In celebration of Mozart’s 250th birthday, this innovative evening of music and words from Mozart’s letters will take you to those Aha! moments that make the music so great. Listen to Mozart’s most beloved compositions, ranging from symphony movements and overtures, to arias and operatic ensembles. A truly “festive” celebratory concert.

CBF Live!

Tuesdays – Aha! Concerto

July 22, 29 August 5 8:00pm

Tickets: $60, $45

Students/Active Military: $20 

Sunset Theater

Part play, part spoken word, entirely innovative

Aha! Concerto showcases the return of the piano

Audiences will hear movements from the following

Johann David Heinichen – Concerto in F Major, Seibel 231

J.S. Bach – Concerto No. 3 for Three Violins in D Minor, BWV 106

G.F. Handel – Organ Concerto in F Major, HWV 295,
"The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

F.J. Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante, in B-flat Major, Op 84, Hob I:105

Jacques Ibert - Flute Concerto

C.P.E. Bach – Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano
in E-flat Major, Wq 47

J.C. BachConcerto for Fortepiano in E-flat Major, Op 7, No 5

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto No 27 in B-flat Major, K 495

W.A. Mozart – Komm lieber Mai, K 596

W.A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K 622

L.van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major, Op 15

Bruno Weil, Conductor,

David Gordon and Michael Becker, Narration

Andrew Arthur and Yuko Tanaka, organ, harpsichord, fortepiano;
Stephanie Mcnab, flute,
David Breitman, piano and fortepiano

Kendra Colton, soprano

The Festival Orchestra

Bach Festival 2008 Season: July 19 – August 9 credits \ © 2006 Carmel Bach Festival
Program Notes:

Even during Vivaldi’s lifetime, the German composers—especially Bach—went about usurping the Italian concerto, sending it on its way to into the aching emotions of Mozart and the grandeur of Beethoven and Brahms. The concerto had its origins in the polychoral works of Gabrieli and Schütz, and found its classic architecture in Corelli. Discover how the concerto found its way to the keyboard and in turn revealed some of the most expressive and unforgettable music ever written. This program marks the long-awaited return to the Festival of the piano.