BBS: Organ & Brass - A Valentine Bouquet
Please join The Berkshire Bach Society in a Valentine’s Day performance of

Brass & Organ: A Valentine Bouquet

Come with your heart on your sleeve and be rewarded with divine pleasures!

Sunday afternoon at 4pm, February 14.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 67 East Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Tickets: $20 ($15 for BBS and AGO members)

    PROGRAM

  1. Prelude and Fugue in g minor for organ, WoO 10 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     
  2. Drei Choräle for brass and organ J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
    arranged by Herbert Breuer

    Ertöt uns durch dein Güte, BWV 22
    Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 79
    Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75
     
  3. From Vierundzwanzig neue Quatricinien for brass Gottfried Reiche (1667-1734)
    arranged by Allan Dean

    Fuga
    Sonatina no. 9
    Sonatina no. 3
     
  4. From Centone No. XII for brass J.C. Bach (1735-1782)
    arranged by Verne Reynolds

    Andante; Presto
     
  5. Sonata for Organ, Op. 65 No. 4 in Bb Major Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    Allegro con brio
    Andante religioso
    Allegretto
    Allegro maestoso e vivace
     
  6. INTERMISSION
     
  7. Fantasia and Fugue in g minor for organ, BWV 542 J.S. Bach
     
  8. Works by J.S. Bach, arranged for brass:

    Chorale Prelude Vor deinen Thron trat ich hiermit arr. by Robert Nagel
    Contrapunctus no. 4 from The Art of Fugue arr. by Robert Nagel
    Arioso from Cantata no. 156 arr. by Allan Dean
    Contrapunctus no. 9 from The Art of Fugue arr. by John Glasel
     
  9. Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Voluntary) for brass and organ Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707)
    arr. by Hans Zellner
     
PERFORMERS

Peter Sykes, organ

Allan Dean, Neil Mueller, trumpets;

Laura Klock, french horn

Tom Hutchinson, trombone;

Morris Kainuma, tuba


Both Peter Sykes and Allan Dean will provide their always insightful and enlightening commentary during the performance.


CO-SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS, BERKSHIRE CHAPTER

This year’s performance is a collaborative production with St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, the American Guild of Organists, the Pittsfield Local Cultural Council and Berkshire Bark Chocolates.

Free Student Tickets sponsored by the Pittsfield Cultural Council

Special rates are being offered by our partner, the Kemble Inn in Lenox. Please visit their website: www.kembleinn.com .
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