July 26, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Best of the Fest Favorite selections from the Festival are performed in this closing night concert that celebrates music, Carmel, the musicians of the Bach Festival, and the Festival’s loyal patrons. The program is a sampler of musician and audience favorites from throughout the two-week Festival. The concert is followed by a celebratory reception […]
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July 27, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Bring family and friends of all ages— from 2 to 102— to the outdoor patio of the Sonoma Community Center for a lively and engaging musical hour featuring a vibrant mix of musical styles and traditions. Featuring Grammy Award-Winning jazz violinist Mads Tolling alongside the 2025 Apprenticeship Quartet, this concert promises to delight audiences with […]
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July 27, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Festival concludes with a grand finale featuring Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings,performed by a full band of players—faculty, Apprentices, Fellows, and Laureates—led by violinist Rachell Ellen Wong. Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Mozart, who in turn was profoundly influenced by Haydn. Before the Serenade, you will hear a Mozart’s Piano Trio and Haydn’s ebullient string quartet op. […]
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July 28, 2025 – July 30, 2025 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm – This three-day class will offer a hands-on introduction to the care and maintenance of the wood-framed Viennese fortepiano, the early piano most frequently made by modern builders, and what today’s technicians will most likely encounter. Subjects will include how to handle the seemingly delicate parts of a Viennese Prellmechanic without trepidation or damage; how to […]
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July 29, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – “La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie […]
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