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Thomas Folan,
Artistic Director
Thomas Folan is a specialist in the
music of the Baroque. At home with the repertoire from the 16th
to the 18th Centuries, he is an expert in the music of J.
S. Bach, particularly the large-scale choral works. Thomas Folan is
the Artistic Director and conductor of Publick Musick, a
nationally recognized baroque orchestra and chorus. The
distinguished German musicologist, Alfred Mann, Professor Emeritus
of the Eastman School of Music, and Frieder Bernius, director of the Kammerchor Stuttgart, are among his mentors. Thomas Folan,
holds degrees from Oberlin College, Ithaca College, and a Doctorate
in Conducting (2003) from the Eastman School of Music. |
Publick Musick is an
award-winning orchestra and choir devoted to performing the
masterworks of the Baroque era. Founded in 1995, the Publick
Musick is based in Rochester, New York and appears regularly
throughout the Northeastern United States. The ensemble comprises
musicians from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences who
perform their core repertoire with attention to
performance practice and on period instruments. The founder music
director of the ensemble is Thomas Folan. Publick Musick
invests equal importance in both its vocal and instrumental
personnel. All vocal soloists are drawn from the chorus, which gives
Publick Musick’s sound a uniquely homogenous
combination of clarity and strength, Publick Musick has
appeared at Boston Early Music Festival, Bloomington Early
Music Festival and Rochester Bach Festival, and has also
made several national and international concert tours. In addition
to this debut recording of Bach’s four Missae breves, BWV
233-236, Publick Musick has also recorded cantatas BWV 45,
Es ist dir gesagt; BWV 62, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland;
BWV 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme and BWV 192, Nun
danket alle Gott.
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