Baroquetoberfest POSTPONED
Watch for new dates later in the season coming soon!
Key Chorale Chamber Singers and Church of the Redeemer present a unique take on Oktoberfest, with a 3-day festival celebrating music of the Baroque – and Beer! Four amazing concerts featuring a star-studded cast of performers, chamber orchestra, and concluding with an authentic Biergarten Experience with German food, beers from Calusa Brewing, and dancing to Bill Milner’s Oompah Band.
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CORPORATE SPONSOR
Calusa Brewing
GUEST ARTIST CO-SPONSORS
Peter & Francine Gray; Richard Lilley & Carmen Letelier
3 DAY FESTIVAL PASS – $210
Price includes all 4 concerts and the Biergarten Experience.
SAVE 15% when you buy the 3-day pass!
Festival Schedule & Individual Tickets
Guest Artists
Thea Lobo
Sam Nelson
Glenn Priest
Principal Keyboardist
Daniel Jordan
Yulia Van Doren
John Grau
Gianluca Farina
Morgen Low
Stephen Mumbert
Friday, October 18 @ 7:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer
Opening Night Concert – Handel
Music fit for royalty, composed by the King of Baroque, George F. Handel. Festive sounds of trumpets and timpani permeate the occasion with works written for the coronation of King George II and the rarely heard Te Deum commemorating the British victory and the King’s safe return from the Battle of Dettingen.
Featuring baritone Stephen Mumbert, mezzo soprano Thea Lobo and organist Sam Nelson
Repertoire:
Zadok the Priest
Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
The King Shall Rejoice
Dettingen Te Deum
Organ Concerto No. 2 in B-flat
Saturday, October 19 @ 11:30 AM
Gillespie Hall at Church of the Redeemer
Organ Recital
Last year you heard Sam Nelson’s red-blooded Bach. This year, we bring you Psychedelic Bach. Sam Nelson will present an all-Bach organ program with colorful visualizations not to be missed. Complete with a gourmet Bach’s Lunch.
Repertoire:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Concerto Grosso in D Minor BWV 596 – Antonio Vivaldi, Arr. J.S. Bach
Nun freut euch, Lieben Christen g’mein (Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice)
“Gigue” Fugue G Major
Saturday, October 19 @ 7:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer
Period instruments Chamber Music Concert – French Baroque
Join us for a program of ravishing and exciting French Baroque chamber music we’re calling La Fièvre du Samedi Soir (Saturday Night Fever). You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to stand up and dance, and you might be surprised to hear the description of a medical procedure with musical accompaniment! Theorbo (a lute with bass strings that is over 6’ long) and viola da gamba are just a few of the unique period instruments that you will hear, along with harpsichord and a quartet of vocalists.
Featuring works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Couperin, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and more
Guest artists include Yulia Van Doren, Stephen Mumbert, John Grau, Thea Lobo, Nicole Estima, and Milene Moreira, violin
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Lelia D Palmieri
Sunday, October 20 @ 4:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer
Closing Night Concert – Vivaldi
Known as the ‘Red Priest’ for his curly red hair and fiery music, Vivaldi composed more than 500 concertos, none more famous then The Four Seasons. We will feature Sarasota Orchestra concertmaster Daniel Jordan in Autumn; vibrant and colorful as the leaves of the season. Grammy-nominated soprano Yulia Van Doren will display her dazzling coloratura in one of Vivaldi’s most virtuosic compositions ever and will combine with mezzo soprano Thea Lobo for his popular Gloria.
Repertoire:
Concerto in F Major, Autumn (L’autunno)
Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major
In furore iustissimae irae (In the fury of most righteous wrath)
Gloria in D Major
PRESENTING CO-SPONSORS
Peter Kretzmer & Melody Genson; Lee Holden & Lorraine Murphy
Sunday, October 20 @ 6:00 PM
Gillespie Hall at Church of the Redeemer
Baroquetoberfest Biergarten Experience
A Biergarten Experience of German food, beers from Calusa Brewing, and an authentic Oompah Band.
Please note: No tickets will be sold at the door, only advance tickets sales.
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