NMPAS Annual New Mexico Bach Society Concerts

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Bach Cantata BWV 8 and the World Premiere of Earth Cantata in the style of Bach by composer Aaron Alter
Franz Vote, Artistic Director and Conductor
Aaron Alter, Composer

The New Mexico Bach Society has established a reputation for excellence in the performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and contemporaries. The 2023 Annual Bach Society concerts feature Bach’s Cantata BWV 8 Liebster Gott wenn werd ich sterben and the world premieres of our newly commissioned work, Earth Cantata, by American composer Aaron Alter. Artistic Director Franz Vote commissioned Earth Cantata as a work to be composed in the style of Bach. Aaron Alter has written a beautiful cantata that evokes Bach’s musical language in “updated” version. The score calls for vocal soloists, SATB choir, and an orchestra of 12 players, including flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, violins 1 & 2, viola, cello, string bass, piano and tambourine.

New Mexico Bach Chorale

Jennifer Perez and Camille Tierney, sopranos
Esther Moses and Jacqueline Zander-Wall, altos
André García-Nuthmann and Jordan Jones, tenors
Andrew Paulson and Tim Willson, basses

New Mexico Bach Chorale

Linda Marianiello, flute
Valerie Potter, flute
Rebecca Ray, oboe d’amore
Amanda Talley, oboe and English horn
Mike Gruetzner, clarinet
Stefanie Przybylska, bassoon
Michael Walker, French horn
Elizabeth Baker and Carla Kountoupes, violins
Gail Robertson, viola
Sally Guenther, cello
Deborah Dunham, string bass
Jeremy Reger, piano

Santa Fe Performance Sponsored by Norman and Suzanne George