
Completion of the Oratorio Cycle: Bach’s Ascension Oratorio
collaboration with Ensemble Caprice
with soloists:
Linh Kauffman, soprano
Praised as “vocally and dramatically powerful” by the Washington Post and “radiant” by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, soprano Linh Kauffman enjoys an active career in opera, oratorio, and recital. Her most recent performances include Joshua with the Panama National Symphony, Carmina Burana for the Prague Choral Festival, Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Minnesota Orchestra, Festival Musique en l’Île de Paris, and the early music festivals of Panama and Urbino.
Ms. Kauffman has also appeared with the Oregon Bach Festival, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Lyra Baroque Orchestra and the symphonies of Pittsburgh, Akron, Richmond and the Quad Cities. An active chamber musician, she has appeared with the Bach Society of Minnesota, Seraphic Fire, Spire Chamber Ensemble, The Rose Ensemble, and Consortium Carissimi.
Ms. Kauffman made her Lati
A native of Connecticut, Ms. Kauffman earned music degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Maryland, and University of Minnesota. She also studied
Nerea Berraondo, alto
Nerea Berraondo has performed principal opera roles such as Adrastro and Creusa in Demofonte (Gluck) at Theatre an der Wien in Vienna; Lucio in Catone in Utica (Vivaldi) at Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris. Ms. Berraondo has worked with early music conductors and orchestras including Eduardo López Banzo, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Alan Curtis, Marcelo di Lisa, Josetxu Obregón, and Marian Rosa Montagut. Recently she has recorded Biagio Marini’s vocal music with her Ensemble Aldatu on the Arsis recording label and Demofonte by Gluck with Il Complesso Barocco conducted by Alan Curtis. Ms. Berraondo has won international prizes and competitions including Juventudes Musicales de España and Julián Gayarre International Singing Competition. In 2012 she was bestowed a Merit Award by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM). She shared that season with soloists Ceclia Bartoli and Jordi Savall.
Nicholas Chalmers, tenor
Heralded by the Washington Post as “exciting and dulcet,” Nicholas Chalmers, tenor, is thrilled to once again sing with the Minnesota Bach Society. He has sung with The Rose Ensemble, the Minnesota Bach Ensemble, Glorious Revolution Baroque, The Singers-Minnesota Choral Artists, and the Minnesota Chorale. Recent solo engagements include Oratory, Magnum Chorum, the Church Music Association of America, the St. Mark’s Cathedral Concert Series, and the Schubert Club. Last spring, Nicholas concluded his Master’s studies in Choral Conducting at the University of Minnesota, where he conducted several campus ensembles and held a Teacher’s Assistant position in the music theory department. Nicholas is in his fifth year as the Director of Music at Chesterton Academy in Edina and recently accepted the position of Director of Music and Liturgy at Annunciation Church in South Minneapolis. He is also Artistic Director of the Mirandola Ensemble, which presents programs of rarely performed early music from the Medieval and Renaissance eras strategically juxtaposed with the compositions of 20th and 21st century composers.
Aaron Larson, bass
In the past few year Aaron Larson has popped up around the Twin Cities singing the works of J.S. Bach, often with organizations such as the Bach Society of Minnesota, Oratory Bach Ensemble, the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, and ELM ensemble. Other recent performances include Einhorn’s The Passion of Joan of Arc with the Oratorio Society of Minnesota, Kortekangas’s Seven Songs for Planet Earth with the Masterworks Chorale of Augsburg University, the world premiere of Paulus’s When Church Bells are Ringing with the Minnesota Orchestra, J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor with VocalEssence, and many appearances with the Waverly Consort.
Ensemble Caprice
An award-winning baroque ensemble based in Montreal, Canada. For more info, please click here.
Repertoire:
BWV 166 Wo gehest du hin?
BWV 29 Wir danke dir, Gott
BWV 11 Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio)
Edina Chorale will join us for Friday’s performance and organist Crystal Rossow will join us for Sunday’s performance.
Click for tickets to the concert in Montreal on April 29, 2018.
Performance Dates
Friday, May 4 @ 7:30 pm
Sundin Music Hall
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul
Sunday, May 6 @ 7:00 pm
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
9141 County Rd 101
Corcoran
Linh Kauffman – Soprano

Nerea Berraondo – Soprano

Nicholas Chalmers – Tenor

Aaron Larson – Bass