Homage to The Genius: All-Bach concert

Enjoy a program of some of the most beloved pieces by The Genius of Western music, J.S. Bach. You will hear Bach's music as his contemporaries would have heard it: up close and intimate, one instrument or voice per line, in the best acoustical space in town.

Instrumental ensemble:
Susan Schaffer, concertmaster, violin
Denis Letourneau, violin
Ashley Kroecher, viola
Olivia Walsh, cello
Akane Setiavan, oboe
Karmen Doucette, bassoon
Cuyler Page, dulcian
Jim Leonard, harpsichord and organ
with
Eeva-Maria Kopp, soprano,
Alex Wedensky, bass-baritone,
and Early Music Okanagan’s vocalists

J.S.Bach

Program

Oboe Concerto,  BWW 1055
solo: Akane Setiawan (oboe)

Choral Cantata
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
soloists: Karmen Doucette (bassoon), Eeva-Maria Kopp (soprano),
Natalia Polchenko (alto), Conagher Jones (tenor), Alex Wedensky (bass-baritone)

INTERMISSION

Ich Habe Genug, BWV 82
solo: Alex Wedensky (bass-baritone)

2-part invention for violin and cello, BWV TBD
Susan Schaffer (violin), Olivia Walsh (cello)

Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4
Duetto (E.-M. Kopp, soprano; N. Polchenko, alto): Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt
Chorale: Wir essen und leben wohl

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Single ticket: regular $30, senior/student $25, kids under 12 free