Up-coming: ABS Festival & Academy 2014

The American Bach Soloists' summer festival runs July 11 - 20 at the SF Conservatory of Music & presents students & young professionals alongside ABS musicians, as well as master classes & lectures. It opens with a 2-night program exploring composers who influenced Bach, such as Buxtehude, Johann Kuhnau, Melchior Hoffmann & Frederick the Great. Part I ends with Bach's transcription of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, & part II includes Brandenburg No. 2 & the Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering. Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is this summer's major dramatic work. Soprano Mary Wilson, who sang gorgeously with ABS last year, sings arias by Bach, Vivaldi & Handel in the Distinguished Artist Recital. And of course there are the customary 2 performances of the B Minor Mass, which are popular & often sell out.

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2014 ABS Festival & Academy at a Glance
July 11 8:00p | Bach's Inspiration - Part I
July 12 2:30p | FREE | Public Colloquium: "Baroque Instruments and Performers, Then and Now"
July 12 8:00p | Bach's Inspiration - Part II
July 13 7:00p | Bach's Mass in B Minor
July 14 8:00p | Academy-in-Action: Bach’s Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C Major
July 15 3:00p | FREE | Master Class: Harpsichord
July 15 5:00p | FREE | Lecture: Kenneth Slowik
July 15 8:00p | Academy-in-Action: Telemann’s Völker Ouverture in B-flat Major
July 16 3:00p | FREE | Master Class: Violin & Viola
July 16 5:00p | FREE | Lecture: Robert Mealy
July 16 8:00p | Academy-in-Action: Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major
July 17 3:00p | FREE | Master Class: Violoncello, Viola da gamba, Violone, & Contrabass
July 17 5:00p | FREE | Lecture: Corey Jamason
July 18 3:00p | FREE | Master Class: Winds & Brass
July 18 5:00p | FREE | Lecture: Jeffrey Thomas
July 18 8:00p | Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato
July 19 3:00p | FREE | Master Class: Voice
July 19 5:00p | FREE | Lecture: Debra Nagy
July 19 8:00p | Distinguished Artist Series: Mary Wilson, soprano
July 20 2:00p | Bach's Mass in B Minor

§ 2014 American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy
July 11 - 20, 2014
San Francisco Conservatory Of Music