Celebrate! The final concert of the 2023 Bach Virtuosi Festival will feature some of the greatest musicians performing, including members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Symphony, and the greatest piccolo violinist performing today.

The concert opens with the ambitious Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, featuring oboists John Ferrillo, Amanda Hardy, and Catherine Weinfield-Zell, as well as horns Richard Sebring and Rachel Childersn from BSO, and the premiere piccolo violinist Daniel Lee.

Following, three Handel arias that feature soprano Sherezade Panthaki, countertenor Jay Carter, tenor Brian Giebler, and bass-baritone Paul Max Tipton.

The outstanding vocalists and a four-person choir will close out the festival with Bach's superb Cantata 140, Wachet auf.

This is not a concert to miss!

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
J.S. Bach

John Ferrillo, Amanda Hardy, and Catherine Weinfield-Zell, oboes
Sam Childers, bassoon
Richard Sebring, French horn
Rachel Childers, French horn
Daniel Lee, piccolo violin
Renée Jolles, violin
Sebastian Gottschick, viola
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Pete Walsh, double bass
Arthur Haas, harpsichord

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Aria for alto solo
George Frideric Handel

Va tacito from Giulio Cesare
As steals the morn from L'allegro, Penseroso ed il Moderato
Sorge infausta una procella from Orlando

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Jay Carter, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

John Ferrillo, oboe
Sam Childers, bassoon
Renée Jolles, violin
Sebastian Gottschick, viola
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Pete Walsh, double bass
Arthur Haas, harpsichord

- Intermission -

Cantata 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
J.S. Bach

John Ferrillo, Amanda Hardy, and Catherine Weinfield-Zell, oboes
Daniel Lee, piccolo violin
Renée Jolles, violin
Arthur Haas, portative organ

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

Chorus:

Andrea Graichen, soprano
Sarah Bailey, mezzo
Ben McVety, tenor
Paul Jessen, bass