The Minnesota Bach Festival, a Beloved Spring Tradition, Will Bring Music to Minnesota With a Musical Workshop, Formal Concerts, Pop-up Mobile Mini-concerts, and Even a Community Sing-along!

Schedule:

Saturday, May 4, 2024

9am-3pm - Bach & Friends Workshop

This Year, the Bach and Friends Workshop Will Bring in Another Member of the Class of 1685, Georg Friedrich Handel and His English Language Choral Music (and Previously Performed by the Bsm).

With Selections From Handel's Coronation Anthems, Acis and Galatea, and Triumph of Time and Truth. Additionally, Instrumentalists Will Have an Opportunity to Work on Abridged Versions of Bach Brandenburg Concertos 3 and 5.

All Instruments Welcome!

Schedule of the Day:

9:00am - Participant Arrival and Check in

9:30am - Introductions, Talk About History and Style

10am-12pm - Choir and Orchestra Rehearse Separately

12:00pm - Lunch Break

12:45pm - Tutti Rehearsal

2:30pm - Play Through

3:00pm - End of Workshop

Tickets: $35

Location: Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 285 Dale St N

Friday, May 10, 2024

Mobile Mini-concerts - We Continue to Offer Our Popular Mobile Mini-concerts in the Twin Cities and Greater MN. After Many Requests, We Will Now Offer Them Year-round! If You Would Like to Host a Mobile Mini-concerts Performance in Your Front Yard, Workplace, or Other Community Location

Anita Rieder, Flute

2:30pm - the Bakken Museum

3:15pm - the Museum of Russian Art

4:00pm - Bryant Square Park

4:40pm - Lyndale Park Rose Garden

Marco Real-d’arbelles,violin

2:40pm - Rosebrook Park, Roseville

3:20pm - Lexington Park, Roseville

4:00pm - Ramsey County Library - Roseville

4:40pm - 1535 Transit Ave, Roseville

Phillip Rukavina, Lute

3:00pm - Martin Luther King Recreation Center

3:40pm - Landmark Center

4:20pm - Mears Park

5:00pm - Metronome Brewery

Evan Fraser, Flute

4:00pm - Marvella

4:40pm - Gateway Park, St. Paul

5:20pm - Prospect Park United Methodist

6:00pm - the Legends at Berry

Friday, May 11, 2024

Mobile Mini-concerts - We Continue to Offer Our Popular Mobile Mini-concerts in the Twin Cities and Greater MN. After Many Requests, We Will Now Offer Them Year-round! If You Would Like to Host a Mobile Mini-concerts Performance in Your Front Yard, Workplace, or Other Community Location

Anita Rieder, Flute

11:00am - Abiitan Mill City

11:40am - Mill City Museum

12:20pm - Nicollet Island Park

1:00pm - Loring Park

Phillip Rukavina, Lute

11:30am the Little Village, Cottage Grove

12:15pm - Park Grove Library

1:00pm - Newport Library

Marco Real-d’arbelles, Violin

1:40pm - Goodthings (Grand Avenue)

2:20pm - Cochran Park

3:00pm - George Latimer Central Library

3:40pm - 256 Spring Street, St Paul

Phillip Rukavina, Lute

3:00pm - Highland Path

3:45pm - Merriam Park Library

4:25pm - South Saint Anthony Park

5:00pm - Milton Square

Friday, May 17, 2024

6:30pm-8:30pm - Your Voice - a Community Sing-along!

A Prelude to Our "Gloria! Vivaldi, Bach, and Their Angels" Concert.

Selections From Magnificat and Gloria by Vivaldi

Led by Matthias Maute

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Location: Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, 1079 Summit Avenue

May 18, 2024, Saturday

7:30pm - Your Voice - a Community Sing-along!

A Prelude to Our "Gloria! Vivaldi, Bach, and Their Angels" Concert.

Selections From Magnificat and Gloria by Vivaldi

Led by Matthias Maute

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Location: Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, 1079 Summit Avenue

7:30pm - Gloria! Bach, Vivaldi, and Their Angels

Most of Vivaldi’s Sacred Music Was Written for the La Pietà in Venice, Where Orphan Girls Created a Musical Sensation With Their Spectacular Performances of the Composer’s Music. People Flocked to Venice From All Over Europe to Hear (and See!) Vivaldi’s Angels. Our Concert Features the Famous Gloria and Magnificat in Its Originally Intended Brilliant Sound With an Entirely Female Cast of Singers, and Bach’s Gorgeous Cantata for Soprano and Solo Trumpet Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, Written Like a Concerto in Italian Style.

Katie Boardman, Soprano

Kathryn Adduci, Trumpet

Matthias Maute, Conductor, Recorder

Orchestra of Bach Society of MN

Female Choir of Bach Society of MN

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Location: Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, 1079 Summit Avenue

Sunday, May 19, 2024

4:00pm - Gloria! Bach, Vivaldi, and Their Angels

Most of Vivaldi’s Sacred Music Was Written for the La Pietà in Venice, Where Orphan Girls Created a Musical Sensation With Their Spectacular Performances of the Composer’s Music. People Flocked to Venice From All Over Europe to Hear (and See!) Vivaldi’s Angels. Our Concert Features the Famous Gloria and Magnificat in Its Originally Intended Brilliant Sound With an Entirely Female Cast of Singers, and Bach’s Gorgeous Cantata for Soprano and Solo Trumpet Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, Written Like a Concerto in Italian Style.

Katie Boardman, Soprano

Kathryn Adduci, Trumpet

Matthias Maute, Conductor, Recorder

Orchestra of Bach Society of MN

Female Choir of Bach Society of MN

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Location: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4100 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, 55409

Friday, May 31, 2024

7:00pm - a Mini Grand Finale ­ One Night in the Fairy Forest

This One-woman Theatrical Show Presents a Magical World of Sprites, Fairies, and Other Mythical Beings as Depicted in Music Throughout the Centuries. Individual Songs Are Repurposed Into a Narrative Arc With Sweet, Playful, and Mysterious Characters. We Meet the Woodland Fairies and Their Radiant Queen, Who is Deeply Connected to Nature.

Gabrielle Doran, Soprano

Mobile Mini-concerts Musicians

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Location: 480 Arts, 480 Prior Ave, North Saint Paul, MN 55104

Saturday, June 1, 2024

3:00pm - a Mini Grand Finale ­ One Night in the Fairy Forest

This One-woman Theatrical Show Presents a Magical World of Sprites, Fairies, and Other Mythical Beings as Depicted in Music Throughout the Centuries. Individual Songs Are Repurposed Into a Narrative Arc With Sweet, Playful, and Mysterious Characters. We Meet the Woodland Fairies and Their Radiant Queen, Who is Deeply Connected to Nature.

Gabrielle Doran, Soprano

Mobile Mini-concerts Musicians

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Location: 480 Arts, 480 Prior Ave, North Saint Paul, MN 55104

Date: May 4 - June 1, 2024

Location: Various locations in Minnesota

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