Viva Bach Peterborough 5th Annual Festival – Simone Dinnerstein, piano

Viva Bach Peterborough returns for its fifth annual festival, featuring renowned musicians from across the country and the Viva Bach Peterborough Festival Chorus in a three-day celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Jeffrey Grossman (harpsichord), Kevin Payne (archlute), and Caroline Nicolas (viola da gamba) perform Bach’s viola da gamba sonatas, Suite in C Minor (BWV 997), and English Suite No. 3 (BWV 808).

Saturday, October 24 at 4 p.m.
Internationally acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein performs Bach’s Fifteen Inventions (BWV 772–786) and Fifteen Sinfonias (BWV 787–801).

Sunday, October 25 at 4 p.m.
The festival concludes with Bach’s monumental St. John Passion, featuring the Festival Chorus and Festival Ensemble under the direction of Colin Mann, with soloists Charles Blandy, Will Prapestis, Jared Swope, Mary Bonhag, Wee-Kiat Chia, and Gene Stenger.

Tickets: $30 individual concerts; $75 three-day pass. Children under 12 and students attend free.
Information and tickets: vivabachpeterborough.org