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SummerFest 2022 Explores the Bach Family and Their Wide Influences in Western Music

By Ken Herman | August 1, 2022 |

Beyond Bach, Sunday’s SummerFest 2022 program, offered a clever potpourri of works that inspired—or might have inspired—J. S. Bach, as well as a few works inspired by the Leipzig master himself.

Music Performance and the Visual Arts Collide Creatively at SummerFest

By Ken Herman | August 16, 2019 |

Thursday’s SummerFest 2019 theme at The Conrad-–Music at an Exhibition—explored the connection between the visual arts and music performance. Zach Smithey’s bold brushstrokes moved to the music of Biber, Ravel, and J. S. Bach in one hall, while in the main concert hall Inon Barnatan gave a thrilling performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”