Bach to Bluegrass & Beyond
Tuesday August 6 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Bluegrass
The first half of the program will explore the common ground found between Bach melodies and traditional Bluegrass fiddle styles. We highly encourage toe tapping as we experience Bach in a different way. Our selection of arrangements will include material from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, Violin Partita in E Major, Violin Concerto in A Minor, the “Hunt Cantata,” and the majestic “Brandenburgs” compiled with traditional fiddle repertoire such as Shady Grove, Foreign Lander, and Saint Anne’s Reel.
Gail Hernández Rosa, violin
Sebastián Quintero, guitar
Al Mireault, banjo
Daniel Turkos, double bass
Jazz
A renowned improviser himself, Bach’s music has been a fertile source of inspiration for jazz composers. In this half of the program, we will explore the relationship between Bach’s masterworks and jazz featuring arrangements by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Jacques Loussier, and others. We will also feature our own arrangements of well-known Bach compositions, such as Salsa treatments of the “Goldberg Variations,” the
Well-Tempered Clavier
meets
Take 5
, and a swinging double violin concerto!
Kit Massey, piano & violin
Gail Hernández Rosa, violin
Sebastián Quintero, guitar
Daniel Turkos, double bass
