Time flies when you’re having fun!  The first weekend of the 110th Bethlehem Bach Festival is in the can, and it’s hard to believe how swiftly the two-day total immersion in Bach passed.  Here are some highlights from both sides of the stage. Distinguished Scholar Lecture with Dr. George Stauffer I have a few of… Continue Reading »

One of my friends on social media asked, this morning, “Are we in for a Nor’easter this weekend?”  At first I thought it was a bit of colorful hyperbole, but, alas, it looks as though we may have a bit of a tempest!  I shall hasten to add, I became hooked on the Bethlehem Bach… Continue Reading »

I really wish I could sing at Tuesday’s Bach at Noon, but I’ll be too deep in the Holy Week Machine of bulletin editing and practicing to take the morning off from the day job.  Alas, it sounds like it’s going to be quite the affair!  It will be the last Bach at Noon in… Continue Reading »

I needed a day to think about yesterday afternoon’s concert before writing a wrap-up.  There was so much to ponder, and I also wanted some audience statistics, which were tabulated and arrived this afternoon.   The concert was a grand success by every measure:  it was profoundly rewarding to offer this challenging program, and the five-minute… Continue Reading »

One of the great pleasures of this past summer was the opportunity to sing Warren Martin’s The True Story of Cinderella, at both our July Bach at Noon, and at the Hermann Wiemer Vineyards, in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate NY, in early August (the cast is pictured above among Wiemer’s riesling vines).  We’re going… Continue Reading »