announcing ~
The 22nd Annual Bach Festival
scheduled for
August 22 and August 27 - 29, 2010.
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach and friends
will echo through the valley again in the summer,
in the Mt. Washington Valley, NH for four days.

As the Annual Bach Festival, presented by White Mountain Musical Arts, North Conway, continues to expand, we are pleased to announce that in addition to the opening organ recital scheduled on Sunday, August, 22nd in North Conway at Christ Church Episcopal, the three performances for Friday & Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon on August 27, 28, 29, 2010 will be held at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine.

"We are happy to be making this move to the spacious performing arts center at Fryeburg Academy, a newly completed state of the art cultural center established right here in the greater Mt. Washington Valley," said Floyd Corson, President of the Board of Directors. "The invitation to present our professional performances in this warm and beautiful setting affords WMMA the ability to accommodate a larger audience in a theater which truly has no ‘bad seats’! The acoustics and beautifully enhanced surroundings will make performing the music of J. S. Bach and Friends a rewarding experience for both performers and audience."

Lobby and Theater of Performing Arts Center

22nd Annual Festival Details

The Festival opens with a unique opportunity to experience
the music of J. S. Bach at
Christ Church, Episcopal,
Main Street, North Conway
on the Casavant free-standing, two manual tracker organ.

FEATURING RAY CORNILS,
Ray Cornils is the Municipal Organist (www.foko.org) for the City of Portland, a post which he has held since 1990. He presides over America’s first municipal organ, (101 ranks and 5 manuals) built in 1912 and enlarged in 1927 and 2003 by the Austin Organ Company. It donated to the City of Portland by publishing magnate Cyrus H.K. Curtis in memory of his child-hood music teacher Hermann Kotzschmar.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Christ Church, Episcopal
North Conway, NH

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

Ray Cornils, organist

Program

Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750

From the Anna Magdalena Bach Book ~ J. S. Bach
March in D Major
Menuets in G Major and g minor
Polonaise

Sinfonia to Cantata 156, BWV 156 ~ J. S. Bach

Sheep May Safely Graze, Birthday Cantata 208, BWV 208 ~ J. S. Bach

Happy Birthday, Herr Bach ~ Ronald Watson
b. 1936

Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb Major, BWV 525 ~ J. S. Bach
(Allegro moderato)
Adagio
Allegro

Dancing Feet ~ Noel Rawsthorne
b. 1929

Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major, BWV 552 ~ J. S. Bach

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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 Mt. Washington Valley's newly completed state of the art cultural center the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy, 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.

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

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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

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Sonate No. 11, Saint Mark T. Albinoni
Grave - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
Barbara Prugh, Trumpet

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BWV 1050 J. S. Bach
Allegro - Affettuoso - allegro
Frank Glazer, Piano - Peggy Vagts, Flute

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
Mezzo soprano, Emily Marvosh, mezzo soprano
Bruce Fithian, tenor
Jesse Wakeman, tenor
Bass, John D. Adams, bass-baritone

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

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Prelude & Fugue No. XVIII in G# Minor J. S. Bach
From Well-tempered Clavichord, Book II
Wilson Gabriel Bristol, piano

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Concerto for Violin No. 1 in A Minor BWV 1041 J. S. Bach
Allegro moderato – Andante – Allegro assai
Robert Lehmann, violin

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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

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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

Seating and Ticket Offerings

Three types of seating will be available at all performances.

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
are listed below.

Tickets are available for order on the web,
or for purchase at ticket locations in North Conway, NH

Types of Seating:

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

Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center

• air-conditioned
• handicap accessible
• convenient restrooms
• passenger drop off at entrance
• nearby parking

Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine
Host sponsor

To order tickets on the web ~ click here