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History & Mission: |
Inspired by Dr. Rao’s association with Maestro Helmuth Rilling and their mutual friend Royce Saltzman, the Executive Direction of the long-running Oregon Bach Festival, the Toronto Bach Festival is a uniquely educational performance festival at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. The Festival was created to celebrate J.S. Bach’s universal message of peace and compassion, offering an interactive series of lectures, master classes, and performances designed to capture the strength and breadth of Canada’s diversity through the unique talents of the University’s students, artists, educators, and scholars. Over the past two years, the Bach Festival has grown exponentially in size, and hopes to expand ever further in future years to bring the joy of J.S. Bach’s music to Toronto.
Highlights of the Festival include:
The Discovery Series, an open rehearsal with Maestro Helmuth Rilling, soloists, choir and orchestra at University of Toronto Walter Hall.
Evening Lecture-Concerts, the final concert performance of each cantata in Walter Hall.
Sunday Cantata Service at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church
Bach Academy for Young Choirs, to which local children’s and high school choirs are invited to study the cantatas with Maestro Helmuth Rilling
Organ Recitals at the beautiful Church of the Redeemer, featuring music performed by Toronto’s most talented organists ...and much more!
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Recent Festivals: |
1st Festival: Jan 12-16, 2004 (J. S. Bach in the World Today)
2nd Festival: Oct 1-9, 2005 (The Poetry and Politics of Bach’s Early Cantatas)
3rd Festival: Oct 18-23, 2006 (The Leipzig Cantatas
4th Festival: Oct 22-Nov 3, 2007 (The St. John Passion, BWV 245)
5th Festival: Oct 18-Nov 5,.2008 (Bach in the City) |
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