Bach to Bach: Sunday concert to celebrate work of famed German composer

Published 4:28 pm Friday, January 28, 2022

Lovers of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach will have the opportunity to be treated to the famed Baroque-era composer’s work when the Lake Charles Symphony presents “Bach to Bach” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30 in the sanctuary of St. Luke-Simpson United Methodist Church, 1500 Country Club Road.

The concert is part of the “Sunday’s with the Symphony” series, this being the second of three of those concerts as the symphony’s 64th season rolls on.

According to the Lake Charles Symphony, the recital will showcase Bach’s mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organization.

Email newsletter signup

“Both the violin double and viola double concertos rhythmically cascade with contrapuntal outer movements, sublime middle movements, and rich harmonic textures throughout,” reads a brochure describing the concert.

Bach’s music is referred to as “intellectually bold” and “exuberant” in the brochure.

Musicians bringing Bach’s music to life Sunday will include Brazilian pianist Lina Morita and violinists and violists Sarah Marie Perkins and Michele Gunn.

Morita is an associate professor of piano at McNeese State. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013. Her international career has taken her throughout the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, France and the Czech Republic. She has performed recitals and taught master classes at colleges and universities throughout the U.S.

Perkins serves as concert master and personnel manager of Lake Charles Symphony. She performs regularly with Brazos Valley Symphony and Houston Latin American Philharmonic.

Michele Gunn began playing violin at age 4, and viola at age 10. She is a freelance violist and violinist and private lesson teacher based in Shreveport. Gunn performs with the Shreveport and Texarkana symphonies and in chamber groups in both Houston and Shreveport.

Admission to the concert is $50 for adults and $25 for students with an ID.