The educational concert “Children Sing Bach” will be performed on Wednesday, 18 November, at 15.30 at the “Doina and Ion Aldea-Teodorovici” Arts School in Cornești, Ungheni district. Admission is free, the Organ Hall in Chișinău, organiser of the J. S. Bach International Festival, announced.
The concert is designed for children and parents: young musicians perform works by Bach, with a presentation adapted to a young audience. The programme was written and is presented by musicologist Irina Martâniuc.
The festival’s announced programme includes two performances of this concert outside Chișinău: in Cornești and in Hîncești. The second takes place on 22 November at 16.00 at the “Manuc Bey” Complex in Hîncești, also with free admission. In Chișinău, the same programme is performed on 20 November at the Organ Hall.
The organiser’s announcement does not give the school’s address in Cornești or say whether booking is required.
The rest of the festival
The 15th edition of the festival runs from 12 to 26 November, with the other concerts in Chișinău:
- 12 November – the opening, an organ recital by German organist Jan Liebermann, with works by Bach and arrangements by Max Reger and Marcel Dupré;
- 15 November – Bach Jazz Trio from Sweden, which reinterprets Bach’s music in a jazz key;
- 26 November – “Bach – Brahms: Eternal Dialogue”, the closing concert, with the National Chamber Orchestra, the National Chamber Choir and the AMTAP Choir.
Tickets for the concerts in Chișinău are sold at the Organ Hall box office (022 222 528) and online at iticket.md. The festival’s partners are the Ministry of Culture, Swiss Cooperation in Moldova, Goethe-Zentrum Chișinău and TVR Moldova.