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Jan Bach.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Music of Jan Bach)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Jan Bach. Music of Jan Bach. Jon Boen; Stephen Duke; Jean Berken-stock; Chicago Philharmonic / Larry Rachleff. Equilibrium EQ 79, 2006.
One of America's somewhat hidden treasures, composer, horn player, pianist, and teacher Jan Bach has long been due a tribute such as this. The program on this disc consists of five compositions: his brief and thrilling Gala Fanfare for orchestra; a four-movement French Suite for Unaccompanied Horn; a piece for saxophone and octet entitled Helix, a humorous but masterful four-part duet called Four Two-Bit Contraptions for Flute and Horn; and what is arguably his masterpiece, the complex and deeply rewarding Concerto for Horn and Orchestra. French horn player Jon Boen is the featured soloist on both the concerto and the unaccompanied suite, both of which are exceptionally ...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) April 16, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Dave Heun Jan Bach was certainly pleased when he composed...music as played on French horn by Jon Boen, a performer for the Chicago Philharmonic...of involvement makes "The Music of Jan Bach" much different from past efforts...
- Fox Valley lets fame go to its artists' heads Inductees into hall represent...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Vinicky, Amanda January 17, 2004 700+ words
...significant professional excellence. This year, composers Jan Bach and Robert Hanson, broadcast journalist John Drury, nature...retired professor of music at Northern Illinois University, Jan Bach, was also chosen as one of this year's inductees. Bach...
- Horn-tuba trio to visit for concert at UO.(Arts and Literature)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) November 27, 2008 700+ words
...will include Alec Wilder's Suite for Horn, Tuba and Piano; Jan Bach's Suite for Horn and Tuba ("Oompah"); Trygve Madsen...trio also includes pianist Yun-Ling Hsu. A performance of Jan Bach's "Foliations" for brass quintet lead the two to commission...
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- Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine June 22, 2005 700+ words
...FWCS chamber ensembles perform at Fall Fest, 4 p.m. Sept. 25 at Holley Hall. On the program: works by Mendelssohn, Jan Bach, and Dohnanyi. Information: 953-3434. Oldies Concert. Featuring Mark Lindsay (remember Paul Revere and the Raiders...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert C. Marsh April 6, 1987 700+ words
...performance here until Chicago Opera Theater offered it Saturday night. It had been given two earlier stagings by student groups. Jan Bach, in his program notes for the company, calls this the composer's "supreme achievement" for the stage. I disagree. For...
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- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) October 20, 2005 700+ words
...in Mills Hall, the Wisconsin Brass Quintet will perform three works by contemporary composers: "Rounds and Dances" by Jan Bach, professor emeritus at the University of Northern Illinois; "Brass Quintet No. 2" by Gunther Schuller, Arts Institute...
- Composer builds a life in music One note at a time.(Neighbor)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) January 12, 2002 700+ words
...no relation to Johann, here in the Fox Valley we have our own living classical composer who also goes by the name of Bach. Jan Bach, who lives west of St. Charles, near Lily Lake, was born in Forrest in 1937. Growing up in this tiny farm town in central...
- Local artists named to arts hall of fame.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Johnston, John April 23, 2004 700+ words
...student outreach program that visits schools and invites students to see special shows. Other inductees were composer Jan Bach, actor William Hart, writer Marquerite Henry, puppeteers Bruce and Claire Newton and sculptor Trygve Rovelstad.