Schedule:

Sunday, June 11, 2023

3:00 p.m: Festival Concert I at Lehman Auditorium
The opening Festival Concert I features our fantastic SVBF chamber orchestra, a conductor-less ensemble, performing works by J.S. Bach, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and Felix Mendelssohn with soloists Amir Farsi, flute, and Christine Glick-Fairfield, soprano.

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067                          
Amir Farsi, flute

J.S. Bach: Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84
Christine Glick-Fairfield, soprano

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lament for Viola and Piano           
Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola
David Berry, piano

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Movement for String Trio

Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-flat major, Op.20

Monday, June 12, 2023

12:00 p.m: Noon Concerts at Asbury United Methodist Church

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

12:00 p.m: Noon Concerts at Asbury United Methodist Church

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

12:00 p.m: Noon Concerts at Asbury United Methodist Church

Thursday, June 15, 2023

12:00 p.m: Noon Concerts at Asbury United Methodist Church

7:30 p.m: Baroque Faculty Concert at Asbury United Methodist Church

Friday, June 16, 2023

12:00 p.m: Noon Concerts at Asbury United Methodist Church

7:30 p.m: Festival Concert II at Lehman Auditorium
The Festival Concert II program features the fresh and innovative Concerto for Violin in D Major by legendary jazz composer Wynton Marsalis and Ludwig van Beethoven’s pivotal Symphony No.3, “Eroica” conducted by Daniel Myssyk.

Wynton Marsalis: Concerto for Violin in D major                          
Brendan Elliott, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 , Op.55 in Eb major “Eroica”

Saturday, June 17, 2023

11:00 a.m: Baroque Workshop Concert at Martin Chapel
1:00 p.m: Kids Concert: Book Notes at Central Library

7:30 p.m: Festival Concert III at Lehman Auditorium
Festival Concert III concludes our week of evening performances with Symphony No.1 "Spring" by Robert Schumann and Finlandia by Jean Sibelius paired with beautiful new choral works by living composers Zachary Wadsworth, Adolphus Hailstork, and Gabriela Lena Frank.

Adolphus Hailstork: Fanfare on “Amazing Grace”                                  

Franz Joseph Haydn: “Spring” from The Seasons for choir and orchestra

Gabriela Lena Frank: Pachamama Meets an Ode for choir and orchestra                           

Jean Sibelius: Finlandia for choir and orchestra                                   

Zachary Wadsworth: Beyond the Years for choir and orchestra

Robert Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, op.38 “Spring”   

Sunday, June 18, 2023

10:00 a.m: Leipzig Service at Lehman Auditorium
Sunday morning’s Leipzig service features Cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 137 by J.S. Bach featuring the SVBF choir and soloists from the Valley and conducted by Benjamin Bergey.

Date: June 11 - 18, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Harrisonburg, VA 22801

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