International Bach Week at DIT (22-26 November 2004)
The Conservatory of Music and Drama is hosting an International Bach Week from 22 to 26 November 2004. The week will be led by Professor Robin A. Leaver from the Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, and events will include a series of concerts, lectures, seminars and discussions on the music of Bach.. We will also welcome Professors Andrew Megill (conductor) and Nancy Wilson (Baroque string specialist) who will be coaching the students of the Conservatory.
All are welcome to attend any of the events listed below:
Tuesday 23 November: 6.30p.m. Conservatory of Music and Drama, Rathmines
Special guest lecture by Professor Christoph Wolff (Harvard University and Bach-Archive, Leipzig): 'Bach's Music and Newtonian Science: a composer in search of the foundations of his art'
Tuesday 23 November at 2.pm (Theatre Rathmines)
Round table discussion on performance practice in the cantatas of Bach
Coffee Concerts: 11.10-11.25
(Theatre Rathmines)
Tuesday 23: Redmond O'Toole: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro (BWV 998) on Brahms guitar
Wednesday 24: Iosaf Calef: Cello Suite No. 5 (Baroque cello)
Thursday 25: Catherine Farrell and Linda Donosa-Brady: Viola da gamba and baroque flute
Lunchtime Concert:
Wednesday 24 November: 1.10 (Theatre Rathmines)
Nancy Wilson (Baroque violin)
Kate Hearne (Baroque cello)
David Adams (Harpsichord)
Final concert:
Friday 26 at 6p.m. Trinity College Chapel
Parts 1 and 6 of the Christmas Oratorio by Bach
Violin Concerto in E major (BWV 1042): soloist Lynda O'Connor
Seasonal organ music: Carole O'Connor and Patrice Keegan
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.30 to 5pm
Lectures, seminars and workshops on the music of Bach
Further information anne.leahy@dit.ie / 402 7824
