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- Thur, Dec 13, 2012, 8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts, Atherton - Fri, Dec 14, 2012, 8:00 pm
The Herbst Theatre,
San Francisco - Sat, Dec 15, 2012, 8:00 pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley - Sun, Dec 16, 2012, 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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“Mr. Suzuki brought long, almost tidal phrasing to this monumental work..."
"Dann Coakwell...clear-voiced and eloquent..."
"Dashon Burton...[noble] and rich tone"
"Sherezade Panthaki...luminous...with pure, penetrating tone…”
– New York Times
(May 2011 review of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion)
"Dann Coakwell...clear-voiced and eloquent..."
"Dashon Burton...[noble] and rich tone"
"Sherezade Panthaki...luminous...with pure, penetrating tone…”
– New York Times
(May 2011 review of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion)
A Bach Christmas
Masaaki Suzuki
Sherezade Panthaki
Fabiana González
Dann Coakwell
Dashon Burton
Bruce Lamott
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Soloists alumni from Yale University’s Schola Cantorum
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Claire Kelm, , soprano
Fabiana González, alto
Dann Coakwell, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Philharmonia Chorale, Bruce Lamott, director
Founder and director of Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki conducts Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale for the first time in a joyous evening of Christmas music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Maestro Suzuki hand-picked the four brilliant soloists; all recent graduates from his exclusive Schola Cantorum at Yale University.
This iconic program of familiar masterworks includes the Orchestral Suite No 3, best known for the lyrical “Air on the G String.” Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, Bach’s first known Christmas Cantata is paired with his later, virtuosic Magnificat; performed here in its original setting with the Christmas motets and text restored.
Program
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
BACH Cantata No. 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63
BACH Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a
Learn More
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm: “Bach’s Leipzig Trumpeters” with John Thiessen, Kathryn Adduci, Bill Harvey, and Fred Holmgren*
(*6:45 pm on Sunday, December 16)
Watch
Masaaki Suzuki conducting Bach Collegium Japan in a performance of Bach’s St. John Passion (excerpt):