A review by Betsy Schwarm Spring 2022 brings the 41st season of the Boulder Bach Festival. In lesser hands, 41 years of a single composer – even the mighty JS Bach – might seem too much. His catalog is vast, but it’s all him: how many cantatas and fugues does one really need? However, years […]
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A review by Kelly Dean Hansen, Ph.D For much of its history, including the first years under music director Zachary Carrettin, the Boulder Bach Festival was a compressed event, with three or four concerts packed into a single week. Carrettin, now in his ninth year with the BBF, expanded the festival’s calendar to make it […]
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