Wednesday, March 8

View the recording of this event HERE

  Noon – Just Bach performs Bach’s beautiful motet BWV 227: Jesu Meine Freude @ Luther Memorial Church

  Performers: Kristin Knutson and Sarah Brailey, sopranos; Geoffrey Williams, alto; Steven Wilson, tenor; Ryne Cherry, bass; Charlie Rasmussen, cello; and Thomas Heidenreich, organ.

Thursday, March 9

View the videorecording of this program HERE

  7:30pm – Sean Kleve presents a lecture/performance, “Bach on Marimba” @ UW Hamel Music Center Collins Recital Hall.
Event co-sponsored by BATC and UW School of Music.

Friday, March 10
(Note: no recordings available for March 10 programs)

 Noon – Pianist Lawrence Quinnett performs Bach’s Overture in French Style in B minor and the Italian Concerto in F @ First Unitarian Society‘s Noon Musicale. 

  1:15pm – Sean Kleve presents a Bach on Marimba master class @ UW School of Music in Mosse Humanities Building, Room 1341

  7:30pm – Wolfgang Rübsam,  world-renowned organist, presents an all-Bach recital, co-sponsored by Luther Memorial, the Association of Church Musicians, and BATC. @ Luther Memorial Church

Saturday, March 11

BATC Marathon Festival 2023
10am-5pm @ St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

Recordings of all performances available on You-Tube HERE
Festival schedule HERE

10:00am Welcome: Stephanie Elkins
10:10am  Pianist Lawrence Quinnett: Italian Concerto in F
 10:30am City Sounds String Quartet, Suzuki Strings, Third Lake Saxophones, and more
11:30am Pianist Lawrence Quinnett: Overture in French Style in B minor
Noon Community Chorale Sing-Along, and more
1:00 Regent Recorders, Madison Cello Ensemble, Ladpli Piano Studio, Kangwon Kim Violin Studio, and more
3:30pm Festival Finale: Hosted by Alan Muirhead

    • Kangwon Kim &  Leanne Kelso,violins: Micah Behr, viola: James Waldo, cello
      Contrapuctus XIX: Quadruple Fugue on the name B-A-C-H from the “Art of Fugue” BWV 1080; and Choral BWV 668 a “Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein”
    • Ryne Cherry, bass; Charlie Rasmussen, cello; Jared Stellmacher, organ; Kangwon Kim, violin
      Four arias for bass and continuo
    • Marc Fink, oboe & Bruce Bengtson, organ
      Sonata in E-flat major (originally for flute)  for oboe and organ  BWV1031
      Praeludium in G, BWV 568  for organ
      Fugue in G-dur, BWV 577 for organ

4:30pm Bach’s Birthday Cake & Reception

Sunday, March 12

Watch BATC 2023 virtual performances recorded in homes and studios of:  Jim Burkholder; Tim Farley; Jeffery Rowley; Linda Clifford; Kieran Foltz; Students of Shannon Farley; Marjasana Kay, Mark Bramptom Smith & Carol Carlson; Glenwood Moravian Trombone Choir; The Neighborly Consort.

BATC 2023 Virtual Festival

Recordings of all festival performances are now available!