Schedule as of December 18, 2023. Subject to change.
* = Rain Location: Lindsay-Crossman Chapel
$ = Tickets Required: goudounet.com/tickets or (440) 826-8070
INVENTION NO. 1
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Bach & Bartók
7 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
A game of musical chairs featuring BW faculty and guest artists. Bartók's eclectic, rhythmic "Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion" is fused seamlessly with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The audience is invited to sit on stage to get a bird's-eye view of the artists. Featuring Dr. Zarina Melik-Stepanova and Dr. Alexandra Nguyen, piano, and Prof. Jamie Ryan and Prof. Josh Ryan, percussion.
INVENTION NO. 2
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Nicholas Phan Master Class
10-11:40 a.m.
Fynette Kulas Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Featuring Baldwin Wallace Senior Vocal Performance Majors coached by tenor Nicholas Phan.
Lecture by Dr. Michael Marissen
3:05 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
"Troubling Voices in Bach's Sublime St. John Passion"
Presented by Dr. Michael Marissen, Professor Emeritus of Music, Swarthmore College, Visiting Professor, Graduate Faculties, Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania. In this informal lecture with musical illustrations, Marissen will explore questions of anti-Jewish rhetoric in the Gospel of John and in Johann Sebastian Bach's musical settings of Martin Luther's German translation of the Gospel. Free and open to the public.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Fire & Grace & Ash: Partita Americana ($)
7 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Edwin Huizinga, violin; William Coulter, guitar; and Ashley Hoyer, mandolin, in a program blending the music of J. S. Bach with American fiddle tunes.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
BACH52 in Concert ($)
7 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
In his ongoing BACH52 podcast and recording project, Grammy-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan asks, "Is Bach's music for everyone?" Fresh from recording new arias for BACH52, Phan is joined by members of the acclaimed early music ensemble Les Délices for a concert of arias and chamber music by J.S. Bach.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Reich-n-Bach
2 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Steve Reich's "Proverb" and "Piano Phase" will be presented side by side with Bach's legendary cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden," BWV 4, with members of BWV: Cleveland's Bach Choir, chamber orchestra and Prof. Rob Kovacs, piano.
INVENTION NO. 3
92nd Annual Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival
Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 14, 2024
Subscriptions will be available at goudounet.com/tickets on Thursday, February 8, and single tickets on Friday, March 8, 2024.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Open House
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Riemenschneider Bach Institute, Room 160, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Featuring a display of rare items from the vault and the presentation of the Bach Festival feature art piece, "Bach's Invention," 2022, by Preston Trombly (b. 1945).
Interlude: Selections from "Star Machine"
1:25-1:55 p.m.
Lobby, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Witness the magic of this new musical with music and lyrics by Gideon '25 and Hank '26 Temple.
RBI Student Scholar Presentation
2-3 p.m.
Fynette Kulas Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Featuring 2023-24 Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI) Gott Scholar Katie Ritzema ‘25.
Interlude: BW Beatles
3:05-3:25 p.m.
Front Steps, Boesel Musical Arts Building (Rain Location: Lobby)
Acoustic preview of the "Abbey Road" album concert on April 27.
Master Class
3:30-5 p.m.
Kadel Vocal Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Praised as "fiery, wild, and dangerous" (Classical Voice North Carolina) with "a talent for character portrayal" (Chicago Classical Review), soprano Margaret Carpenter Haigh captivates audiences with her "flawless intonation" and "perfect vocalism" (CVNC).
Festival Brass
6:15 p.m.
Marting Hall Lawn & Tower*
ACRONYM ($)
7 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Baroque band ACRONYM performs Bach and a selection of the wild instrumental music of seventeenth-century Germany, which inspired him.
Post-Concert Reception
8:30 p.m.
Lobby, Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Hosted by Friends of the Conservatory.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Bach Yoga
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Front Steps, Boesel Musical Arts Building (rain location: Fynette Kulas Music Hall)
Join us for a relaxing time of postures, deep breathing and meditation set to the music of J. S. Bach.
Master Class
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Kadel Vocal Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Building
Tyler Duncan, tenor
With a "honey-coloured and warm, yet robust and commanding" voice (The Globe and Mail), baritone Tyler Duncan has performed worldwide to great acclaim in both opera and concert repertoire.
Faculty Research Showcase: Exploring History in the Riemenschneider Bach Institute
2-3:15 p.m.
Fynes Chamber Hall, Kulas Musical Arts Building
BW faculty Paul Cary, Christina Fuhrmann and Danielle Kuntz will discuss what the collections of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI) can teach us about Bach and the Bach Festival. The RBI's world-renowned collection of editions of the Well-Tempered Clavier helps us understand how attitudes to this piece and its performance changed over time. The RBI's extensive archives highlight the role that Selma Riemenschneider played in the Bach Festival and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. Items from the RBI's collection will be on display.
Interlude: Selections from "Star Machine"
3:20-3:40 p.m.
Lobby, Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Witness the magic of this new musical with music and lyrics by Gideon '25 and Hank '26 Temple.
Faculty Recital
4 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Festival Brass
6:15 p.m.
Marting Hall Lawn & Tower*
1724/2024 ($)
7 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
In 1724, J.S. Bach premiered the incredible "St. John Passion." Our 1724/2024 program features BWV: Cleveland's Bach Choir performing music from this prolific year in Bach's life, including cantatas, as well as keyboard and orchestral suites. The program will also premiere a new work written for the occasion by BW Composer-in-Residence Dr. Clint Needham '04.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Conservatory Family Brunch ($)
10:30 a.m.
Ballroom, Strosacker Hall
Current students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff are invited to a family meal in celebration of all things Bach. Advance reservation required. Featuring selections from the new musical "Star Machine" with music and lyrics by Gideon '25 and Hank '26 Temple.
Tickets
Festival Brass
1:15 p.m.
Marting Hall Lawn & Tower*
"St. John Passion," BWV 245 ($)
2 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
We close the 92nd Annual Bach Festival with J. S. Bach's complex and thought-provoking "St. John Passion." This intense and impactful masterwork highlights the extremes of human emotion and experience – betrayal, sacrifice and redemption. Featuring Margaret Carpenter Haigh as Evangelist, Tyler Duncan as Jesus, BWV: Cleveland's Bach Choir soloists, the BW Bach Choir and BW Festival Orchestra with ACRONYM. Dr. Dirk Garner, Artistic Director and Conductor.