Welcome to the Bloomington Early Music Festival
(photos by Kevin Atkins)
The Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
Wendy Gillespie, General Director
Daniel R. Melamed, Artistic Advisor
The cantatas of J. S. Bach are some of the most sublime music in existence. To bring those cantatas to the Bloomington musical community, we are pleased to announce an initiative that will present six cantatas in the 2010-11 season. It will be a collaboration between BLEMF, Bloomington area musicians and the Jacobs School of Music, with participation by students and faculty of the Early Music Institute, Musicology, Choral Conducting, Organ and Voice Departments.
Our goal is to present the cantatas in a historically informed manner, using performing forces, instruments and stylistic approaches that were available to J. S. Bach where possible. But more importantly, we want to share this important repertory with students, professional musicians and the listening audience.
Beginning at 3pm, each cantata will be preceded by a short lecture and followed by a reception. Performers and audience members alike are invited to meet to compare their experiences. There will be no admission charge, though contributions will be most gratefully accepted to help pay the expenses incurred.
The dates of the performances are set for:
September 19 / First Christian Church
October 17 / St. Thomas Lutheran Church
November 21 / First Christian Church
January 23 / TBA
February 20 / TBA
March 27 / TBA
