BACH AT HOME (noon)

November 18, 2020 release date

TONOS HUMANOS  

Spend time in Spain’s Siglo de Oro (Golden Century), considered a pinnacle in the flourishing of the arts and literature in Spanish history. 

O Como pasan los años José Marín

Disfrazado de pastor Juan Hidalgo

Ay de mí, que el llanto y la tristeza Sebastián Durón

Organ: Corrente Italiana Juan Cabanilles

Adriana Ruiz, soprano
Alejandro Jenné, guitar
Heather Vorwerck, cello
Ruben Valenzuela, harpsichord & organ

January 20, 2021 release date

AD LIBITUM  

Enter the world of improvisation using Bach’s famous Chaconne for solo violin as the springboard into other historical styles.

Chaconne (from Partita no. 2) BWV 1004 J.S. Bach
and other works

Andrew McIntosh, violin
Alejandro Jenné, theorbo & guitar
Ruben Valenzuela, harpsichord & organ

February 17, 2021 release date

A BOHEMIAN IN DRESDEN       

Explore Dresden’s musical life through two names inextricably linked to the Dresden court of the first half of the eighteenth century – Jan Dismas Zelenka and Johann Adolph Hasse. 

From Eight Italian Arias ZWV 176 Jan Dismas Zelenka 
Non so se più vi rivedró
Povera fede 

Sinfonia in G minor Op. 5 no. 6 Johann Adolph Hasse

Including an organ work by J.S. Bach that may have been played on the occasion of his 1736 organ recital on the new Silbermann organ at Dresden’s Frauenkirche. 

Andrea Zomorodian, soprano
Mindy Ella Chu, mezzo-soprano
Janet Strauss, violin
Amy Wang, violin
Andrew Waid, viola
Heather Vorwerck, cello
Shanon Zusman, violone
Ruben Valenzuela, harpsichord & organ

April 7, 2021 release date

ACTUS TRAGICUS 

Eternity lies at the core of Bach's beloved cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit which creates a stark juxtaposition between the earthly death of the Old Testament and the redemption to come of the New Testament. 

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 J.S. Bach

Chorale: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin

Organ: Improvisation Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin

Corey Carleton, soprano
Mindy Ella Chu, mezzo-soprano
John Russell, tenor
Matthew Nielsen, bass 
Alex Opsahl, recorder
Stephen Haas, recorder
Heather Vorwerck, viola da gamba
Shanon Zusman, viola da gamba
Matt Hare, violone
Alejandro Jenné, theorbo
Ruben Valenzuela, organ