White Mountain Musical Arts ~ North Conway, NH
Held annually since 1989 on the weekend before Labor Day     August 22, and 27-29, 2010
Floyd Whittier Corson, Chairman, Music Advisory Board, Jim Umberger, President  more>>

Once again, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach will sound forth in North Conway, NH and nearby Fryeburg, ME. White Mountain Musical Arts notes that this will be the 22nd Annual Bach Festival held in the Mount Washington Valley.

VENUES, CONCERT TIMES, and PROGRAM

Four different musical offerings will be spread over two weekends.


Sunday August 22:
Bach Organ Recital, Christ Church Episcopal, North Conway, 4:00

Ray Cornils, Organist

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, August 27 - 29:
Choral and Instrumental programs, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg, Maine
The 22nd Annual Bach Festival, presented by the White Mountain Musical Arts, will continue to present several opportunities to hear and learn about Bach and his fellow-composers and the wonderful chamber music of the Baroque era.

Approximately eighty musicians, professional and amateur, will gather for the four-day event to perform the great instrumental and vocal works of the Baroque masters.

(program and soloists subject to change)


Friday ~ Saturday ~ Sunday

Three major concert performances are scheduled for the Bach Festival on Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 PM, and Sunday 4 PM, all at the first-rate venue for the Bach Festival, the air-conditioned Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy, just over the border in Fryeburg, Maine.

Each of the concerts will feature a concert preview one-half hour before the concert begins. Both works for soloists and small ensembles as well as larger works for full chamber orchestra and chorus are scheduled for performance at this year's Festival.

The full Bach Festival Chorus, soloists and orchestra will bring the 2010 Bach Festival to a close on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Christ Church, Episcopal
North Conway, NH

All Bach Organ Recital. 4:00 p.m.

Ray Cornils, organist

(Program TBA)

Friday, August 27, 2010

Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center
Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME

Festival Preview 7:00 p.m.    Concert 7:30 p.m.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BWV 1049        J. S. Bach

Allegro - Andante - Presto

Robert Lehmann, violin   Peggy Vagts, flute I   Doris Henney, flute II

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043        J. S. Bach

Vivace - Largo ma non tanto - Allegro

Mark Paxson, violin I   Zoia Bologovsky, violin II

~~ INTERMISSION ~~

Sonata for Violin        J-M Leclair

Zoia Bologovsky, violin

Sonate St. Marc for Trumpet        T. Albinoni

Barbara Prugh, trumpet

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BWV 1050        J. S. Bach

Allegro - Affettuoso - allegro

Frank Glazer, piano - Flute, TBA

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center
Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME

Opera Preview 6:45 p.m.

Prof. Ellen Chickering, University of Southern Maine

Concert 7:30 p.m.

Acis and Galatea        G. F. Handel

A Pastorale in Two Acts

Soloists

Galatea, Ashley Emerson, soprano
Acis, Brendan Daly, tenor
Damon, Bruce Fithian, tenor
Polyphemus, John D. Adams, bass-baritone

Sinfonia & Act I

~~ INTERMISSION ~~

Act II

Chorus

Mary Bastoni-Rebmann, soprano
Emily Marvosh, soprano
Bruce Fithian, tenor
Tenor II, TBA
John D. Adams, bass-baritone

Sunday, August 29, 2010

United Church of Christ
Main St. North Conway, NH

Baroque Prelude at 9:30 with the Service at 10:00 with instrumental and vocal soloists & Festival Choir.

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Leura Eastman Hill Performing Arts Center
Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME

Concert Preview 3:30 p.m. Concert 4:00 p.m.

Motet BWV 230 Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden       J . S. Bach

WMMA Festival Chorus

Prelude & Fugue No. XVIII in G# Minor        J. S. Bach

From Well-tempered Clavichord, Book II

Wilson Gabriel Bristol, piano

Concerto for Violin No. 1 in A Minor BWV 1041        J. S. Bach

Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro assai

Robert Lehmann, violin

Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major BWV 1069     J. S. Bach

(Overture) - Bouree I - Bouree II - Gavotte
Menuet I - Menuet II - Réjouissance

~~ INTERMISSION ~~

Concerto for Keyboard in D Minor, BWV1052        J. S. Bach

Allegro - Adagio - Allegro

Frank Glazer, piano

Cantata BWV 110 Unser mund sei voll Lachens     J. S. Bach

Ashley Emerson, soprano
Emily Marvosh, mezzo soprano
Brendan Daly, tenor
John D. Adams, bass-baritone

WMMA Festival Chorus & Orchestra

FOR INFORMATION AND BIOS ON SOLOISTS,
Please Check back.

Seating and Ticket Offerings

Three types of seating will be available at the 7:30 PM performances at both the air-conditioned Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday, Saturday and 4 PM on Sunday as well as at the Organ Recital on Sunday August 22, at 4:00 PM.

In addition, single tickets for each concert are available,
as well as a 4-Concert Pass - which offers the opportunity
to attend all 4 concerts for the price of 3.

The total cost of single tickets and 4-Concert Passes vary according to the area of seating chosen.
Tickets are available for order on the web,
or for purchase at ticket locations in North Conway, NH

Type of Seating:

Conductor's Circle - limited seating in the front
Mid-Section
General Seating

Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine
Host sponsor



Single Concert Tickets:


Conductor's Circle ~ $25
Mid-Section ~ $17
General Seating ~ $10

4-Concert Pass: (4 concerts for the price of 3)

Conductor's Circle ~ $75
Mid-Section ~ $51
General Seating ~ $30

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