50th ANNIVERSARY | FINAL SEASON!
SERGEI BABAYAN, piano
Friday, April 26, 2024 » 7:30 PM
Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
Tickets: VIP $50 where is VIP seating? | Adults $35 | Seniors $25 | Students w/ID $15
Note: Children 8 years and older are welcome to attend at the Student rate.
Renowned pianist Sergei Babayan opens the 2024 Festival, with a tribute performance celebrating Bach Week Festival's 50th Anniversary.
PROGRAM
Arvo Pärt
Für Alina (1976)
Franz Liszt
Ballade No. 2 in B minor S 171
Schubert/Liszt
Der Müller und der Bach, D. 795
Aufenthalt, D. 957
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
Die Stadt D.957
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5
Étude-Tableau in C minor, Op. 39, No. 1
Moment Musical in E-flat minor, Op. 16, No. 2
Moment Musical in C Major, Op. 16, No. 6
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I:
Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach:
Prelude in C Major, BWV 939
Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
Menuet-Trio in G minor, BWV 929
Prelude in E Major, BWV 937
Sinfonia in E-flat Major, BWV 791
Prelude in E-flat minor, BWV 853
Prelude in D minor, BWV 926
Prelude in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
Prelude in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
Prelude in F Major, BWV 901
Sponsored by the Howard S. Dubin Family Foundation.
ITALIAN DELIGHTS ~ Candlelight Concert*
Friday, April 26, 2024 » 10:00 PM (duration: 45 minutes)
Nichols Concert Hall Lobby, Evanston
Tickets: $25 General Admission | Limited Seating
Includes a glass of champagne and gourmet chocolates from Belgian Chocolatier Piron
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano | Stephen Alltop, harpsichord
PROGRAM
Georg Friederich Handel
Se pieta from Giulio Cesare
Suite in G minor, HWV 432
Isabella Leonarda
Surge ó faelix anima
Claudio Monteverdi
Exulta Filia Sion
Antonio Vivaldi
In furore iustissimae irae, RV 636
MUSIC AMONG FRIENDS
Sunday, April 28, 2024 » 3:00 PM (duration 1 hour)
All Saints Episcopal Church, Ravenswood, Chicago
Free Admission | Limited Seating
Note: Children 8 years and older are welcome to attend
PROGRAM
Antonio Vivaldi
Cantata: Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 1 in B minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014
Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio Sonata in F Major for Violin, Cello, and Continuo, TWV 42:F1
Johann Georg Pisendel
Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo
George Frideric Handel
From “Nine German Arias”
Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205
Singe Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206
Hannah De Priest, soprano
Shelby Yamin, baroque violin
Ana Kim, baroque cello
Jason J. Moy, harpsichord
Sponsored by Margaret and Bob McCamant
CLOSING CONCERT
Sunday, May 5, 2024 » 4:00 PM
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston
Tickets: VIP $50 where is VIP seating? | Adults $35 | Seniors $25 | Students w/ID $15
Note: Children 8 years and older are welcome to attend at the Student rate.
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach
B Minor Mass
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano
Kathleen Felty, soprano
Susan Platts, contralto
Geoffrey Agpalo, tenor
David Govertsen, bass
North Park University Chamber Singers
Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Richard Webster, conductor
Performance dedicated in memory of Mary Mumbrue