Concert Programs
2022 Victoria Bach Festival
The 2022 Festival features concerts by the VBF Orchestra conducted by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, the VBF Baroque Ensemble led by Stephen Redfield, organist Renée Louprette, the Aeolus Quartet, guitarist Isaac Bustos and mezzo-soprano Laura Mercado-Wright, Duo-B, the Artisan Quartet with clarinetist Vanguel Tangarov, Brent Baldwin, the 2022 Emerging Artists, and more.
Ruthie Foster’s June 10 Festival appearance has been cancelled. We hope to welcome Ruthie back to Victoria soon!
2022 Festival: Opening Weekend
June 4 & 5
Songs of Love Concert Program
Saturday, June 4, 7:30 PM
Presidio la Bahía, Goliad
Mezzo-soprano Laura Mercado Wright and guitarist Isaac Bustos perform folk and art songs from Mexico, Spain, and Latin America.
Sponsored by: Ron Walker and the Albert E and Myrtle Gunn York Trust
Sponsored by: Carol & Darrell Rangnow
Festival Week in Victoria
Tuesday, June 7
Aeolus Quartet with Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez Concert Program
Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church
The Aeolus Quartet, praised by the Baltimore Sun for combining “smoothly meshed technique with a sense of spontaneity and discovery,” performs music by Antonín Dvořák and Florence Price with VBF Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez at the piano.
Sponsored by:
Ben & Gay Heilker · Mark & Melanie Klotzman · Jay & Barbara Lack
Wednesday, June 8
Clarinet Quintets Concert Program
Wednesday, June 8, noon
First United Methodist Church
Clarinetist Vanguel Tangarov and the Artisan Quartet perform clarinet quintets by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Johannes Brahms.
Sponsored by: Dr. & Mrs. James Grumman · Linda Patterson · Dr. Fred & Rhea Fry
Bach’s Brandenburgs 3,5,6 Concert Program
Wednesday, June 8, 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church
J.S. Bach’s six concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg offer inspiring solos and unusual instrument combinations. The VBF Baroque Ensemble performs concertos 3, 5, and 6 on baroque instruments, led by Stephen Redfield.
Sponsored by: Gary Childress
Learn before you listen! Pre-concert talk at 6:45 PM.
Thursday, June 9
Duo-B Concert Program
Wednesday, June 9, noon
First Presbyterian Church
Duo-B performs “Postcards from South America,” featuring works for violin and cello by violinist Hirono Borter and composers from Argentina and Brazil.
Sponsored by: Cloyde and Ethel Lee Tracy Foundation · Dr. Suzanne & Larry LaBrecque
Renée Anne Louprette Concert Program
Thursday, June 9, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
Renée Anne Louprette performs a program including the world premiere of “Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue on Windham” by composer David Hurd. Pre-concert talk with George Stauffer, 6:30 pm.
Sponsored by: Phyllis & Lane Keller
Learn before you listen! Pre-concert talk at 6:45 PM.
Friday, June 10
Emerging Artists Concert Program
Friday, June 10, noon
First United Methodist Church
Faith DeBow leads the 2022 Emerging Artists: cellist Anita Graef and soprano Ivy Cantu.
Sponsored by: Dodie Griffin · John Griffin & Lynn Knaupp
Ruthie Foster
CANCELLED
Ruthie Foster’s Festival appearance has been cancelled. We hope to welcome Ruthie back to Victoria soon!
Sponsored by:
Saturday, June 11
Reemergence: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony Concert Program
Saturday, June 11, 7:30 PM
Victoria Fine Arts Center
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez conducts the VBF Orchestra performing Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Alexandre Dossin, and Tchaikovsky’s triumphant Symphony No. 5.
Sponsored by: Janey & Melvin Lack
Songs of Love Concert Program
Sunday, June 5, 7:30 PM
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum, Cuero
Mezzo-soprano Laura Mercado Wright and guitarist Isaac Bustos perform folk and art songs from Mexico, Spain, and Latin America.