Big-time shows in intimate settings

Classical music | Big-time shows in intimate settings By ANN SPIVAK August 29, 2010 The Kansas City Star Famed saxophonist Bobby Watson will collaborate with Bach Aria Soloists for a performance that combines jazz and classical music. An evening of classical music or opera in Kansas City doesn’t necessarily mean going to a big concert [...]

KC Metropolis Review – March 27 Concert

Bach continues to delight and inspire By Megan Browne Helm, KC METROPOLIS Wed, Mar 31, 2010 REVIEW: Bill McGlaughlin and the Bach Aria Soloists Inspired by Bach Saturday March 27, 2010 Village Presbyterian Church Prairie Village, KS All musical roads lead to Bach.  Not one of the many J.C. Bach’s or the significant W.F or [...]

Uniquely Kansas City on KCPT

Bach Aria Soloists was featured in the Winter, 2008 Uniquely Kansas City program on KCPT.

Baroque in Motion – Laura Spencer KCUR review

Lively Collaboration Mixes Dance and Music… Baroque music has been described as expressing order, but always lively and tuneful. The musical period, roughly from 1600 to 1750, includes notable composers like Bach and Vivaldi. Many of the works from the era are dance music, or inspired by the court dances of the time. So, it was a natural collaboration for the Bach Aria Soloists and the Owen/Cox Dance Group.

Dancers add a layer to Bach’s cantatas

Sometimes a combination of two art forms gives a performance greater beauty and impact.

That’s the case with the Bach Aria Soloists, who will collaborate with the Owen/Cox Dance Group in “Baroque in Motion,” a concert premiering 7:30 p.m. Saturday in UMKC’s White Recital Hall.

It may seem commonplace to bring dance and music together, but this time around the result is extraordinary and exciting…

CLASSICAL COLUMN

The Bach Aria Soloists are one of the best-keep secrets in town, but shouldn’t be. This outstanding ensemble put together by violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane performs Baroque and other works in intimate settings with unsurpassed musicality. Many of their concerts are in private homes, but here is your chance to hear the group in a public venue.

Amorosa

“(Director/violinist) Elizabeth Suh Lane is a marvelous soloist, chamber musician and someone who exemplifies the most accomplished and creative aspects of our finest musicians today.” – Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director, San Francisco Symphony “The Bach Aria Soloists are individually some of the finest concert musicians in America….” KCSTAGE “(Botero’s) superior vocal abilities lifted the [...]

KCUR Interview by Laura Spencer

For nearly a decade, the Bach Aria Soloists have highlighted some of the arias by the prolific German composer and organist Johann Sebastian Bach (from left to right): Matthew Johnson, cellist; Jan Kraybill, organist; Rebecca Lloyd, soprano; Robert Brand, guest baritone; Elizabeth Suh Lane, founder, artistic director, violinist; Tina Cho Johnson, guest violinist (photo: Laura [...]

Elizabeth Suh Lane featured on Comcast’s Newsmakers program

Elizabeth Suh Lane (Bach Aria Soloists’ artistic director and violinist) was featured on Comcast’s Newsmakers program. Mike Shanin (host of KCPT-TV’s Ruckus program and news anchor and host at KMBZ-AM) conducted the four and a half minute interview which aired during the last five minutes of each hour on CNN Headline News from September 15 through October 14. 2007. The program reached 100,000 Comcast subscribers in Kansas and Missouri.

Christoph Wolff captivates Library audience

Bach Aria Soloists with guest Christoph Wolff, the world’s authority of Bach, captivated their record-breaking filled-to-capacity audience at the Kansas City Public Library. It was a dream come true to have Dr. Wolff in Kansas City…

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