Fifth Annual Bach-a-thon
On the 14th and 15th June, 83 organists will come together to play the complete organ works of Bach in 24 hours.
This is the fifth year that Anna Lapwood, the Director of College Music at Pembroke, has brought organists together from across the world to celebrate Bach and raise money for charity.
The Bach-a-thon will feature live performances on the organ of Pembroke College coupled with pre-recorded performances from UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latvia, Germany, Iceland, France, Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands, and South Korea. It will also bring together organists of all abilities, from school students to professional concert organists. It will also feature some special guests, including the singer and presenter Aled Jones, and Great British Bake Off star (and organist) Henry Bird.
The event begins at 12 noon on the 14th June with Cameron Carpenter performing Bach’s Fantasia on Komm Heiliger Geist BWV 651, and closes at 12 noon on the 15th June with David Briggs performing Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541 in the cathedral of St John the Divine, New York. It will be streamed live on The Choirs of Cambridge Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pembrokechoir
This year's Bach-a-thon will be raising money for two charities:
- The Muze Trust, which is currently raising funds to provide tablets to schools so that they can be used to aid music teaching. Tablets allow students to look at scores, listen to recordings and even use mini-keyboards.
- The Estelle Trust which works to support orphans and vulnerable children in deprived areas of Zambia through education, training and social development.
Donations in support of these two charities can be made online at https://www.facebook.com/donate/286356353215551/
The organists participating in the 2021 Bach-a-thon are:
Alana Brooke, UK
Alessandro Pittorino, Australia
Alex Trigg, UK
Alexandra Bartfeld, France
Andreas Fischer, Germany
Andrew Storey, UK
Andrew Wyatt, UK
Angela Ede, UK
Anna Hallett, UK
Anna Lapwood, UK
Ashley Bradley, US
Balint Karosi, Hungary
Ben Chewter, UK
Brian Fletcher, UK
Cameron Carpenter, Germany
Carl Jackson, UK
Caroline Robinson, US
Carolyn Craig, US
Charlotte Johnston, UK
Christopher Allsop, UK
Christopher Beaumont, UK
Christopher Enston, UK
Christopher Thorpe, UK
Clay Corso, US
Colin Boothby, Australia
Colin Lapus, US
David Ballard, UK
David Briggs, US
David Goode, UK
David Grealy, Ireland
David Hill, UK
David Surtees, UK
Drew Sellis, UK
Edith Yam, US
Elias Kolz, Germany
Eon Malan, New Zealand
Erica Sipes, US
Evie Perfect, UK
Francis O’Gorman, UK
Francois Cloete, UK
Grace Middleton, UK
Hamish Wagstaff, Australia
Hazel Ricketts, UK
Jack Spencer, UK
James Storey, UK
James Wetzel, US
Jeremiah Martin, US
Jillian Gardner, US
John Challenger, UK
John Hosking, UK
Jonathan Lilley, UK
JongHee Yoon, South Korea
Katelyn Emerson, US
Kristjan Hrannar Palsson, Iceland
Leon Kopecny, Germany
Levan Zautashvilli, Germany
Liga Ivane, Latvia
Luke Mitchell, UK
Marcus Wibberley, UK
Marion Bettsworth, UK
Mark Dancer, UK
Mark Keane, Ireland
Matthew Blaiden, UK
Melanie Plumley, UK
Michael Hey, US (performing with his wife,
violinist Christiana Liberis)
Miriam Reveley, UK
Moritz Jäger, Germany
Paul Plummer, UK
Peter Siepmann, UK
PJ Janson, Canada
Rebekah Okpoti, UK
Richard McVeigh, UK
Robert Quinney, UK
Ronald Ijmker, Germany
Samuel Bristow, UK
Sarah MacDonald, UK
Sebastian Heindl, Germany
Shanna Hart, UK
Stanley Godfrey, UK
Thomas Hewitt-Jones, UK
Timothy Burke, UK
Vlad Constantin Vișenescu, Austria
William Fox, UK
