert pitch was not standardized until the 19th century. Until then, great variations in tuning and pitch were common throughout Europe. ABS Music Director Jeffrey Thomas will lead Academy faculty and participants through a multi-session consideration of the challenges that Baroque music performers face every day, as they attempt to reconcile rightness with the realities of modern-day performance circumstances and expectations.
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Masterworks Series: The Glories of Salzburg - Biber's Missa Salisburgensis
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $20-$50
Biber's 53-part polychoral extravagance for 9 different groups of instruments is probably the largest-scaled surviving work from the Baroque period. First performed in Salzburg's stunning cathedral by "choirs" of trumpets, trombones, strings, cornettos, viols, recorders, oboes, continuo instruments, and two eight-part vocal ensembles, this rare performance will feature the combined forces of the American Bach Soloists and Academy members. Other large works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, one of the most celebrated and demanding composers of the 17th Century, will be performed. |
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Sunday
July 14 2013 |
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Masterworks Series: Bach's Mass in B Minor
7:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $20-$60
The composition that many call the greatest musical work of all time will be performed by the ABS Academy Orchestra, the American Bach Choir, and soloists from the Academy, conducted by ABS Music Director Jeffrey Thomas. Fanfare Magazine wrote that "Thomas' direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music…there is no higher praise for Bach performance." [This work will be repeated on Sunday July 21 2013 at 2:00 p.m.] |
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Monday
July 15 2013 |
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Academy-in-Action Series: Chamber works by Baroque masters
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $10
Performances by members of the 2013 Academy. |
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Tuesday
July 16 2013 |
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Special Event: Tanya Tomkins on Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied 'Cello
12:00 p.m. FREE Lecture/Demonstration
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Master Class Series: Harpsichord
3:00 p.m. FREE |
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Lecture Series: "Biber and the Wunderkammer of 17th-Century Germany" ~ Robert Mealy
5:00 p.m. FREE |
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Academy-in-Action Series: Chamber works by Baroque masters
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $10
Performances by members of the 2013 Academy. |
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Wednesday
July 17 2013 |
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Special Event: Tanya Tomkins on Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied 'Cello
12:00 p.m. FREE Lecture/Demonstration
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Master Class Series: Violin & Viola
3:00 p.m. FREE |
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Lecture Series: "Musica Poetica: Rhetoric & Philosophy in the German Baroque" ~ Debra Nagy
5:00 p.m. FREE |
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Academy-in-Action Series: Chamber works by Baroque masters
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $10
Performances by members of the 2013 Academy. |
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Thursday
July 18 2013 |
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Master Class Series: Violoncello, Viola da gamba, Violone, & Contrabass
3:00 p.m. FREE |
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Lecture Series: "Style and Eloquence in Bach's Mass in B Minor" ~ Corey Jamason
5:00 p.m. FREE |
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Friday
July 19 2013 |
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Master Class Series: Winds & Brass
3:00 p.m. FREE |
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Lecture Series: "Handel's English Oratorios" ~ Jeffrey Thomas
5:00 p.m. FREE |
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Masterworks Series: Handel's Esther
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $20-$40
Rarely performed, Handel's Esther represents the birth of the English oratorio. Originally composed as a masque for the Duke of Chandos in 1718, Handel returned to his score in the 1730s, when his audiences enthusiasm for Italian opera began to wane. This moving work is a marvelous combination of thrilling choruses and arias, accompanied by a beautiful mélange of instruments including a triple harp. Culminating in a glorious musical paean of rejoicing, Esther became one of Handel's most popular works and was performed throughout the rest of his career. ABS Academy vocalists will be featured in roles including Mordecai, Haman, King Ahasuerus, and his Queen Esther. |
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Saturday
July 20 2013 |
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Master Class Series: Voice
3:00 p.m. FREE
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Lecture Series: "Early Music Singing ... A Special Technique?" ~ Max van Egmond
5:00 p.m. FREE |
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Distinguished Artist Series: Tanya Tomkins, violoncello
8:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $20-$45
Hailed as a violoncellist "with a very special and unusual intensity" by NRC Handelsblad (The Netherlands) and called "a performer who combines an intense dramatic fire with Apollonian poise" by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tanya Tomkins is the first 'cellist ever to win the international Bodky Competition for Early Music Soloists. As an active soloist and chamber recitalist Tanya has performed to critical acclaim at prestigious concert venues around the world including Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, Library of Congress in Washington DC, San Francisco Performances, and the Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal among many others. Ms. Tomkins will present a solo concert, joining members of ABS in chamber and orchestral works.
Chamber Works by Vivaldi and Boccherini
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto in A Major •
J.S. Bach: Suite for Solo Violoncello in C Minor |
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Sunday
July 21 2013 |
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Masterworks Series: Bach's Mass in B Minor
2:00 p.m.
CONCERT HALL TICKETS $20-$60
The 2012 Festival concludes with the composition that many call the greatest musical work of all time, performed by the ABS Academy Orchestra, the American Bach Choir, and soloists from the Academy, under the direction of Jeffrey Thomas: "Thomas' direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music ...
there is no higher praise for Bach performance" — Fanfare |
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Programs and Artists subject to change. |
