15th Annual Bach Marathon

Saturday, March 25, 2023
St. Raphael Episcopal Church
1891 Parkers Mill Rd
Lexington, KY 40504

12 noon – 1 pm
Organ works from Bach’s Weimar and Leipzig periods
Partita for Flute in A minor, BVW 1013, transcription for Oboe
plus selected movements from various keyboard compositions

1 – 2 pm
Sonata for Violin in E minor, BWV 1023, Italian Concerto, BWV 971
plus selected movements from the Well-Tempered Clavier II and the Flute Sonatas

2 – 3 pm
Cantata No. 82, Ich habe genug
Christopher Burchett, bass
Partita for Violin in B minor, BWV 1002
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
plus transcriptions for guitar from the Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012

3 – 4 pm
Sonata for Violin in C minor, BWV 1017
Partita for organ, O Gott, du Frommer Gott, BWV 767
plus selected movements from Cello Suites, transcriptions for various intruments

4 – 5pm
Sonata for Flute in E-flat major, BWV 1031
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051
plus organ works and transcriptions

5 – 6pm
Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G major, BWV 1027
Partita for Violin in A minor, BWV 1013
plus various works for keyboard and organ

No charge for admission. Free-will donations accepted.

Attendees are invited to come and go at their leisure. Last year we had some lovers of Bach’s music stay for the entire five hours! You may want to stay longer than you expected. There are some outstanding performers this year. Two highlights include a performance of Bach’s Cantata, “Ich habe genug.” The soloist, Christopher Burchett, will be accompanied by a string quartet, oboe and organ. This is a mesmerizing composition, and you will certainly want to be here for that portion of the Marathon.

The second major performance is later in the afternoon, when Johnathon Crosmer and seven other instrumentalists will perform Bach’s Sixth Brandenburg Concerto. Johnathon is the Director of the string ensemble, Amadeus Lex. They have been performed concerts here including an outdoor concert in May of 2021.

Before, in-between and after those large works are performances by professors from UK, EKU, Transylvania University and Centre University. Organists will be featured throughout the five hours. And budding young artists will be performing as well.

Invite a friend, sit back, and enjoy the music of Bach for as long as you want.

—Clif Cason