J. S. Bach Cantata Series
Johann Sebastian Bach was 38 years old when he arrived in Leipzig, Germany in 1723 to start his new position as cantor at St. Thomas’s Church. The three years that followed his first three years in Leipzig were a time of intensive creative expression in which he composed many of his key cantata cycles for the liturgical calendar. This series has been curated to reflect the liturgical season of the church year.
Advent at the Cathedral
December 8, 2024 | 3:00 PM
Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV 36
Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn BWV 132
ORCHESTRA:
Stephen Redfield, concertmaster (violin I)
Jeffrey Smith, violin II
Lisa Grodin, viola
Katie Reitman, ‘cello
Kevin Vigneau, oboe d’amore, oboe
Rebecca Ray, oboe d’amore
Maxine Thévenot, organ
OCTET & SOLOISTS:
Hayden Eberhart & Jordyn Tatum, sopranos
Sarah Nickerson & Kehar Koslowsky, altos
Fred Graham & Curtis Storm, tenors
Alfredo Beltrán & Edmund Connolly, basses
Kevin Vigneau is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico and principal oboe of the New Mexico Philharmonic and the Santa Fe Pro Musica.
He served as principal oboe of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra (South Africa), and the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (Portugal). He also performed with the Opera Company of Boston Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera, the Orquesta del Principado de Asturias and the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada among others.
He has appeared with Music from Angel Fire, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Banff Festival, the South African Broadcasting Society, the Mistral Wind Quintet, the New Mexico Winds and the Kandinsky Trio. As a recitalist and soloist he has enjoyed performing in Mexico, Spain, Ecuador, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Canada, South Africa, and Holland, and at colleges and conservatories around the world.
His solo CD, “Oboe on the Edge: Modern Masterworks for Oboe,” is available on Centaur Records. He has also recorded the Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto for EMI Classics and the Frigyas Hidas Oboe Concerto with the UNM Wind Symphony.
He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from Yale University where he was awarded the Dean’s Prize for the outstanding member of the graduating class. He studied with oboists Ronald Roseman, Ralph Gomberg and Laurence Thorstenberg.
The Cape Times calls him “a consummate instrumentalist, who brings to the task technical facility, abundant musicality and a keen intellect.”
He is proud to be the husband of violist Kimberly Fredenburgh and the father of bassist Toby Vigneau and Alex Vigneau.
Good Friday at the Cathedral
April 18, 2025 | 3:00 PM
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe BWV 156
Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r
ORCHESTRA:
Stephen Redfield, concertmaster (violin I)
David Felberg, violin II
Jeffrey Smith, viola
Katie Reitman, ‘cello
Deborah Dunham, double bass
Kevin Vigneau, oboe
Maxine Thévenot, organ
OCTET & SOLOISTS:
Hayden Eberthart & Jordyn Tatum, sopranos
Sarah Nickerson & Mary Quinn, altos
Fred Graham & Curtis Storm, tenors
Alfredo Beltrán & Edmund Connolly, basses
Pentecost at the Cathedral
June 8, 2025 | 10:00 AM
On this Feast day of Pentecost, we present one glorious Bach cantata within the context of the liturgy.
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 5
ORCHESTRA:
Stephen Redfield, concertmaster (violin I)
David Felberg, violin II
Jeffrey Smith, viola
Katie Reitman, ‘cello
Zachary Bush, double bass
Brynn Marchiando, Trumpet I
John Marchiando, Trumpet II
Maxine Thévenot, organ
OCTET & SOLOISTS:
Joanna Armstrong & Jennifer Perez, sopranos
Sarah Nickerson & Kehar Koslowsky, altos
Fred Graham & Curtis Storm, tenors
Alfredo Beltrán & Edmund Connolly, basses
No tickets are required for this event. Donations gratefully accepted.
Stephen Redfield, concertmaster
Violinist Stephen Redfield was a student of Dorothy DeLay and Donald Weilerstein. A prize-winner in the Colman and Monterey Chamber Music Competitions, he has performed as a chamber musician and soloist throughout the United States and internationally. Over many years with the Oregon Bach Festival, he has participated in numerous recordings, including the Grammy® Award-winning disc Credo.
Stephen is concertmaster of the Santa Fe Pro Musica, the Arizona Bach Festival, and the Conspirare Company of Voices. Since 1992 with the Victoria Bach Festival, he has performed as concertmaster and soloist, and concerts have been broadcast nationally. Stephen has recently retired as professor of violin and chamber music at the University of Southern Mississippi.