Sonoma Bach's 2022-2023 Season
Bach's World
In which we explore the remarkable life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach, 
​with special attention to the diverse influences and conditions which shaped his music.

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Bach Through the Years with Dan Solter
Thursday, May 25th, 2023 at 7:00PM
Penngrove Clubhouse
385 Woodward Ave, Penngrove
We are excited to invite you to our final BachTalk of the season, Bach Through the Years with longtime Bach Choir member Dan Solter. Join us for an evening of insightful discussion and beautiful music as we explore the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach as it relates to our Season Finale: Bach Through the Years.
This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your understanding and appreciation of Bach’s music,
​and to connect with other music lovers in our community.

We hope to see you there! Light Refreshments provided.

This is an in person event. 
A recording will be made available on Monday, May 29th.

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Bach Through the Years
Sonoma Bach Choir · Live Oak Baroque Orchestra
Saturday, June 3 at 8 P.M. & Sunday, June 4 at 3 P.M.
Bachgrounder lecture 35 minutes before each performance
We wrap up ‘Bach’s World’ with a tour of the various epochs of Bach’s creative life, via a set of exciting works featuring trumpets and timpani. We open with Cantata 71: Gott ist mein König, premiered in Mühlhausen in 1708 at the inauguration of a new town council. We then offer the stunning Cantata 61: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland. After intermission, we present the famous Magnificat, written in 1723 in Leipzig and revised a few years later. And we close with the thrilling Cantata 191: Gloria in excelsis Deo, a 1742 re-working of several movements from the 1733 Missa which eventually was expanded into the Mass in B Minor.

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Sonoma Bach's 2023 High School Art Contest
Sonoma Bach's 2023 Art Contest invited students from Credo High School &
Sonoma Academy to create artwork on the theme "Music Connects"
The winning pieces are generously displayed at Hammerfriar Gallery in Healdsburg.
All entries will be displayed at our concert Arnstadt & Mühlhausen on May 12 & 13
at Schroeder Hall in the Green Music Center

FIRST PLACE
​Satya Roth - Credo High School
​Collage/Mixed Media - 'untitled'

SECOND PLACE
​Mae McCarthy - Sonoma Academy
​"Tandem Jam"

THIRD PLACE
​Renika Gan - Sonoma Academy
Crayon -"First Teacher"

HONORABLE MENTION
​Esme Ahmed - Credo High School
Graphite - "untitled" 

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Choir Loft podcast:
In the Marvelous Month of May
host: Steve Osborn
The song cycles of Robert Schumann often begin in happiness but end in bleak sorrow. We’ll listen to two of them: “Dichterliebe” and “Liederkreis."

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