Celebrate! The final concert of the 2023 Bach Virtuosi Festival will feature some of the greatest musicians performing, including three members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the principal oboe from the Portland Symphony, and today’s greatest piccolo violinist.

The concert opens with the ambitious Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, featuring oboists John Ferrillo, Amanda Hardy, and Catherine Weinfield-Zell, as well as horns Richard Sebring and Rachel Childersn from BSO, and the premiere piccolo violinist Daniel Lee.

Following, three Handel arias that feature soprano Sherezade Panthaki, countertenor Jay Carter, tenor Brian Giebler, and bass-baritone Paul Max Tipton.

The outstanding vocalists and a four-person choir will close out the festival with Bach’s superb Cantata 140, Wachet auf.

This is not a concert to miss!

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 Johann Sebastian Bach
John Ferrillo, Amanda Hardy, and Catherine Weinfield-Zell, oboes

Sam Childers, bassoon Richard Sebring, French horn Rachel Childers, French horn Daniel Lee, piccolo violin Renée Jolles, violin Sebastian Gottschick, viola Nathan Whittaker, cello Pete Walsh, double bass Arthur Haas, harpsichord

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Aria for alto solo George Frideric Handel Va tacito from Giulio Cesare

As steals the morn from L’allegro, Penseroso ed il Moderato

Sorge infausta una procella from Orlando

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Jay Carter, countertenor Brian Giebler, tenor Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

John Ferrillo, oboe Sam Childers, bassoon Renée Jolles, violin Sebastian Gottschick, viola Nathan Whittaker, cello Pete Walsh, double bass Arthur Haas, harpsichord

– Intermission –

Cantata 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme J.S. Bach John Ferrillo and Amanda Hardy, oboes Catherine Weinfield-Zell, oboe Daniel Lee, piccolo violin Renée Jolles, violin Arthur Haas, portative organ

Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Brian Giebler, tenor Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone

Chorus: Andrea Graichen, soprano Sarah Bailey, mezzo Ben McVety, tenor Paul Jessen, bass