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Program

Bach the Indestructible – SOLD OUT

Friday, June 23 2023, 7:30 pm
Sherman Library and Gardens, Corona del Mar
Tickets: $55 — includes 6:45pm access to the Gardens, 45 minutes before the concert. Note: new—earlier—start time.
2023 Friday Gardens Concert 4
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“Friday Gardens” artists Lara Wickes (oboe), Michael Kaufman (cello) and Elizabeth Blumenstock (violin) return, joined by Stella Cho (cello), Ian Pritchard (harpsichord), and strings. The program includes ingenious arrangements of Bach’s famous Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004, and Prelude in C Major, BWV 846, plus a chamber version of the Italian Concerto, BWV 971, Goldberg Variations for string trio (selections), and more.

Bach: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846, arranged for string quartet by Elizabeth Blumenstock
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (selections), arranged for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D Major, Op. 87, for solo harpsichord
Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004, arranged for two cellos

-intermission-
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1067, transcribed for oboe and strings by Gonzalo X. Ruiz
Bach: “Air” from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068  
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971, arranged for harpsichord and strings
by Elizabeth Blumenstock

Gates open at 6:45 p.m. for complimentary wine in the Gardens · Intermission coffee & cookies · Meet the musicians after the concert

Lara Wickes, oboe
Elizabeth Blumenstock & Andrew McIntosh, violin
Ramón Negrón Pérez, viola
Michael Kaufman & Stella Cho, cello
Ian Pritchard, harpsichord

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