Displaying until January 21, 2023
See also: https://bachweek.calpoly.edu

The Music Department will present its annual Bach Week Tuesday through Saturday, Jan. 17-21. “The Art of the Fugue” lecture-recital is set for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 in the Performing Arts Center Pavilion. It will be presented by: Meredith Brammeier, composer; Bach Week Co-Director David Arrivée; Paul Woodring, harpsichord; and a string quartet led by Cal Poly violin instructor Emily Lanzone. At 11:10 a.m. Jan. 19, in Room 218 of the Davidson Music Center, guest artists Leif Woodward, cello, and Ian Pritchard, harpsichord, will present an instrumental master class, which will be followed at 3:10 p.m. by a vocal master class with guest artist Mindy Ella Chu.

The final events will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St. At 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20, the “Bach Reconstructed/Deconstructed” concert will be presented by the world-class, period instrument ensemble Tesserae Baroque, and renown guest vocalists Rebecca Myers, soprano, and Michael Jones, tenor. Bach works will be performed that have only survived in “secondary” versions since the originals were lost. On Jan. 21, two Bach Week finale concerts — “Bach and the German Chorale” — will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Members of Cal Poly’s Chamber Choir, Symphony and faculty will join guest artists to perform a variety of works based on German chorale tunes and texts. Bach Week's Glysson will give a at 6 p.m. lecture in advance of the 7:30 p.m. performance. Admission to the Jan. 17 lecture-recital and Jan. 19 master classes are free. Concert ticketsare available at the Cal Poly Ticket Office, 805-756-4849. For more information, visit the Bach Week website, or call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.

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