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Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 edition of ClavierFest, a lively concert of keyboard and vocal music by J.S. Bach and his contemporaries presented by CONCORA's Friends of Bach auxiliary. The concert will take place on Friday, September 23, 2016, at 7:30 PM, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Sigourney Street, in Hartford, Connecticut.

A hands-on demonstration of the keyboard instruments, The Keyboards of Bach, takes place on Saturday, September 24, 2016, from 10 AM to noon, also at Trinity Episcopal Church. (Details are given below.)
 
In the ClavierFest concert on Friday, September 23, keyboardists Edward Clark and Christa Rakich, with guest artist Stephen Gamboa, will be joined by Andrea LeBlanc (transverse flute), Emily Hale (Baroque violin), Alice Robbins (viola da gamba), and Thomas Buckley, countertenor, to perform music by three members of the Bach family and George Philip Telemann.
 
The program includes several selections by J.S. Bach: the Violin Sonata No. 4 in f minor (BWV 1018); “Sonata sopr' il soggetto reale” and “Ricercar à 6” from the Musical Offering (BWV 1079); and the Sinfonia and an aria, “Stirb in mir,” both from Cantata BWV 169, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben. Two other members of the Bach family are represented with the Flute sonata in D major (1747) by Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach and the Sonata No. 4 in C major (four hands) by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. The program opens with the Sonata in F (harpsichord) by Georg Philip Telemann.
 
The keyboard music will be performed on reproductions of Baroque-period keyboard instruments including harpsichords, organ, lautenwerk (a rarely-heard lute-harpsichord with a unique sound) and clavichord (a small keyboard instrument with a very soft sound). The instruments are hand-crafted by expert makers, with beautiful carvings and painted decorations that enhance the musical experience.

ClavierFest Keyboard Concert
Friday, September 23, 2016, 7:30 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Sigourney Street, Hartford, Connecticut
Tickets: $25 for general seating, $20 for seniors, and $10 for students. 2-for-1 general seating tickets are available with Let*s Go! Arts card. Tickets may be purchased at the CONCORA website http://concora.org/, or by phone at 860-293-0567, or by email at contact@concora.org, or at the door on the evening of the concert.
Christa Rakich, Stephen Gamboa, Ed Clark
Through its annual presentations of the ClavierFest, CONCORA's Friends of Bach raises funds to support CONCORA’s annual performances of the choral music of J.S. Bach. The ClavierFest concert on September 23 will support CONCORA’s presentation of Bach’s Cantatas
29, 190, and 191 on Sunday April 30, 2017, 4:00 PM,
at Immanuel Congregational Church,
10 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT.
One of the beautiful instruments that will be heard at the ClavierFest.
In the "Keyboards of Bach" event on Saturday, September 24, keyboard experts Edward Clark and Christa Rakich invite music lovers of all ages to enjoy a free, fun-filled, close-up, hands-on opportunity to explore, experience, and enjoy different types of keyboard instruments played in the 17th and 18th centuries by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries.
 
Participants will have an opportunity to learn about and play the different instruments, including harpsichords, organ, lautenwerk (a lute-harpsichord with a unique sound, rarely heard) and clavichord (a small keyboard instrument with a very soft sound). The instruments are hand-crafted by expert makers, with beautiful carvings and painted decorations that enhance the musical experience.
 
“The Keyboards of Bach” Demonstration
Saturday, September 24, 2016, 10:00 AM to noon
Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Sigourney Street, Hartford, Connecticut
Free – Open to all (kids, too!). Pre-registration required via 860-293-0567 or
contact@concora.org. Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
 

The "Keyboards of Bach” is co-sponsored by the Hartford Chapter of the Connecticut Music Teachers Association and the Hartford Music Teachers Alliance.
A young musician enjoys one of the Baroque keyboard instruments
at the hands-on "Keyboards of Bach" demonstration.
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