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unusual facts about Bach Festival


Bach Festival

The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in Winter Park, Florida, and the Bachfest Bolivia, celebrated yearly in Cochabamba each March since 2008.



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Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music

In a nod to the school's Bach Festival, The Beatles Festival rotates four of group's greatest works: Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, and The White Album.

Carmel Bach Festival

When Salgo retired in 1991, Bruno Weil was named the Music Director and Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival.

John Tiedtke

He is noted for championing and supporting various fine arts programs in Central Florida including the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and the Enzian Theater.

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Leonard Bernstein conducted the English Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus on a recording for Deutsche Grammophon in 1977, with Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, and Homero Francesch as the pianists.

Sheffield Bach Choir

In 1985 the Society organised a six-week Bach Festival in Sheffield to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the births of both J.S. Bach and Handel, during which event the Stadtkantorei from Sheffield's twin city of Bochum in Germany, performed Bach's Mass in B minor.