July 11, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – This year marks the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world.” The historic events at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775 sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the eventual creation of the United States. This tour of early New England traces a musical lineage from the first […]
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July 12, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – This concert offers a moving portrait of the profound bond between Fanny Hensel and her brother Felix Mendelssohn—a relationship of deep musical collaboration and mutual mentorship. Fanny was Felix’s “Minerva,” whose wisdom and discerning advice shaped his compositions. The siblings grew up studying with the same teachers and were deeply influenced by J.S. Bach. Fanny’s […]
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July 12, 2025 @ 6:45 pm – 7:05 pm – Enjoy pre-concert music performed by the Festival’s Tower Brass on the Sunset Center Terrace before the evening’s Main Concert. Program GIROLOMO FANTINI Imperial Intrada Prima JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue 1. Contrapunctus 1 WILLIAM BYRD The Battle Suite Join the Carmel Bach Festival for its 88th season—Dialogues—running July 12-26, 2025. Musicians will explore […]
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July 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm – Lost for centuries, J.S. Bach’s Markus Passion returns in a powerful new production by Concert Theatre Works, co-presented in a Pacific Northwest tour by Portland Baroque Orchestra and Oregon Bach Festival. This groundbreaking “pocket passion” features four singers, a narrator, and a small period orchestra—including two gambas and two lutes—and runs a focused 80 minutes. Featuring celebrated […]
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July 12, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Guts Baroque feat. Andrus MadsenFantasticus! Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violinRebecca Shaw, viola da gambaAndrus Madsen, harpsichord Come join Guts Baroque, featuring Andrus Madsen, in early July! You’ll hear the whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent […]
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