The 2023 Viva Bach
Peterborough Festival

The 2023 Viva Bach Peterborough Festival opened with Sergey Schepkin’s masterful performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, followed by a dazzling evening of concertos and arias featuring violinists Veronika Schreiber, Jaroslaw Lis, Solomiya Ivakhiv, and Julia Glenn, soprano Mary Bonhag, cellist Ignacy Gaydamovich, and oboist Noah Kay with the Viva Bach Ensemble. The festival concluded with four of Bach’s sacred cantatas, performed by soloists Mary Bonhag, Wee Kiat Chia, William Hite, and Alan Cline, together with the Festival Chorus and Ensemble under the direction of Colin Mann.

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Performances

2023 Festival Program

Featured
Cantatas
Oct 22
Cantatas

BWV 230:

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden

BWV 102:

Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben

BWV 140:

Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme

BWV 229 :

Komm, Jesu, komm,

Mary Bonhag, Soprano
Wee Kiat Chia, Countertenor,
William Hite, Tenor
Alan Cline, Dramatic Baritone
Chorus and Ensemble Viva Bach Peterborough

Colin Mann, conductor

Concertos and Arias
Oct 21
Concertos and Arias

Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 - Veronika Schreiber violin

Aria: “Bete, bete aber auch..” BWV 115 - Mary Bonhag soprano, Veronika Schreiber violin, Ignacy Gaydamovich cello

Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 - Jaroslaw Lis violin

Intermission

Violin and Oboe Concerto in C minor BWV 1060R - Solomiya Ivakhiv violin, Noah Kay oboe

Aria: “Seufzer, tränen, kummer …”.BWV 21 - Mary Bonhag soprano, Noah Kay oboe

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043 - Solomiya Ivakhiv, Julia Glenn, violins

Viva Bach Ensemble

Goldberg Variations
Oct 20
Goldberg Variations

Goldberg Variations

Sergey Schepkin, piano

2023 Festival Artists