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July 15, 2025 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Works from J.S. Bach, C.P.E Bach, and Telemann   Works for Violin, Oboe, Cello, and HarpsichordExploring the musical legacy of J.S. Bach, his son C.P.E. Bach, and C.P.E Bach’s Godfather, Georg Philipp Telemann, this program compares and contrasts their styles while demonstrating how their combined influence shaped the German High Baroque period.   Program GEORG […]

July 15, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – In honor of Allen Whear Works from Linda Caitlin Smith, Haydn, Sirmen, J.S. Bach, and Mozart   Works for a String QuartetThe concert features pieces that mirror and reflect one another, from Bach’s Contrapunctus No. 6 to quartets by Haydn, Sirmen, and Mozart. Each work echoes elements of the others, highlighting the interconnectedness of these composers and […]

July 15, 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 GWYNETH WALKER Fanfare Among Friends JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Contrapunctus 5 from The Art of Fugue 5. Contrapunctus 5 ZHOU TIAN Morning Call for Brass KESSEL Sonata . . .  Join the Carmel Bach Festival for its 88th season—Dialogues—running July 12-26, […]

July 15, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Mozart – Solemn Vespers for A Confessor, Mozart – Requiem, and Peteris Vasks’ Dona nobis pacem (Grant Us Peace)   This program opens with Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339, a luminous work written for the Salzburg Cathedral. These vespers showcase Mozart’s mastery of combining choral and orchestral textures— featuring moments of grandeur balanced by intimate, lyrical exchanges. Following […]