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Blue Hill Bach

Name:

Blue Hill Bach Festival

Location:

Blue Hill, Maine (ME), USA

Venues:

St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church - 330 Hinckley Ridge Road, Blue Hill
1st Congregational Church of Blue Hill - 22 Tenney Hill, Blue Hill
Peninsula Metamorphic Arts & Learning - 139 Mines Road, Blue Hill
Kalmia Knoll, Blue Hill

Years:

Since 2011 (Annual Festival)

Months:

July-August

Artistic Director:

Ensembles:

The Blue Hill Bach Orchestra and Chorus

Website:

Blue Hill Bach (Official Website)
Blue Hill Bach on Facebook

Mission:

The mission of Blue Hill Bach is to present historically informed performances, recordings, and educational programs that explore vocal and instrumental music of the Baroque, as well as repertoire that demonstrates the place of Baroque music within the continuum of music history. Their vision is to bring together the finest early music specialists - from near and far - and an actively engaged community, to create exciting and uplifting musical experiences for audiences in Downeast Maine.

History:

Blue Hill Bach presented its first concert on August 17, 2011, at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church. Brought together by mezzo-soprano and arts administrator Marcia Gronewold Sly, an ensemble of early music specialists - one to a part - performed an all-J.S. Bach program to a standing-room-only audience.
The program’s repertoire included the Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, Cantatas BWV 169 and BWV 170 for solo alto, and the Double Concerto in c minor for violin and oboe. The ensemble included musicians who represent the finest in early music: organist Jonathan Dimmock of San Francisco; Brooklin’s Marcia Gronewold Sly, mezzo-soprano; Heidi Powell, violin soloist/first violin, of Ellsworth; violinist Richard Hsu of Ellsworth; Rachel Evans, viola, from New York City; cellist Lisa Nielson of Cleveland, Ohio; oboe soloist Stephen Hammer, of Tivoli, New York; Joyce Alper, oboe, of Boston; Owen Watkins, English horn, of Portsmouth, N.H.; and Deer Isle resident Gerald Wheeler, harpsichord. A fifteen-voice choir of mostly local singers sang the closing chorale, which was then repeated by the entire audience.
After two highly successful summer concerts, Blue Hill Bach has begun to expand its activities - beginning with a concert of baroque chamber music in November 2012 that featured the premiere early music ensemble Ensalada.
2013 included a festival of performances July 25-27, with a concert featuring J.S. Bach’s music for organ, a performance of some of J.S. Bach’s secular music in what may have been a surprising venue, and more, culminating in a Saturday evening cantata concert. The festival’s major work was Cantata BWV 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele.

Recent Festivals:

1st Festival: Aug 17, 2011
2nd Festival: Jul 21, 2012 (Bach Vespers)
3rd Festival: Jul 25-27, 2013
4th Festival: Jul 24-26, 2014
5th Festival: Jul 30-Aug 1, 2015
6h Festival: Jul 21-26, 2016

Bach's Birthday Celebration: Mar 20, 2015
Bach's Birthday Celebration: Mar 18, 2016

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3rd Festival - 2013

4th Festival - 2014 [1]

4th Festival - 2014 [2]

5th Festival -2015 6th Festival - 2016
       

      Bach's Birthday 2015 Bach's Birthday 2016
     

Source: Blue Hill Bach Website

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (October 2014 - March 2016)


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