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• Zuill Bailey caps Northwest Bach Festival with extravagant cello performance

  March 26, 2013 in City on Page A7 The final concert of this year’s Northwest Bach Festival featured internationally renowned cellist Zuill Bailey performing all six of the Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach. Bailey has been …

• Schuller delights festival audience

  March 13, 2013 in City on Page A6 Gunther Schuller’s valedictory concert Saturday for the Northwest Bach Festival was, in one sense, his way of slyly reminding us that “there is nothing new under the sun.” The four …

• Lesser-known works open Northwest Bach Festival

  March 5, 2013 in City on Page A6 The 35th Annual Northwest Bach Festival Orchestra and Choir, under the leadership of artistic director Gunther Schuller, opened this year’s festival Saturday with two relatively unknown but beautiful works: Cantata …

• Schuller send-off

  March 1, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Why is Gunther Schuller, the Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” winner, stepping down as the Northwest Bach Festival’s artistic director after 20 years? “I mean, I’m 87!” …

• Spotlight: Bailey eager for ’14 Bach Festival

  December 9, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Acclaimed cellist Zuill Bailey was in Spokane last week, meeting with supporters of the Northwest Bach Festival and laying the groundwork for the 2014 event, which will mark his debut …

• Spotlight: Next Bach Festival will be last for Schuller

  September 9, 2012 in Features on Page D6 There’s a transition coming to the Northwest Bach Festival, as Artistic Director Gunther Schuller has announced his 20th season will be his last. Schuller, now 87, will retire after the …

• Spotlight: ‘Jersey Boys’ will hit Spokane this fall

  March 18, 2012 in Features on Page D5 WestCoast Entertainment has announced that “Jersey Boys,” the lauded Broadway musical, will play a three-week engagement in Spokane this fall. The play, which tells the story of Frankie Valli and …

• Review: Concert ‘reimagines’ Bach in 13 ways

  March 12, 2012 in City on Page A6 The third concert of this year’s Northwest Bach Festival featured piano virtuoso Lara Downes, who performed the 2004 work “13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg: Bach Re-Imagined” on Saturday …

• Spotlight: Good time to shop for holiday events

  November 27, 2011 in Features on Page D7 It’s time for Spotlight’s annual reminder that tickets make outstanding Christmas gifts (partly because they slip so easily into stockings). Here are a few post-Christmas events to choose from:

• Review: Range of moods, playing brilliance are fitting end to Bach Festival

  March 14, 2011 in City, Features on Page A6 The 33rd annual Northwest Bach Festival ended Saturday at St. John’s Cathedral with a stunning survey of 160 years of keyboard music. Pianist Randall Hodgkinson brought a brilliant technique and …

• Review: Festival explores breadth of Bach’s influence

  March 7, 2011 in City on Page A6 The first two concerts of this year’s Northwest Bach Festival celebrated the net Bach cast over the musical world. Bach knew music written long before his birth, and Bach’s compositions …

• Bach Festival mixes diverse composers, performances

  January 29, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Spokane’s Northwest Bach Festival celebrates its 32nd season starting this weekend with music by Bach and a batch more composers. It begins Saturday with a piano recital by Christopher O’Riley …

• Festival bookends Bach with other masters

  February 2, 2009 in City on Page A6 The 31st Annual Northwest Bach Festival found a way to go beyond J.S. Bach with music composed both before Bach lived and after he died. In this year’s four concerts, …

• Bach to the future

  January 22, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Bach is back in Spokane, and he is not alone. The 31st Northwest Bach Festival lineup includes music by composers stretching from the 17th to the 21st centuries. The festival …