The
Baldwin
Wallace
Bach
Festival
-
the
oldest
collegiate
Bach
festival
in
the
nation
-
was
founded
in
1932
by
Professor
Albert
Riemenschneider
(longtime
director
of
the
BW
Conservatory)
and
his
wife,
Selma.
The
Baldwin
Wallace
Festival
Choir
and
Orchestra
presented
the
first
Bach
Festival
in
June
1933,
and
we've
been
performing
annual
Bach
festivals
ever
since.
In
the
current
era,
the
festival
is
evolving
to
include
year-round
events,
like
Bach
Haus,
that
explore
Bach's
influence
on
a
broad
spectrum
of
music.
Baldwin
Wallace
performing
groups
are
joined
by
faculty
members
and
professional
musicians
in
the
three-day,
multi-event
program.
Soloists
are
internationally
known
artists;
the
lecturers,
distinguished
Bach
and
Baroque
scholars.
Our
students
consider
the
unusual
opportunity
of
participating,
as
colleagues,
with
world-class
professionals
a
high
point
in
their
performing
experience.
Beginning
with
the
43rd
festival
in
1975,
the
festival
performing
groups
have
been
reduced
to
sizes
now
known
to
be
more
in
line
with
those
employed
in
Bach's
time.
Likewise,
from
1975
on,
all
vocal
works
have
been
sung
in
the
language
of
their
origins.
These
changes
have
made
possible
the
cultivation
of
a
truly
Baroque
sound
with
inherent
clarity,
drive
and
intensity.
With
a
repertoire
list
that
includes
more
than
300
compositions
by
J.S.
Bach,
as
well
as
selected
works
from
52
other
composers,
the
Festival
rotates
Bach's
four
major
choral
works
on
a
four-year
cycle.
In
this
way,
BW
students
are
exposed
to
all
four
of
the
major
Bach
choral
works
during
their
college
years;
the
B-minor
Mass,
the
St.
Matthew
and
St.
John
Passions,
and
the
Christmas
Oratorio.
Bach
Festival
Reviews
Various
clevelandclassical.com
reviews
BW
Bach
Festival
highlighting
saxophone,
returning
to
roots
on
86th
annual
event
(preview)
-
Cleveland.com
MUSIC
REVIEW:
Baldwin
Wallace
Bach
Fest
-
Cool
Cleveland
MUSIC
REVIEW:
Kenari
Quartet
at
Baldwin
Wallace
-
Cool
Cleveland
MUSIC
REVIEW:
Bach
Festival
@BaldwinWallace
-
Cool
Cleveland
Bach
Festival
at
Baldwin
Wallace
concludes
with
hair-raising
'St.
Matthew
Passion'
-
The
Plain
Dealer
Baldwin
Wallace
Bach
Festival
Concert
One
(April
15)
-
clevelandclassical.com