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News from The Victoria Bach Festival Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson.....

There's music in the air along the Gulf Coast every summer during the Victoria Bach Festival, a radiant jewel among the nation's cultural attractions.

The week-long Festival offers a diverse repertoire of orchestral music, choral works and chamber concets by baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary composers. The works of J.S. Bach are in the spotlight, of course, but the festival also presents important works by other major composers, and features performances by nationally acclaimed artists.

Educational programming and free public concerts, held outdoors or in intimate settings around the city, complement evening programs throughout Festival week. The 1999 Festival will take place July 31 to August 5, 2000. Plans are to concentrate on Bach - the St. Matthew Passion.

@000 will be our 25th anniversary as well as the 250th anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach, so will be a big year. Be there or wait another 50 years!

Hailed by National Public Radio as "a Texas treasure," and "the best kept little secret in Texas," the Festival has been featured on broadcasts of NPR's Performance Today.

The festival will be held June 14 - 19 in 1999.

Visit the Victoria Bach Festival home page for more details or if the information on the Victoria Bach Festival is out of date.

The Bach Society (Houston) presents the Bach Vespers, Organ Vespers, and Bach Choir and Orchestra in the nave of Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church. Visit their website for more information.