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Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Back TO Bach

Name:

Back TO Bach (B2B)

Location:

Turin (Torino) & Piemonte, Italy

Venues:

Churches (e.g. Tempio Valdese, Chiesa della Gran Madre), concert halls (e.g. Teatro Vittoria, Conservatories of Turin and Cuneo) and palaces (e.g. Palazzo Barolo) in Turin and in the surrounding area (Piemonte)

Years:

Since 2015 (Annual Festival)

Months:

OPctober-December

Artistic Director:

Claudio Chiavazza

Ensembles:

Coro Maghini (principal convenor)
also Academia Montis Regalis, Ensemble L'Astrée

Website:

Coro Maghini: Back TO Bach [Italian]
Bach TO Bach (Official Website) [Italian]

History & Mission:

The Choir “Coro Maghini” is one of the most important professional choirs in Italy. Founded in 1995, it has since performed internationally with great acclaim. In the last few years, it has organized an international festival focusing on J.S. Bach’s music. Performances by some of the leading conductors, orchestras and ensembles in the field of “authentic” performance practice are juxtaposed to creative reinterpretations of J.S. Bach’s music, in an interdisciplinary dialogue with other artistic forms and performing styles. From performances of J.S. Bach's Cantatas or the Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) on period instruments to the Art of Fugue (BWV 1080) for four violas accompanied by acrobatic performances of circus artists; from a focus on J.S. Bach transcriptions (e.g. those realised by J.S. Bach himself, from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to Francesco Durante, and those made on J.S. Bach’s music, e.g. by Ferruccio Busoni) to the creation of origami taking place during a performance of the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988): our mission is to engage wider audiences in the appreciation, knowledge of and love for J.S. Bach’s music, whose artistic and spiritual essence is never betrayed, but whose challenges are creatively accepted in dialogue with today’s world.

Recent Festivals:

1st Festival: Dec 11-18, 2015
2nd Festival: Nov 26-Dec 7, 2016
3rd Festival: Nov 5-Dec 5, 2017
4th Festival: Oct 5-Dec 15, 2018
5th Festival: Oct 10-Dec 17, 2019

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Posters & Programmes


1st Festival - 2015

2nd Festival - 2016

3rd Festival - 2017

 4th Festival - 2018  5th Festival - 2019
 

Source: Chiara Bertoglio (March 2018 - August 2019)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (March 2018 - August 2019)


Bach Festivals & Cantata Series: Main Page: Countries A-I | Page 2: Countries J-Z | Schedule of Concerts of Bach's Vocal Works
Links to Bach Festivals | Links to Bach Organizations & Societies | Discussions of Bach Festivals & Cantata Concerts
Major Bach Events: Year 2020 | Year 2019 | Year 2018 | Year 2017 | Year 2016 | Year 2015 | Year 2014 | Year 2013 | Year 2012 | Year 2011 | Year 2010 | Year 2009




 

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