Sun June 12, 2016
Bach cello suites 1 and 3 — an Instrumentally unique spiritual odyssey
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A never-before experienced performance!
Hear Bach played on a unique stringed instrument commissioned specifically to play these masterful works in a meditative format set by Tibetan singing bowls.
Bach Cello Suite 1 will be performed on the GUITELLO, a fretted plectrum-generated instrument tuned as a five-string cello in fifths, commissioned by Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson and made by luthier David Heitzman in 2012. The GUITELLO is the hybrid of a steel string acoustic guitar, the cello, and the lute. The story of its development and crafting is fascinating. He will also be performing Bach Cello Suite 3 on the violoncello.
Born into a musical family, Jeffrey McFarland Johnson began learning the piano at 5 from a Julliard graduate. He went on to earn his degree in cello performance and then studied with Arto Noras, a Tchaikovsky Competition winner. After earning a Masters in Composition and experimenting with electronic instruments and computers, Jeffrey taught music in schools for 22 years. Upon retirement, he spent years immersing himself in an intensive study of the Bach cello suites, finding in them many layers of spiritual significance and inspiration. His efforts culminated in the commissioning of a novel instrument designed specifically to perform these works. This is the first formal concert performance of the results of his exploration.
The SF Swedenborgian Church ia an Arts & Crafts style masterpiece, a National Historic Landmark, and is an ideal intimate setting for performances by the smaller, acoustic instrumental and vocal ensembles that are scheduled in the series "Second Sundays" running monthly through October.
Performance listings and descriptions are available at:
sfswedenborgian.org/concerts.
The evening concerts began May 8th and run monthly on the second Sunday of each month at 7:30 p.m. through October 9. Tickets are an affordable $20 each, available from Brown Paper Tickets online, or at the door. The Swedenborgian Church is located at 2107 Lyon Street in San Francisco, at the corner of Washington Street.
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Hear Bach played on a unique stringed instrument commissioned specifically to play these masterful works in a meditative format set by Tibetan singing bowls.
Bach Cello Suite 1 will be performed on the GUITELLO, a fretted plectrum-generated instrument tuned as a five-string cello in fifths, commissioned by Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson and made by luthier David Heitzman in 2012. The GUITELLO is the hybrid of a steel string acoustic guitar, the cello, and the lute. The story of its development and crafting is fascinating. He will also be performing Bach Cello Suite 3 on the violoncello.
Born into a musical family, Jeffrey McFarland Johnson began learning the piano at 5 from a Julliard graduate. He went on to earn his degree in cello performance and then studied with Arto Noras, a Tchaikovsky Competition winner. After earning a Masters in Composition and experimenting with electronic instruments and computers, Jeffrey taught music in schools for 22 years. Upon retirement, he spent years immersing himself in an intensive study of the Bach cello suites, finding in them many layers of spiritual significance and inspiration. His efforts culminated in the commissioning of a novel instrument designed specifically to perform these works. This is the first formal concert performance of the results of his exploration.
The SF Swedenborgian Church ia an Arts & Crafts style masterpiece, a National Historic Landmark, and is an ideal intimate setting for performances by the smaller, acoustic instrumental and vocal ensembles that are scheduled in the series "Second Sundays" running monthly through October.
Performance listings and descriptions are available at:
sfswedenborgian.org/concerts.
The evening concerts began May 8th and run monthly on the second Sunday of each month at 7:30 p.m. through October 9. Tickets are an affordable $20 each, available from Brown Paper Tickets online, or at the door. The Swedenborgian Church is located at 2107 Lyon Street in San Francisco, at the corner of Washington Street.
A never-before experienced performance!
Hear Bach played on a unique stringed instrument commissioned specifically to play these masterful works in a meditative format set by Tibetan singing bowls.
Bach Cello Suite 1 will be performed on the GUITELLO, a fretted plectrum-generated instrument tuned as a five-string cello in fifths, commissioned by Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson and made by luthier David Heitzman in 2012. The GUITELLO is the hybrid of a steel string acoustic guitar, the cello, and the lute. The story of its development and crafting is fascinating. He will also be performing Bach Cello Suite 3 on the violoncello.
Born into a musical family, Jeffrey McFarland Johnson began learning the piano at 5 from a Julliard graduate. He went on to earn his degree in cello performance and then studied with Arto Noras, a Tchaikovsky Competition winner. After earning a Masters in Composition and experimenting with electronic instruments and computers, Jeffrey taught music in schools for 22 years. Upon retirement, he spent years immersing himself in an intensive study of the Bach cello suites, finding in them many layers of spiritual significance and inspiration. His efforts culminated in the commissioning of a novel instrument designed specifically to perform these works. This is the first formal concert performance of the results of his exploration.
The SF Swedenborgian Church ia an Arts & Crafts style masterpiece, a National Historic Landmark, and is an ideal intimate setting for performances by the smaller, acoustic instrumental and vocal ensembles that are scheduled in the series "Second Sundays" running monthly through October.
Performance listings and descriptions are available at:
sfswedenborgian.org/concerts.
The evening concerts began May 8th and run monthly on the second Sunday of each month at 7:30 p.m. through October 9. Tickets are an affordable $20 each, available from Brown Paper Tickets online, or at the door. The Swedenborgian Church is located at 2107 Lyon Street in San Francisco, at the corner of Washington Street.
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Hear Bach played on a unique stringed instrument commissioned specifically to play these masterful works in a meditative format set by Tibetan singing bowls.
Bach Cello Suite 1 will be performed on the GUITELLO, a fretted plectrum-generated instrument tuned as a five-string cello in fifths, commissioned by Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson and made by luthier David Heitzman in 2012. The GUITELLO is the hybrid of a steel string acoustic guitar, the cello, and the lute. The story of its development and crafting is fascinating. He will also be performing Bach Cello Suite 3 on the violoncello.
Born into a musical family, Jeffrey McFarland Johnson began learning the piano at 5 from a Julliard graduate. He went on to earn his degree in cello performance and then studied with Arto Noras, a Tchaikovsky Competition winner. After earning a Masters in Composition and experimenting with electronic instruments and computers, Jeffrey taught music in schools for 22 years. Upon retirement, he spent years immersing himself in an intensive study of the Bach cello suites, finding in them many layers of spiritual significance and inspiration. His efforts culminated in the commissioning of a novel instrument designed specifically to perform these works. This is the first formal concert performance of the results of his exploration.
The SF Swedenborgian Church ia an Arts & Crafts style masterpiece, a National Historic Landmark, and is an ideal intimate setting for performances by the smaller, acoustic instrumental and vocal ensembles that are scheduled in the series "Second Sundays" running monthly through October.
Performance listings and descriptions are available at:
sfswedenborgian.org/concerts.
The evening concerts began May 8th and run monthly on the second Sunday of each month at 7:30 p.m. through October 9. Tickets are an affordable $20 each, available from Brown Paper Tickets online, or at the door. The Swedenborgian Church is located at 2107 Lyon Street in San Francisco, at the corner of Washington Street.
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2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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