2027 Festival
The Board of the Arizona Bach Festival is excited to present the details of our 18th annual festival! Visit our Tickets and Subscriptions page, or click on any of the concert titles below to buy tickets to that concert right now.
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Sunday, March 7 2027, 3:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church of Phoenix
5510 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013
Tickets: $50 advance / $55 at the door
The Arizona Bach Festival opens its 2027 Season with a Baroque tour de force featuring Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, along with works by Muffat and Fux. The orchestral requirements of brass and woodwinds for these pieces make this the largest orchestra the Festival has ever presented! Columbian-born maestro Alejandro Gómez Guillén, from the music faculty of Arizona State University, makes his Arizona Bach Festival debut conducting the opening concert.
Sunday, March 21 2027, 3:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church of Mesa
15 E 1st Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210
Tickets: $50 advance / $55 at the door
This season’s all-Bach organ recital features Nathan Laube, one of the world’s elite organ performers, in an inspiring celebration of J.S. Bach’s 256th birthday. Bach’s music will be brought to life on the glorious 3-manual, 34-stop pipe organ of First United Methodist Church of Mesa, known for its excellent acoustical setting.
Sunday, April 4 2027, 3:00 p.m.
Christ Church of the Ascension, Paradise Valley
4015 E Lincoln Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
Tickets: $50 advance / $55 at the door
Returning from Switzerland is flutist Magda Schwerzmann, who amazed audiences at her last Festival appearance with Bach’s Badinerie from the Orchestral Suite No. 2. This season’s performance takes us on a European tour of Bach’s time. She is joined by ASU flute professor Dr. Elizabeth Buck — two flutes, two artists, one spectacular performance!
Sunday, April 11 2027, 3:00 p.m.
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Phoenix
6300 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tickets: $50 advance / $55 at the door
The final concert of the season features Rolf Haas, concertmaster of the Phoenix Symphony, playing with and leading the Festival orchestra. The centerpiece of this concert is J. S. Bach’s Triple Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord. The program showcases music by “Papa” Bach and his sons Johann Christian Bach (the English Bach), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (the Hamburg Bach), and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (the Wayward Bach) — a not to be missed foray into great music, great players, and an astonishing family of composers.