HUDSON VALLEY 2025 BACHFEST FESTIVAL
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The Hudson Valley BachFest is an annual set of four concerts celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
This year, the festival takes place in two Hudson Valley locations: Dutchess and Ulster counties.
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JUNE 7,
2025
SATURDAY
2:00 PM
Bach the Teacher
Young Performers' Concert
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Route 32
New Paltz, NY
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Click on the PDF for the Application .
JUNE 18,
2025
WEDNESDAY
7:00 PM
Bach the Patriarch
Woodland Pond
100 Woodland Pond Circle
New Paltz, NY
Please join us for an evening of Bach chamber music composed for and by the Bach family.
OPEN ONLY TO WOODLAND POND COMMUNITY
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Please contact the concierge desk at Woodland Pond at 845-256-5600 to reserve your seat!
JUNE 22,
2025
SUNDAY
3:00 PM
Bach the Virtuoso
Skinner Hall
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Bach's keyboard works for organ and piano:
Organists Gail Archer & Sarah Johnson; Pianists Yalin Chi and Ruthanne Schempf
This concert is co-sponsored by the Central Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
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Suggested donation $30
JUNE 29, 2025
SUNDAY
3:00 PM
Bach and Friends
Choral/Orchestral Concert
Skinner Hall
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Please join us for BachFest 2025 in the beautiful (and air-conditioned) Skinner Hall. Program will include the following choral and orchestral works by Bach:
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* Vivaldi: Kyrie, RV 587
* Telemann: Psalm 117 "Laudate Jehovam omnes gentes"
* Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
* "Schleicht, spielende Wellen, und murmelt gelinde” BWV 206
* “Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft” BWV 50
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Choral Director/Conductor: Christine Howlett
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Suggested donation: $30
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