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#BDI'FTUJWBM The Oldest Collegiate Bach Festival in the Nation to all the corporations, foundations and media partners who have helped to make the 75th Bach Festival a resounding success. hank you The Adrianne & Robert Andrews Bach Festival Fund In Honor of Amelia & Elias Fadil AnnotatedApril 20–22, Program 2007 Baldwin-Wallace College, founded in 1845, was among the fi rst colleges to admit students without regard to race or gender. That spirit of inclusiveness and innovation has fl ourished and evolved into a personalized approach to education: one that stresses individual growth as students learn to learn, respond to new ideas, adapt to new situations and prepare for the certainty of change. An independent, coeducational college affi liated with the United Methodist Church, B-W enrolls 3,000 undergraduate students as well as %JTUJODUJWFMZ#8 600 part-time evening/weekend and 800 graduate students. The average l The College regularly appears undergraduate class size is 19. among “America’s Best Colleges” 2VJDLUP*OOPWBUF (in the category of Regional Baldwin-Wallace is one of the few l Universities) and “Best Values” in B-W was one of the fi rst colleges liberal arts colleges in the nation with an the annual survey of U.S. News & in the country to endow a chair internationally respected Conservatory World Report. in corporate ethics, the Charles of Music. It also is recognized as one E. Spahr Chair in Managerial and l of the early leaders of adult education, B-W’s Riemenschneider Bach Corporate Ethics, and was the fi rst having begun such programs during the Institute is one of only fi ve college to establish an institutions in North and South International MBA. 1940s. America containing manuscripts in l Bach’s own hand. The Institute also The newly established Center for B-W students are active learners, Innovation and Growth provides supported by exceptional opportunities has one of the most comprehensive collections in the Western real world experience in projects to succeed including mentors, access Hemisphere of fi rst editions by that contribute to the economic to local leaders, and a location that Bach, Brahms and other masters. development of Northeast Ohio. facilitates our ability to provide practical l B-W students work with career preparation. In addition to our l The Music Theatre program at B-W volunteer executives and local main campus, B-W East in Beachwood, is ranked among the top fi ve in the businesses to refi ne more than 100 Ohio, offers evening and Saturday country by Backstage, the industry’s professional journal. business plans each year as a part classes for bachelor’s and master’s of the Business Clinic. degrees in business, professional l Since the neuroscience program l development and executive education. was established in 1998, 100% of Partnering with Glengary, a its graduates have been accepted venture capital company, students After more than 160 years, B-W still into graduate programs or medical attend partner meetings on campus is characterized by leadership and school. as well as exceptional experiences innovation. The College enjoys an relating to private equity and excellent reputation, solid enrollments, business start-ups. l B-W Education students pass the signifi cant growth in the endowment, Praxis II exam, required for initial and the results of wise investments in #BMEXJO8BMMBDF$PMMFHF licensure in Ohio, at rates higher human and physical resources. B-W &BTUMBOE3PBE than the state average. #FSFB 0) continues to build on the foundations that have served it so well for so many XXXCXFEV years. The 75th Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival has been sustained by thousands of performers, teachers, administrators, and audience members throughout its history. The list below acknowledges some of the people who provided the musical and Dedicationartistic vision as well as those who coordinated the efforts to make this Festival happen throughout the years. As with all such lists, it cannot include everybody whose contribution was integral to sustaining this Festival. To the staff members who completed the paperwork and made the telephone calls, to the musicians who shared their time and talent, to the audience members who continue to define loyalty, we humbly express our gratitude and dedicate this 75th Festival to you. Founders of the Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival Directors of the Conservatory Albert and Selma Riemenschneider Peter Landgren July, 2007– Kent Cleland 2006–2007 Festival Music Directors Catherine Jarjisian 1998–2006 Dwight Oltman 1976–Present William Carlson 1984–1998 Helmuth Rilling (Interim Director) 1975 Warren Scharf 1967–1984 George Poinar 1948–1974 Cecil W. Munk 1951–1967 Albert Riemenschneider (Festival Chorus) 1933–1947 Harold W. Baltz 1947–1951 Carl G. Schluer (Festival Orchestra) 1933–1943 Albert Riemenschneider 1903–1947, 1950 Director Emeritus Festival Chorus Directors Stuart Raleigh 1974–Present Directors of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute Wayne Zarr 1970–1973 Melvin Unger 1998–Present Terrance Anderson 1968–1969 Elinore Barber 1969–1998 Maurice Casey 1964–1967 George Poinar 1958–1963 We would like to give special recognition to the devoted Cecil W. Munk 1952–1957 volunteers and members of our audience whose presence Harold W. Baltz 1948–1951 we lost during the past year. Albert Riemenschneider 1933–1947 Alfred Mann Festival Brass Choir Directors John L. Marting John Brndiar 1995–Present Paul Riemenschneider David Borsvold 1993–1994 Barbara Vodrey Wamelink James Darling 1983–1992 Randolph P. Laycock 1982 James Darling 1980–1981 J. Thomas McGee 1979 James Darling 1978 Lawrence Hartzell 1976–1977 Walter Winzenburger 1974–1975 James S. Darling 1972–1973 Richard Worthing 1971 James Darling 1970 Walter Winzenberger 1969 Frank L. Battisti 1968 Kenneth Snapp 1957–1967 Richard Suddendorf 1956 Alan Squire 1955 Fredrick C. Ebbs 1950–1954 Early 1950s. Albert Riemenschneider surrounded by conductors: Harold Baltz, Cecil Cecil Munk 1935–1949 Munk, George Poinar, Frederick Ebbs. 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Please help us conserve paper by bringing your program back with you to each performance. The audience is requested to refrain from using cameras or tape recorders during the concert. Please turn off pagers and cell phones, and open candies and lozenges only between pieces. Latecomers are requested to wait until an interval of applause before being seated. Cover photo of Bach courtesy of William H. Scheide, Princeton, New Jersey Lithograph of Clara & Robert Schumann by permission of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, page 52. 75th Annual Bach Festival 1 unwind WCLV Ad-Daffodil 7x8 (B&W).indd 1 3/13/07 11:00:23 AM 2 75th Annual Bach Festival &Committee BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE 75TH ANNUAL BACH FESTIVAL Staff DR. ALBERT RIEMENSCHNEI D ER (1878–1950) MRS . SELM A RIEMENSCHNEI D ER (1882–1971) Founders BACH FESTIVAL STA ff AND COMMITTEE DWIGHT OLTM A N Festival Music Director STU A RT RA LEIGH Festival Choral Director KENT CLEL A N D Interim Director of the Conservatory Festival General Manager MELVIN UNGER Festival Administrative Director MA RY L. TUC K Festival Coordinator STEPH A NIE ZUERCHER Assistant Festival Coordinator © Baldwin-Wallace College 75th Annual Bach Festival 3