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
- Prelude and Fugue in g minor for organ, WoO 10 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- 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
- From Vierundzwanzig neue Quatricinien for brass Gottfried Reiche (1667-1734)
arranged by Allan Dean
Fuga
Sonatina no. 9
Sonatina no. 3
- From Centone No. XII for brass J.C. Bach (1735-1782)
arranged by Verne Reynolds
Andante; Presto
- Sonata for Organ, Op. 65 No. 4 in Bb Major Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Allegro con brio
Andante religioso
Allegretto
Allegro maestoso e vivace
- INTERMISSION
- Fantasia and Fugue in g minor for organ, BWV 542 J.S. Bach
- 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
- 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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