Word: bach
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...Bach Society Orchestra--performs Copland's Appalachian Spring, Mendelssohn's concerto in E minor for violin and orchestra. Paine Hall, 8 p.m. $5 for students; $6 general. $1 discount for tickets purchased in advance. Tickets are available at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office...
MONTEVERDI: VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE, 1610 (Archiv Produktion). 2 CDs. The Vespers of 1610 is easily the most virtuosic, enthralling and glorious liturgical composition before Bach's Passions. John Eliot Gardiner leads a large and splendid assortment of soloists, choristers and instrumentalists in this kinetically irresistible and revelatory performance...
...highlight of the program was their second selection, Don't Stop this Train. Using Bach as a framework, Lewis created a set that bounced along, prodded by his fancy fingerwork on the piano...
...finale of the two-hour concert was the Society's rendition of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049, which led straight into the Quartet's own arrangement of Elemental Bach, a bluesy piece that jump-started the audience from their slumber...
...Although Bach Variations had its redeeming qualities, the concert's overall impression was unremarkable...