Holiday Concert: Music of Bach
January 1, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Holiday Concert: Music of Bach
Join us on New Year’s Day for some of Bach’s greatest hits! The ARTEK Singers, Saint Ignatius Choir, and ARTEK Orchestra will be led by director Gwendolyn Toth in a festive concert of our favorites. The program includes the sublime Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043, featuring ARTEK’s violin leader Cynthia Freivogel and guest soloists Augusta McKay Lodge; the beloved Brandenburg no. 3 Concerto for strings; and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, part 2 with its heavenly Sinfonia for strings and winds, featuring ARTEK’s outstanding vocal soloists.
$75 VIP, $50 preferred, $25 regular, $15 rear. All seats reserved for this event.
www.gemsny.org/events/artek
ARTEK Singers & Saint Ignatius Choir
Sarah Chalfy, soprano
Christina Kay, soprano
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Jenna Takach, soprano
Kimberly Leeds, mezzo-soprano
Emi Ostrom, mezzo-soprano
Garrett Eucker, tenor
Matthew Newhouse, tenor
Martin Schreiner, tenor
Elijah Blaisdell, baritone
Justin Curry David, baritone
Peter Becker, bass
ARTEK Orchestra, Cynthia Freivogel, violin leader
Guest artist: Augusta McKay Lodge, violin
Gretchen Abberger, Alyssa Campbell, Francis Liu, Rafa Prendergast, Jeremy Rhizor, Vita Wallace, violins
Andrea Andros, Bennett Mahler, Dan McCarthy, violas
Loretta O’Sullivan, Arnie Tanimoto, Nathan Whittaker, cellos
John Stajduhar, violone
Dongsok Shin, keyboards
Gwendolyn Toth, director
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Christmas Interpolations from the Magnificat
Chorus: Von Himmel hoch
Chorus: Freut euch und jubiliert
Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Duet: Virga Jesse
Brandenburg Concerto #3
Arias:
Flösst mein Heiland from Christmas Oratorio, Part 4
Susser Trost from Cantata 151
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor
Christmas Oratorio Part 2:
Sinfonia
Choral: Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht
Aria: Frohe Hirten
Choral: Schaut him
Aria: Schlafe, mein Liebster
Chorus: Ehre sei Gott
Choral: Wir singen dir