2008 Victoria Bach Festival :: June 15-20 :: Evening Concerts
The 2008 Festival presents an eclectic program of symphonic concerts, chamber music, and solo performances, culminating in Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem under the baton of Craig Hella Johnson.
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Paul Galbraith
Sunday, June 15, 2008 ~ 4 PM
Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts
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Internationally renowned as a brilliant innovator of the classical guitar, Paul Galbraith has been working since the 1980s towards expanding the technical limits of his instrument while augmenting the quantity and quality of its repertoire. [More...]
Victoria Bach Festival Chamber OrchestraMonday, June 16, 2008 ~ 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
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While J.S. Bach is perhaps better remembered for his skill on the organ, his first instrument was the violin. On this program the VBF Chamber Orchestra performs the E major and E minor concertos for violin, and the extraordinary D minor concerto for two violins. Arias by Bach and Handel, sung by soprano Melissa Givens, complement the operatic style of the concertos for a compelling evening of drama and grace. [More...]
Musical Portraits: From My Life
Victoria Bach Festival Chamber Artists for the Performing Arts
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 ~ 7:30 PM
Leo J. Welder Center
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An evening of captivating contrasts: chamber music by Schubert, Hartmann and Sargon. VBF Chamber Musicians present a program of intimate drama with these intense compositions for small groups, including Smetana's autobiographical String Quartet in E minor ("From My Life"). [More...]
Cynthia Sings Jazz StandardsThursday, June 19, 2008 ~ 8:00 PM
Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts
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Named "the most awesome voice in gospel music" by Billboard Magazine, Cynthia Clawson has received a Grammy® and five Dove Awards for her work. Here she focuses her enormous talent and stage presence on standards from the jazz vocal repertoire. [More...]
Kallen Esperian, sopranoRobynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano
Karl Dent, tenor
Christian Van Horn, bass-baritone
Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Conspirare Symphonic Chorus
Texas State Chorale
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Friday, June 20, 2008 ~ 8:00 PM
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
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Though written for a church setting, Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem has been called his "greatest opera," and for good reason. The Requiem is boldly theatrical in style, with passages of great tenderness set against terrifying drama. The sheer scale of the performance (a combined instrumental and choral force of nearly 250 musicians) adds to its powerful emotional impact. Experience massive music and high drama shaped by Artistic Director and conductor Craig Hella Johnson. [More...]
