46th Annual Bachathon

A celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Sunday, May 4th, 2024
2:00 - 5:00 PM

Village Presbyterian Church
6641 Mission Rd
Prairie Village, KS  66208

Each year, the Greater Kansas City chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents a program of the music of J.S. Bach. Please join us for this beloved event.

This event is open to the public, with free admission. Donations are gladly accepted and much appreciated.

Bachathon is made possible in part by grants from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund and the Ellen French Memorial Fund.

”Come when you can, leave when you must”
Open to the public

PAST BACHATHONS

BACHATHON 2024

Sunday, May 5, 2024
1:30 - 4:20 PM CDT

Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 West 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

Each year, the Greater Kansas City chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents a program of the music of J.S. Bach. Please join us for this beloved event.

This event is open to the public, with free admission. Donations are gladly accepted and much appreciated.

Click to donate to Bachathon.

Bachathon is made possible in part by grants from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund and the Ellen French Memorial Fund.

”Come when you can, leave when you must”
Open to the public

Kansas City's Annual Festival of the Great Music of Johann Sebastian Bach. 
Sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

PROGRAM

1:30 pm 

~ Students of the Kansas City Suzuki Academy with the Kansas City Baroque Consortium
o "Vivace" from Concerto for Two Violins in d minor BWV 1043

1:40 pm 

~ Chamber ensemble: Teresa Posey Miller, oboe, Rob Patterson, violin, Brenda Allen, cello, Ann Posey, harpsichord
o Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major BWV 1066

2:00 pm 

~ Stan Kessler, trumpet, Roger Wilder, piano, Joshua Hearn, organ

2:30 pm

~ Kansas City Baroque Consortium

3:00 pm

~ Trevor Good, organ

3:30 pm

~ Paul Davidson, bass
o St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
-"Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"
-"Komm, süßes Kreuz, so will ich sagen"
o Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen BWV 12
- "Ich folge Christo nach"
o Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106
- "Bestell dein Haus"

4:00 pm

~ Paul Meier, organ

Bachathon 2023

Sunday May 7, 2023
2:00 - 5:00 pm CDT

Village Presbyterian Church
6641 Mission Road
Prairie Village, KS 66208

2:00 pm 

Jacob Hofeling 

Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 – J. S. Bach
Solo (Organ): Jacob Hofeling
Conductor: Stephanie Henry
Continuo: Elisa Bickers
Violins: Betty Chen, Michael MacLaughlin, Jenny Lee Vaughn, Joseph B. Vaughn
Viola: Alyssa Beckmann
Cello: Matt Beckmann
Bass: Richard Ryan 

2:30 pm 

Matthew Beckmann, cello 

Suite No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009 – J. S. Bach

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourree I & II
Gigue

 3:00 pm

 Thomas Vozzella

Partite diverse sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) - J. S. Bach
Fuga super 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr' (BWV 716) – J. S. Bach
Fantasia Super:Komm, Heiliger Geist (BWV 651) – J. S. Bach 

3:30 pm

Geoffrey Wilken

Sinfonia from Cantata 29- transcription by Alexandre Guilmant
Little Harmonic Labyrinth BWV 591
Allein Gott in der Huh sei ehr - BWV 711
Contrapunktus III from Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Fantasia und Fuge in C-moll BWV 537

 4:00 pm

 Joshua G. Hearn

 Pöckelbüchlein S. 6 – P. D. Q. Bach (1807-1742)?

[Little Pickle Book for Organ, at least…]
Joshua G. Hearn, organ
Sharon L. Hettinger, recorder
Anna Thiele, percussion 

Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ BWV 662 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750) 

Præludium und Fuge in h moll BWV 544 – J. S. Bach

 4:30 pm

Elisa Bickers 

Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161, Dieterich Buxtehude

Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582

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Bachathon 2022

Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 West 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

PROGRAM

2:00 pm
GKCAGO Schola Cantorum, Jackson Thomas, director
Kansas City Baroque Consortium
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
o Gloria in excelsis
o Et in terra pax
o Crucifixus
o Et resurrexit
o Dona nobis pacem

2:30 pm
Lyra Pherigo ensemble
Lyra Pherigo, Flute, Robert Pherigo, Piano and Harpsichord,
Kent Brauninger, Violin, Andrea Skowronck, Dancer
Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute, BWV 1013
o Allemande/Courante
Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C Minor, BWV 847
Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039
o Adagio/Allegro ma non presto/Adagio/Presto

3:00 pm
Paul Meier
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662
Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572

3:30 pm
Roseann Penner Kaufman
Canonic Variations on “Vom Himmel Hoch da komm' ich her", BWV 769
o Variato 1 in canone all’ ottava
o Variato 2 alio modo in canone alla quinta
o Variato 3 in canone alla Settima
o Variato 4 in canone all’ ottava per augmentationem
o Variato 5 L’altra sorte del canone al rovescio:
Alla sesta/alla terza/alla seconda/alla nona

4:00 pm
Joshua Hearn, AAGO
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 671
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ BWV 663
Vater unser in Himmelreich BWV 762
Toccata und Fuge in F-Dur BWV 540

4:30 pm
Jan Kraybill, FAGO
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29
“Wir danken dir, Gott” trans. Guilmant
Christ unser Herr; zum Jordan kamm BWV 684
Passacaglia in C Minor BWV 582

2021 Program

SUNDAY MAY 2, 2021
2:00 - 5:00 P.M. CDT

Village Presbyterian Church
6641 Mission Road
Prairie Village, KS 66208

2:00 pm

Kansas City Baroque Consortium
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
Contrapunctus I
Contrapunctus IV

GKCAGO Schola Cantorum, Jackson Thomas, director
Kansas City Baroque Consortium
Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144
Soloists: Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano, Nicholas Schneider, tenor, Kirsten Hyde, mezzo-soprano, Robert Pherigo, accompanist

2:30 pm

Ruth Krusemark, organ
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ, BWV 639
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625
Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552

3:00 pm

Doug O’Neill, organ
Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530
Vivace
Lento
Allegro

3:30 pm

Nicholas Good, harpsichord
Partita IV in D major, BWV 828
Ouverture
Allemande
Courante
Aria
Sarabande
Menuet
Gigue

4:00 pm

Tyler Boehmer, organ
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor ("Wedge"), BWV 548
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen BWV 658
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’, BWV 676

4:30 pm

Elisa Bickers, organ
Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
1. [Allegro]
2. Pieno. Grave – Fuge
3. Largo e spiccato
4. [Allegro]
Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572

Virtual Bachathon 2020

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