Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Presented as the Composer Intended
The Carmel Bach Festival will present Bach’s Christmas Oratorio as the composer intended, performed in multiple concerts on different days, … Read More
CBF Showed Our Love of Volunteers with our February 2019 Volunteer Love a-Faire
Over 80 Volunteers shared an afternoon of fun, food and friendship on February 9 at the Carmel Women’s Club. The … Read More
Carmel Bach Festival Announces 2019 Season
Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. – The Carmel Bach Festival presents its 82nd performance season, July 13 – July 27, 2019 in venues … Read More
Michael Beattie is announced as Director of the Virginia Best Adams Masterclass
The Carmel Bach Festival is pleased to announce the promotion of Michael Beattie to the position of Director of the … Read More
Festival receives transformational gift
The Carmel Bach Festival is thrilled to announce that it received a substantial gift of more than $2 million to … Read More
Thank you David, for everything!
After a successful 30-year Carmel Bach Festival career as vocal soloist, director of the Virginia Best Adams Masterclass, and dramaturge, David … Read More
Carmel Bach Festival History
David Gordon, the Festival’s vocal soloist, director of the Virginia Best Adams Masterclass, and dramaturge for 30 years, recorded this … Read More
The Bach-Beethoven Connection
Johann Sebastian Bach seldom set foot beyond Thuringia or Saxony and published little of the music he wrote. Yet he … Read More
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
by David Gordon The Good Friday tradition of reciting the biblical story of Christ’s final day originated in the earliest … Read More