Abbey Bach Festival
Oblate & Employee Tickets
July 24, 25, & 26, 2024
and a Children’s Concert Saturday morning, July 27
Online ticket sales for the 2024 Abbey Bach Festival are now closed.
Individual tickets – with your discount, tickets are available at $52 each for the Wednesday and Thursday evening feature concerts. Purchases made July 24 or later will be available at the Will Call booth. (Friday feature concert is sold out; no tickets available.)
Tickets for the Saturday morning Children’s Concert will be available at the entrance to the Damian Center at Mount Angel Abbey.
- $10 – Saturday Children’s Concert tickets (adults and children 6 years and up)
- $30 – Saturday Children’s Concert family pass
Please note: Youth under 18 must be accompanied by and adult.
All Mount Angel Abbey oblates and employees are invited to purchase two (2) Bach Festival tickets at a discount rate of 30%. All tickets include the church concert, the picnic buffet and beverages, and the feature concert. Patron tickets include reserved seating at the feature concert, an invitation to a private reception with the musicians, and a tax-deductible donation.
Daily Festival Schedule
5:20 pm Vespers
6 pm Church concert
6:30 pm Picnic buffet supper
8 pm Feature concert
A Summer Dash: Bach – Mozart – Gershwin
Church & Feature Performance Schedule
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Wednesday | July 24 | 8 pm – Fine Arts Quartet
6 pm Church concert
Ron Selka, clarinet, and Alon Goldstein, piano
- Johannes Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Adagio from Concerto in D minor BWV 1059R - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
3 pieces for solo clarinet - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wie Melodien Zieht es Mir op. 105 No. 1
Auf dem Kirchhofe op. 105 No. 4 - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1962)
1. Allegro tristamente
2. Romanza
3. Allegro con fuoco
8 pm Feature concert
Goldstein performs two Mozart Concertos
Artistic director Alon Goldstein is joined by the renowned Fine Arts Quartet to play two Mozart Concertos, the rarely performed 18 and the exquisite 22 in a program that begins with a very popular Johannes Sebastian Bach’s Partita no. 2.- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
I. Sinfonia
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Rondeau
VI. Capriccio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano concerto no. 18 in B-flat major, K.456
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace
INTERMISSION
- W.A. Mozart
Piano concerto no. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro
- Johannes Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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Thursday | July 25 | 8 pm – Fine Arts Quartet with Ron Selka, clarinet
6 pm Church concert
In Mulieribus
… women’s vocal ensemble specializing in works written before 1750 and championing new repertoire by women composers and for women’s voices.Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O viridissima virga (ca. 1151)Ivan Moody (b. 1964)
O quam mirabilis est (2006)Joanne Metcalf (b. 1958)
Shining Light (2009)Jennifer Higdon (b. 1963)
A Quiet Moment (1999)Alexander Campkin (b. 1984)
I Saw Eternity (2010)Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Regina Caeli (2004)attrib. Leonora D’Este (1515 – 1575)
Haec dies (1543)
8 pm Feature concert
Selka and the Fine Arts Quartet perform the Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Ron Selka, principal clarinetist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, joins the gold-plated Fine Arts Quartet in the Mozart’s famous Clarinet Quintet in a program that begins with a Philip Glass String Quartet and ends with Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no. 3
Philip Glass (1937-)
String Quartet no. 2 (Company)I. Quarter note = 96
II. Quarter note = 160
III. Quarter note = 96
IV. Quarter note = 160Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581- Allegro
- Larghetto
- Menuetto
- Allegretto con variazioni
INTERMISSION
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1Molto allegro vivace
Menuetto: Un poco Allegretto
Andante espressivo ma con moto
Presto con brio-
Friday | July 28 | 8 pm – Guy Mintus Trio
6 pm Church concert
James Welch, organ
- Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
- Prelude in B minor, BWV 544
- Andante, from Sonata in E minor, BWV 528
- Prelude in F minor, BWV 881
- Allegro, from Concerto in G major, BWV 592
- Bist du bei mir, BWV 508
- Toccata in F major, BWV 540
8 pm Feature concert
Guy Mintus Trio invites you on a journey through Bach – Beethoven – Gershwin & Mintus
An adventurous musical evening that merges classical and jazz!Selections from:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude in C major, BWV 846Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Waltz in D-flat major (Minute Waltz) Op. 64, No. 1Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Sonata Pathétique) in C minor, Op. 13Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto no. 21, 2nd movementGeorge Gershwin (1898-1937)
Someone to Watch Over MeG. Gershwin
SummertimeNeomi Shemer (1930-2004)
Ani GitaraGuy Mintus
Little SpellG. Mintus
LevG. Mintus
Our Journey TogetherGuy Mintus, piano
Philippe Lemm, drums
Dan Pappalardo, bass-
Saturday | July 27 | 10:30 – Children's Concert
Join us for the premiere
Abbey Bach Festival Children’s Concert!Damian Center
July 27 |10:30 to NoonArtistic Director Along Goldstein and jazz performer Guy Mintus and the Guy Mintus Trio will present a short concert developed especially for children and youth. Following the concert, children will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the musicians. Snacks will be offered.
Alon Goldstein – pianist
Guy Mintus Trio – piano, drums, bass- 10:30 am – Children’s concert
- 11 am – Meet the musicians and their instruments
- 11:30 am – Enjoy a snack with the musicians
Tickets:
$10 each (adults and children 6 years and up)
$30 family pass (any combination of 3 or more tickets, intended for families)Please note: Children and youth under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.