Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
Joanne Kong has been critically-acclaimed as a Bach specialist, with performances at the Los Angeles Bach Festival, Long Beach Bach Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Abbey Bach Festival, Bach Aria Festival and Institute, Texas Bach Collegium, Houston Harpsichord Series, and the Winter Park Bach Festival where she is regular guest harpsichordist. Dr. Kong is available to give performances focusing on the works of Bach including the complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, numerous chamber, concerto and orchestral works, and both the St. John and St. Matthew Passions. She regularly gives Master Classes on the performance of works by Bach.
“obviously is a Bach specialist … her technique is impressive.”
Mark Swed, LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER
“Joanne Kong is one of the premiere harpsichordists in the United States.”
WINTER PARK BACH FESTIVAL
The Sonatas of J. S. Bach, for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
Lisa Terry, Viola da Gamba
Audiences will become acquainted with Bach’s masterpieces in depth through a lecture-performance of the three Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord. The Terry/Kong Duo tailors the presentation to the presenter’s desires, weaving in stories about the musicians of Bach’s day, details on the structure and genius of the compositions, with revelations about the emotional impact of working on this project.
Lisa Terry is an avid chamber music performer and soloist on viola da gamba and violoncello. A member of Parthenia Viol Consort, she also performs with the Dryden Ensemble, Lyra Consort, Pegasus Early Music and TENET. She is principal cellist and viol soloist with Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia’s baroque orchestra. Lisa was a founding member of ARTEK, and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Concert Royal. She has appeared to great acclaim as soloist in the Passions of J.S. Bach and in Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of Light” and she tours in recital with harpsichordists Joanne Kong and Webb Wiggins. Her first solo album, the suites for viol and harpsichord by François Couperin, will be released in 2025.
“[Lisa Terry’s] front and center position . . . made it impossible to miss her intense musicality and beauty of tone.”
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“The gambist played with an exquisite legato.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Michael Colgrass: Side by Side
Pulitzer Prize – winning composer Michael Colgrass’s Side by Side was composed for Joanne Kong, as the only concerto for a soloist in the dual role of pianist and harpsichordist. The unique work received critical acclaim upon its first performance with Toronto’s Esprit Orchestra, and audience members described it as a “wonderfully insane multi-tasking concerto,” “endlessly creative and fascinating,” with listeners “mesmerized by the whole theatrical element of the work.” Subsequent performances of Side by Side have taken place in Boston (Boston Modern Orchestra Project, BMOP) and Richmond (Richmond Symphony), where it was praised in the Richmond Times-Dispatch as “unusual not just in its double-barreled soloist, but also in its combination of busy playfulness and luminous sound.” An excerpt can be heard at the composer’s website, www.michaelcolgrass.com, the score is available upon request, and a commercial recording is available through Amazon.