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Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival Celebrating 79 years of exceptional music The First Collegiate Bach Festival in the Nation Annotated Program April 15–17, 2011 Thank you to our generous sponsors The Adrianne and Robert Andrews Bach Festival Fund in honor of Amelia & Elias Fadil SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL BACH FESTIVAL THE FIRST COLLEGIATE BACH FESTIVAL IN THE NATION Annotated Program APRIL 15–17, 2011 Founded in 1845, Baldwin-Wallace was among the first colleges to admit students without regard to race or gender. That spirit of inclusiveness and innovation has flourished 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 affiliated with the United Methodist Church, B-W enrolls 3,100 undergraduate students as well as 500 part-time evening/weekend and 700 Distinctively B-W graduate students. The average class size is 19. • The College regularly Quick to Innovate appears among “America’s Baldwin-Wallace is one of the few Best Colleges” and “Best • B-W was one of the first liberal arts colleges in the nation Values” in the U.S. News & colleges in the country to with an internationally respected World Report annual rankings. endow a chair in corporate Conservatory of Music. It also is ethics, the Charles E. Spahr • The Music Theatre program recognized as one of the early leaders Chair in Managerial and was ranked among the top five of adult education, having begun such Corporate Ethics. in the country by Backstage, an programs during the 1940s. industry professional journal. • Baldwin-Wallace College contributes to the economic B-W students are active learners, • B-W was the first college in development of northeast supported by exceptional opportunities Ohio to offer an undergraduate Ohio through research and to succeed including mentors, access major in sustainability and consulting projects to local leaders, and a location that has recently added an MBA in executed by its Center for facilitates the ability to provide sustainability to its curriculum. Innovation and Growth and practical career preparation. In Institute for Sustainable • Graduates of the athletic addition to our main campus, B-W Business Practices. East in Beachwood, Ohio, offers training, communications evening and Saturday classes for disorders and neuroscience • The Speech Clinic’s camp bachelor’s and master’s degrees in programs have nearly 100 for nonverbal children is the business, professional development percent acceptance rate into only program of its type in and executive education. graduate school. northeast Ohio. After more than 165 years, B-W still • Selected by the Rogers and • A campus-wide commitment is characterized by leadership and Hammerstein Organization, to sustainability at B-W can innovation. The B-W community B-W presented the first non- be seen in its wind turbine, currently is celebrating the successful Equity performance of Andrew recycling efforts and its three completion of Transforming Lives: Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom geothermal fields—including The Campaign for Baldwin-Wallace of the Opera. the first for an Ohio college residence hall—to heat and College. Through this most ambitious • The Riemenschneider Bach cool new College buildings. financial undertaking in school Institute at the Conservatory history, B-W alumni and friends of Music is one of only five provided $97,168,974 for important institutions in the western capital improvements, scholarship hemisphere containing and endowment needs, new academic manuscripts in Bach’s initiatives and operating expenses. own hand. It also houses a B-W truly is approaching its future comprehensive collection of from a position of strength. first editions by Bach, Brahms 440-826-2325 and other masters. www.bw.edu Contents3 BACH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE AND STAFF 5 WELCOME: MR. RICHARD DURST, COLLEGE PRESIDENT, AND MR. PETER LANDGREN, CONSERVATORY DIRECTOR 9 THE BACH FESTIVAL FUND 10 SUPPORTERS OF THE 2011 BACH FESTIVAL 12 BACH FESTIVAL ATTENDEES—20 TO 79 YEARS OF PATRONAGE 15 HISTORY OF THE BACH LEGACY AT BALDWIN-WALLACE 23 RIEMENSCHNEIDER BACH INSTITUTE ADVISORY BOARD 25 BALDWIN-WALLACE CONSERVATORY WOMEN’S COMMITTEE 26 THE BACH FESTIVAL ORGAN 27 THE CHANCEL ORGAN (UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF BEREA) 28 ARTISTIC PERSONNEL 29 ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL 31 PERFORMING GROUPS—PERSONNEL LISTS 38 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 54 PREVIEW RECITAL DUO AMARAL 57 PREVIEW RECITAL JONATHAN MOYER 59 FIRST CONCERT* 72 SECOND CONCERT* 79 THIRD CONCERT* 81 FOURTH CONCERT* 101 BACH SERVICE* 107 REPERTORY LIST 120 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2012 BACH FESTIVAL *NOTES ON THE PROGRAMS, TEXTS, AND TRANSLATIONS by Dr. Melvin Unger, Director, Riemenschneider Bach Institute, unless otherwise noted. INFORMATION FOR TICKET HOLDERS Please be seated at least ten minutes prior to the scheduled time of each performance. Please help us conserve paper by bringing your program back with you to each performance. All events are located in Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building (96 Front St.) unless otherwise noted. Please refrain from using cameras or recording devices during the concert. Please turn off cell phones and pagers, and open candies and lozenges only between pieces. Latecomers are requested to wait until an interval of applause before being seated. 79th Annual Bach Festival 1 The Conservatory Outreach Department offers arts instruction and performance opportunities for students of ALL ages and ALL levels from beginner to pre-professional. Areas of instruction include: • Private Lessons on all instruments including voice • MusicPlay for infants, toddlers and their caregivers • Dalcroze Eurhythmics for children ages 3 to 8 • Musical Kaleidoscope for children with special needs • Triple Threat Music Theatre program for students in grades 4-9 • Music Fundamentals, Technology, Theory and Conservatory Composition • Group classes in guitar, piano, fiddling and voice Outreach • Medina Strings Program for first- and second-year Department elementary string players • Suzuki String Program including lessons and classes • Percussion Ensemble for students in grades 7-12 • Honors Chorale Program including two audition-only choirs, one for middle school singers and one for high school singers • Youth Orchestra Program including four orchestras for beginning through advanced instrumentalists • Guitar Ensemble for guitarists age 8 through adult • B-W Men’s Chorus for male singers ages 18 and up • New Horizons Program, a beginning instrument program for adults including concert bands, orchestra, beginning instrument classes and chamber ensembles Baldwin-Wallace College does not discriminate on Summer Music Programs include: the basis of race, creed, age, • String, Band, Piano and Music Theatre Camps disability, national origin, for students in grades 4-9 gender or sexual orientation in the administration of any • Summer Music Institute for the serious high school policies or programs. musician in voice, woodwinds, brass, strings and piano • Music Theatre Overtures for high school juniors looking for the best college music theatre audition preparation Classes and lessons available in Berea, Brecksville and Medina. For more information: www.bw.edu/conservatoryoutreach [email protected] • 440-826-2365 2 79th Annual Bach Festival B-W Bach Festival 2011 Program 4.75 x 7.25” nc Baldwin-Wallace College 79th Annual Bach Festival DR. ALBERT RIEMENSCHNEIDER (1878–1950) MRS. SELMA (MARTING) RIEMENSCHNEIDER (1882–1971) Staff Founders& Committee BACH FESTIVAL STAFF AND COMMITTEE DWIGHT OLTMAN Festival Music Director DIRK GARNER Festival Choral Director PETER LANDGREN Director of the Conservatory Festival General Manager MELVIN UNGER Program Annotator and Editor Director, Riemenschneider Bach Institute & B-W Singers Conductor, Bach Service ERIKA HASKELL Conservatory Event Coordinator © Baldwin-Wallace College 79th Annual Bach Festival 3 Baroque Beyond & April 28 to May 8 The Cleveland Orchestra’s new Artist-in-Residence, conductor Ton Koopman, returns to Severance Hall for a special two-week festival of Baroque music — and beyond. Koopman, a leading authority on Baroque styles and influences, leads an exploration of the transition from the Baroque period into classical forms and style. THE VISION OF ST. JEROME JEROME ST. OF VISION THE KOOPMAN ISSERLIS Royal Fireworks SPECIAL PRESENTATION Severance Hall Italian Masterworks Gartner Auditorium, — Thursday at 8 p.m. APR 28 Cleveland Museum of Art APR 30 — Saturday at 8 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra MAY 1 — Sunday at 2 p.m. Ton Koopman, conductor MAY 4 — Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. — Friday at 7:30 p.m.3 BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 MAY 6 HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks The Cleveland Orchestra HAYDN Symphony No. 104 (“London”) James Feddeck, conductor and harpsichord In a collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Orch estra is featured in three unique programs of great chamber works by Italian composers Haydn and C.P.E. Bach from across four centuries. Featuring music by Boccherini, Severance Hall Berio, Dallapiccola, Vivaldi, and more. 3 MAY 6 — Friday at 11 a.m.1 Featuring members of The Cleveland Orchestra MAY 8 — Sunday at 3 p.m.2 Order Tickets: clevelandart.org The Cleveland Orchestra These concerts are funded in part by the Keithley Fund for Artistic Collaboration. Ton Koopman, conductor Steven Isserlis, cello C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in G major C.P.E. BACH Cello Concerto in A major C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in D major 1 HAYDN Symphony No. 98 1 not included on Friday Morning Matinee 2 Prelude Concert at 2 p.m. featuring Cleveland Orchestra musicians. Order Tickets: 216-231-1111 or clevelandorchestra.com Severance Restaurant is open for dining for Severance Hall events. Call 216-231-7373 for reservations. Baldwin_Wallace_Program_BW_4.75x7.25_3-3-11.indd 1 3/7/2011 5:23:59 PM 4 79th Annual Bach Festival GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE Dear Friends, WeGreetings are delighted to welcome you to the 79th Bach Festival at Baldwin-Wallace College and that you are sharing in this celebration of the beautiful and inspiring music of J.