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Hudson Valley BachFest



The Hudson Valley Society for Music
presents the 11th annual
Hudson Valley BachFest

August 27, 28 & 29, 2010

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Friday, August 27:

Keyboard Marathon
Bach Partitas
7:30 p.m.
Suggested donation $8

Cornwall Presbyterian Church

222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson

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Saturday, August 28:

Young Performers' Concert
3:00 p.m.
Free-will donation appreciated!

Cornwall Presbyterian Church

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"Great Opening Choral Movements
and Sinfonias from Bach's Cantatas"

Cantata No. 80, Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott

Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

BachFest Choir & Orchestra
directed by Laura Ramsey Russell
7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10 general admission
Children under 12 free

Christ Episcopal Church
20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie

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Sunday, August 29:

Bach Chamber Concert
featuring Bach's motet Jesu Meine Freude
and Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor

BachFest Chamber Choir & Chamber Orchestra
directed by Edward Lundergan
3:00 p.m.
Tickets $10 general admission
Children under 12 free

Cornwall Presbyterian Church

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Bach Church Services
Sunday, August 29
 

West Point Cadet Chapel
Highland Falls, NY
(click here for directions)
10:30 a.m.

Craig Williams, Organist and Choir Master
Jennifer Ponzoni, alto
Anthony Cinelli, tenor

“Et misericordia” from Magnificat
Bach harmonizations of hymns
“Wie selig sind die doch” from Cantata 80
“Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär’” from Cantata 80
Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”)

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Christ Episcopal Church
20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
(click here for directions)
10:00 a.m.

Laura Ramsey Russell, Organist and Choir Director

Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038
Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D Major
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor
Bach harmonizations of hymns

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New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz, NY
10:00 a.m.

Lee H. Pritchard, Director of Music

Pre-Service Concert beginning at 9:45 a.m.
All service music and hymns by or attributed to Bach

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St. John's Lutheran Church
55
Wilbur Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY
9:30 a.m.

Susan Guse, Organist and Choir Director

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Cornwall Presbyterian Church
222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
(click here for directions)
9:00 a.m.

Ruthanne Schempf, Organist and Choir Director
Marjorie Schempf, Handbell Choir Director

Praeludium 22 from Well-Tempered Clavier - Handbell Choir (arrangement by Brensinger)
"God's Word Shall Be Our Only Plan" - Chancel Choir (from Cantata 80, "Ein feste Burg")

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Lithgow
692 Deep Hollow Road, Millbrook, NY
9:30 a.m.

Nancy Vanderlee, Music Director

 Adagio in a from Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C  BWV 564
"Little" Prelude in D  BWV 553/a
Fantasia in C BWV 570
Hymn "Ein fest Burg" harmonized by Bach

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Grace Episcopal Church
58 North Street, Middletown, NY
10:30 a.m.

Boyd Herforth, Organist
Nancy Herforth, soprano

Prelude: Prelude in A minor
Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Communion:  O Love that Casts Out Fear
Postlude: Fugue in A minor

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Freedom Plains United Presbyterian Church
1168 Route 55 and Stringham Road, LaGrangeville, NY
10:00 a.m.

Kevin Donnelly, Music Director

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The Episcopal Church of St. Mary-in-the-Highlands
1 Chestnut Street (corner of Routes 9D and 301), Cold Spring, NY
10:30 a.m.

The Reverend Fr Shane Scott-Hamblen, BMus, STB, MA, STL, Rector
Christopher King, Organist/Director of Music

Prelude: Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor
Kurt Briggs, violin
Christopher King, organ

Offertory Solo: Violin Sonata

Communion: "Wiederstehe doch der Stunde" (Cantata 54)
Simon Scott-Hamblen, treble
Shane Scott-Hamblen, continuo

Organ Postlude: "When We Are in Deepest Need"
Christopher King, organ

 


The Hudson Valley BachFest is an annual weekend marathon of four concerts and multiple church services celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.  Part of the festival takes place in Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County) and part in Cornwall-on-Hudson (Orange County).  For directions to Christ Episcopal Church and Cornwall Presbyterian Church click here.

For a comprehensive listing of Bach's cantatas and other vocal works, including texts, translations, scores, articles and performers, click here.


For information, call:
Dr. Laura Ramsey Russell: (845) 485-1648
Dr. Ruthanne Schempf: (845) 534-2166
Emily Faxon: (845) 534-8368