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2010 OBF Event Details
June 25 - July 12
Under the artistic leadership of Helmuth Rilling, the OBF fills 19 refreshing summer days with choral-orchestral masterworks, guest artists, chamber music, social events, and education programs. We're based in Eugene, with many events on the University of Oregon campus. Additional concerts take place in Portland and Bend.
The Oregon Bach Festival's 40th season takes place June 25-July 12, 2010 in Eugene, Bend and Portland, Oregon. Tickets are now on sale. "There's a whole world of musical experiences on offer," said John Evans, OBF president and executive director. "We'll honor the past while we step ahead into an enterprising and exhilarating future." OBF 2010: Rich Variety In Major ConcertsSingers Thomas Quasthoff and Bobby McFerrin, masterworks by Verdi and Mendelssohn, in-depth exploration of the B Minor Mass, a celebration of Leonard Bernstein, big-name pops concerts and a star-studded gala are among the headline events for the Oregon Bach Festival's 40th anniversary season, June 25-July 11 in Eugene, Bend, and Portland. The major stars and events will include: June 25 Oregon Bach Festival: Verdi Requiem Where: The Hult Center - Silva Hall 
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7:30 PM Friday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Thrilling and potent at every turn, the Requiem is the greatest concert work by the master composer of Aida, Otello, and Falstaff. In Verdi's hands, the age-eternal Mass of the Dead becomes a drama of powerful immediacy: prayerful, passionate, poignant, and exultant. With Helmuth Rilling's masterful direction of stellar soloists and full chorus and orchestra, you'll feel every measure of emotion from this glorious masterwork. Simone Schneider, soprano; Yosep Kim, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor Ticket Pricing: $59, $45, $35, $29, $15 
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 26 Oregon Bach Festival: OBF Kids--Bernstein Beat Where: The Hult Center - Silva Hall 
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11:00 AM Saturday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Share the joys of Leonard Bernstein's Broadway music with a new generation in this family-oriented hour. Propelled by the Latin-American pulse of such hits as West Side Story, it's a multicultural immersion into languages, melodies, and rhythms. Jamie Bernstein, a dynamic and natural teacher, leads the celebration of her father's music and his passion for making it fun. OBF Orchestra; Robert Moody, conductor; Jamie Bernstein, narrator and host Ticket Pricing: $5
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 26 On the House: PICCFEST Choir Where: The Hult Center - The Lobby 
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1:00 PM Saturday The Minnesota Boychoir challenges boys and young men from many backgrounds to the highest standards of choral music, nurtures the development of exceptional character, and inspires and benefits the community. They will be conducted by Mark Johnson at this free event. Ticket Pricing: Free To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 26 Oregon Bach Festival: Pink Martini Where: The Hult Center - Silva Hall When: 8:00 PM Saturday  Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Savor a night of sophisticated style with Pink Martini. With distinctive vocals by China Forbes and arrangements by pianist Thomas Lauderdale, the band stirs a flavorful blend of classical, jazz, Latin and pop spiked with quirky original lyrics. Set the date for our opening Saturday night and hear why this Portland-based band has earned an adoring worldwide following. Pink Martini's debut album Sympathique was released independently in 1997 on the band's own label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale's dog), and quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for "Song of the Year"and "Best New Artist"in France's Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000. Pink Martini released Hang On Little Tomato in 2004 and Hey Eugene! in 2007. All three albums have gone gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey, and have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. In partnership with Public Broadcasting, the band filmed and released a concert dvd entitled Discover The World. Sympathique and Hey Eugene! have also been released on vinyl. Ticket Pricing: $59, $45, $35, $29, $15
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 27 Oregon Bach Festival: Verdi Requiem (Portland) Where: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland, OR
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3:00 PM Sunday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Thrilling and potent at every turn, the Requiem is the greatest concert work by the master composer of Aida, Otello, and Falstaff. In Verdi's hands, the age-eternal Mass of the Dead becomes a drama of powerful immediacy: prayerful, passionate, poignant, and exultant. With Helmuth Rilling's masterful direction of stellar soloists and full chorus and orchestra, you'll feel every measure of emotion from this glorious masterwork. Simone Schneider, soprano; Yosep Kim, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor Ticket Pricing: $59, $45, $35, $29, $15
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 27 Oregon Bach Festival: OBF Kids--PICCFEST 2010 Gala Where: The Hult Center - Silva Hall 
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7:30 PM Saturday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival and PICCFEST. The 13th annual Pacific International Children's Choir Festival culminates with a spectacular concert featuring 180 young singers, under the direction renowned guest conductor Lynne Gackle and artistic director Peter Robb. The festival chorus, composed of five treble choirs and two young men's choirs from California, Minnesota, Washington, Arizona, and Oregon, presents a colorful program of music from Bach to Billy (Joel) that will inspire and excite audience members. Eugene's own Oregon Festival Choirs and Oregon Bach Festival present the event. Recommended for ages 8 and above Ticket Pricing: $12; $9 students and seniors. Tickets On Sale May 11
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 28 Let's Talk: Meet Jamie Bernstein Where: The Hult Center - The Lobby 
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12:00 PM Monday Meet Jamie Bernstein in this lively Q&A session hosted by journalist Fred Crafts, Eugene's Ambassador for the Arts. Daughter of Leonard Bernstein, Jamie, during this year's OBF, will host "Bernstein on Broadway" and present her acclaimed Bernstein Beat family programs, which reveal the South American and Cuban influences on her father's music. Ticket Pricing: Free To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 28 Discovery Series: B Minor Mass Part 1 Where: Beall Concert Hall - University Of Oregon 
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4:30 PM Monday As the public showcase for the OBF's conducting master class program, this series of lecture-concerts has long been the heartbeat of the Festival, a place where meaning merges with music. For our 40th anniversary, the flagship educational series returns to its original home on the UO campus. You can attend all six sessions for only $60 - a series discount of up to 33%. Assembled near the end of his life from music developed over a quarter century, Bach's B Minor Mass is both the summation of his composers craft and one of humanity's most profound artistic achievements. For the first time in the Festival's history, the Mass is explored in-depth in our Discovery Series format. You'll gain insights through concise commentary, illustrative examples, and full performance. The four-part series begins with the Kyrie. Stay with us throughout as master teacher Helmuth Rilling illuminates the mysteries of Bach's great masterwork. Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor Linh Kauffman, soprano; Laura Atkinson, alto; SFYCA chorus; OBF Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor Ticket Pricing: $15, $12
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 28 Bernstein on Broadway Where: The Hult Center - Silva Concert Hall
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7:30 PM Monday Best known as a composer, Leonard Bernstein was also a great teacher; he mentored the OBF's Helmuth Rilling in the mid 1960s. And the tuneful gusto of his Broadway music delights us to this day. Jamie Bernstein narrates this colorful tour of her father's best-loved musicals, seasoned with synopses and family anecdotes. The OBF orchestra and a team of New York-based soloists bring to life these Broadway favorites from the lyricism of Candide to the finger snapping beat of West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein Bernstein on Broadway Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo; Jeffrey Picon, tenor; Hugh Russell, baritone; OBF Orchestra; Robert Moody, conductor; Jamie Bernstein, narrator and host Ticket Pricing: $59, $45, $35, $29, $15
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 29 Bach and Brahms Where: Beall Concert Hall - University Of Oregon 
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7:30 PM Tuesday Themes of love and rhythms of dance weave through works by two giants of the German tradition. Bach's BWV 34 ("O eternal fire, o source of love") offers sublimely beautiful arias and full-scale choral passages. BWV 131 ("From the depths I call to thee, Lord") enthralls with the promise of redemption. From Brahms, the Hungarian Dances evoke the joy of folk celebrations, while the sparkling and romantic "Love Song" waltzes feature the husband-wife duo of Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang. Guest conductor Craig Hella Johnson, a former OBF student of Helmuth Rilling, has earned national acclaim for his innovative programming. Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata: O ewiges Feuer Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes Laura Atkinson, alto; James Taylor, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass; Ya Fei Chuang and Robert Levin, piano; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Ticket Pricing: $48, $39, $29
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 30 Let's Talk: Meet Thomas Quasthoff Where: The Hult Center - The Lobby 
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12:00 PM Wednesday Meet Thomas Quasthoff, the bass-baritone who made his American debut at the OBF in 1995. At this year's OBF he'll perform a solo recital with Jeffrey Kahane, appear in our 40th anniversary gala, and sing the title role in both performances of Elijah. Fred Crafts, Eugene's Ambassador for the Arts, is the session host. Ticket Pricing: Free To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 30 Discovery Series: B Minor Mass Part 1 Where: Beall Concert Hall - University Of Oregon
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4:30 PM Wednesday For the first time in the Festival's history, the Mass is explored in-depth in our Discovery Series format. Part 2 begins with the familiar fanfare of the Gloria. Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor Linh Kauffman, soprano; Laura Atkinson, alto; James Taylor, tenor; David Kim, bass; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor Ticket Pricing: $15, $12
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> June 30 Kleiner on Keyboards Where: Beall Concert Hall - University Of Oregon  When:
7:30 PM Wednesday Since first performing with the Festival in 1993 Boris Kleiner has been an anchor of the continuo, the baroque rhythm section. His virtuosity, versatility, and joyful playing are showcased in this all-Bach keyboard recital that features the magnificent Ahrend organ of Beall Concert Hall. Boris Kleiner, harpsichord, piano and organ Ticket Pricing: $48, $39, $29
To learn more about this event... Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 1 Hinkle Lectures: Hinkle Distinguished Lecture Where: The Hult Center - Soreng Theater 
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12:00 PM Thursday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. "Theology, Cosmology, and Intellectual Rigor: Bach's Musical World View." This lecture, with examples from the keyboard, illustrates how J. S. Bach's staggering imagination and intellect enabled him to weave together all aspects of the musical language he inherited both into a culmination of everything that preceded him and a prophecy of virtually everything that was to follow. His world view emanates from his incandescent faith, while the geography of his tonal landscape ultimately depicts the greatness of God. Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 1 Inside Line: Intro to Die Schöne Müllerin Where: The Hult Center - Soreng Theater 
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6:30 PM Thursday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. This lecture situates Die schöne Müllerin in its historical and musical context. It will explore the story of Wilhelm Müller's poetic cycle, which has its roots in sources as varied as comic opera, folk poetry, and the improvised plays that Müller performed with his circle of friends. And it will consider how Schubert weaves that poetic drama into a musical drama, transforming Müller's words through sound and tone. Stephen Rodgers, UO Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 1 Quasthoff and Kahane: Die Schöne Müllerin Where: The Hult Center - Silva Concert Hall 
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7:30 PM Thursday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Thomas Quasthoff is among the outstanding singers of his generation and one of the most compelling figures in music. Since his American debut at the 1995 Oregon Bach Festival, he has reached the summit of his art, performing in the world's greatest concert halls to virtually unanimous acclaim. In partnership with Jeffrey Kahane for Schubert's lieder of love and longing, Quasthoff proves again his spellbinding ability to move us through song. Create the ultimate art-song experience: order premium seats and celebrate with the artists at an exclusive post-concert champagne reception, $125 per ticket. (Limited availability) Franz Schubert Die schone Mullerin Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone; Jeffrey Kahane, piano Ticket Pricing: $125, $48, $39, $29, $24, $15
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 2 On the House: SFYCA Soloists Where: The Hult Center - The Lobby 
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1:00 PM Friday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. The Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy is the Oregon Bach Festival's innovative program for high school vocalists. Outstanding soloists form the group step forth for this free concert in the Hult Center Lobby. Soloists from the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 2 Discovery Series: B Minor Mass Part 3 Where: Beall Concert Hall - University of Oregon 
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4:30 PM Friday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. For the first time in the Festival's history, the Mass is explored in-depth in our Discovery Series format. Part 3 explores the Credo. Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor Linh Kauffman, soprano; Laura Atkinson, alto; David Kim, bass; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor Ticket Pricing: $15, $12
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 2 Chuang-Levin Duet Where: Beall Concert Hall - University of Oregon 
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7:30 PM Friday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Whether displaying their individual virtuosity or engaging in sensitive musical dialogues, the wife and husband team of Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin have long pleased Festival crowds. Their bow to Schumann's 200th anniversary includes the evocative, vivid Carnaval and the inventive Variations, in its rarely performed original version, with cellos and horn. From Brahms, Schumann's protege and friend, comes the dazzling Sonata to complete the program. Robert Schumann Andante and Variations in B Flat Robert Schumann Carnaval Johannes Brahms Sonata for Two Pianos in F Minor Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin, piano; David Adorjan, Dane Little, cello; Richard Todd, horn Ticket Pricing: $48, $39, $29
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 3 On the House: Cascade Consort  Where: The Hult Center - The Lobby When: 1:00 PM Friday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. "German Masters: A Prelude to Bach" The period instrument trio offers works by Buxtehude, Rosenmüller and Schütz, masters of the early German baroque who paved the way for J.S. Bach. Joanna Blendulf, viola da gamba; Julia Brown, organ; Aaron Cain, baritone Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 3 OBF 40th Anniversary Gala Concert Where: Hult Center - Silva Concert Hall When: 8:00 PM Saturday
Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Celebrate the Festival's first forty years and get a glimpse of its future at this gala anniversary concert featuring great performers from our past alongside a new generation of soloists. You'll hear the best of Bach's choral music; dazzling show turns by Festival principal players; a multimedia history tour; Bobby McFerrin and Thomas Quasthoff jamming together; and the concluding fireworks of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. Afterwards, join us in the Hult Lobby for an open reception with live music. Be among the crowd for a magical night of music and memories. Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for Orchestra in D Major, No. 3 Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Octet for Strings in E-Flat Major Francis Poulenc Sonata for Two Pianos Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonie Concertante Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Ave Maria George Gershwin They Can't Take That Away from Me [arr. Silverman] Jerome Kern "Ol Man River" from Show Boat Ludwig van Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus Ticket Pricing: $59, $45, $35, $29, $15
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 5 Oregon Bach Festival: Bobby McFerrin & the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy  Where: The Hult Center - Silva Hall When: 7:30 PM Monday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. "German Masters: A Prelude to Bach" Singer/conductor Bobby McFerrin thrilled audiences and young singers in his sold-out 1994 and 2001 OBF appearances and his music has garnered millions of views on YouTube. He has broken barriers as well, with Grammy-winning forays into jazz, classical, and world music. The 85-voice Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy opens this concert with an energizing set of classical and contemporary choral works; McFerrin and singers then share the stage for a soulful conclusion that will ignite the youthful spirit in us all.. SFYCA Chorus; OBF Orchestra; Anton Armstrong and Helmuth Rilling, conductors; Bobby McFerrin, guest artist Ticket Pricing: $35, $24, $15; student/youth discounts available
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 6 OBF: Hinkle Lectures: Hinkle Seminar: Bach and the Brain Where: The Hult Center - Soreng Theater 
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12:00 PM Tuesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. What effect does music have on our minds? This fascinating presentation and panel discussion will integrate the topics of music and brain injury rehabilitation with current research in the brain-behavior sciences, including the role of the arts in cognition and brain plasticity. Panelists will include Guy Few, OBF principal trumpet and brain injury survivor, as well as leading researchers in the field from the University of Oregon. The "Bach and the Brain" seminar is coordinated by the Teaching Research Institute (TRI)-Eugene, a division of Western Oregon University, which conducts federally-funded research and training projects in the service of children and adults with traumatic brain injury. TRI-Eugene presents the panel discussion as part of its mission to raise public awareness concerning brain injury. For more information, please visit the following websites: TBI Educator www.tbied.org Brain Injury Association of Oregon www.biaoregon.org BrainLine www.brainline.org Changing Brains www.changingbrains.org Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 6 OBF: InChoir: Elijah Sing Along Where: Beall Concert Hall 
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4:30 PM Tuesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Now free! Stand alongside a member of the OBF's professional chorus and hear what it's like to sing Mendelssohn. All singers are welcome to participate in a rehearsal of Elijah. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Elijah Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 6 OBF: Inside Line: Intro to the Schumanns Where: SOM 163 
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6:30 PM Tuesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Salons were not only a place for conversation and music, they were a site of women's influence. Starting with the famous French salons of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this talk will explore the rise and fall of women's power as told through the history of the salon. Barbara Corrado Pope, UO Professor Emerita of Women's and Gender Studies Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 6 OBF: At Home with the Schumanns Where: Beall Concert Hall 
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7:30 PM Tuesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. They formed one of classical music's great love stories and together, inspired a generation of artists. The fruitful years after Robert Schumann married his great love, Clara, saw an outpouring of lieder, poetic songs for voice and piano. Join us as we recreate a night of vocal and instrumental music-making in their Leipzig salon, the birthplace for some of the most important and influential ideas of music's Romantic era. Photograph: Robert and Clara Schumann. Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY Robert Schumann Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major Robert Schumann Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano Robert Schumann Three Romances for Oboe and Piano Ticket Pricing: $48, $39, $29
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 7 OBF: Organ Interlude: Julia Brown Where: Central Lutheran Church 
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12:00 PM Wednesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. "A Tribute to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" includes works by J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and Robert Schumann. Julia Brown Ticket Pricing: Free Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 7 OBF: Discovery Series: B Minor Mass Part 4 Where: Beall Concert Hall
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4:30 PM Wednesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. For the first time in the Festival's history, the Mass is explored in-depth in our Discovery Series format. Starting with the Sanctus, the four-part study of Bach's great work concludes. Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor Ticket Pricing: $15, $12
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 7 OBF: Bach's Suites Rediscovered Where: Tower Theatre - Bend, OR 
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7:30 PM Wednesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. In the beautiful acoustics of Bend's Tower Theatre, hear Bach's treasured Orchestral Suites in a new way. Monica Huggett's recent CD revealed reconstructed orchestrations and earned a Grammy nomination. She'll lead the Festival premiere of these new versions, which refresh Bach's cherished works with sparkle and vitality. The program includes Gonzalo Ruiz's reconstruction of the Second Suite that features the oboe in place of the more familiar flute. Portland Baroque Orchestra, Monica Huggett, director Ticket Pricing: $35, $24, $15
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> July 7 OBF: Jeffrey Kahane in Recital Where: Beall Concert Hall 
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7:30 PM Wednesday Presented by Oregon Bach Festival. Living the Romantic era's ideals of expression and individuality, Schumann and Chopin were influential figures of the time. Jeffrey Kahane illuminates their artistry and pays tribute to their shared 200th anniversary with a program of lush, complex, deeply emotive, and virtuosic masterpieces. Robert Schumann Waldszenen Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor Frédéric Chopin Etude in E flat minor Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes in E-flat Major, No. 2 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie Frédéric Chopin Mazurka in B-flat Minor, No. 4 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka in C Minor, No. 3 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No.4 in E Major Frédéric Chopin Mazurka no. 3 in C sharp minor Ticket Pricing: $48, $39, $29
Contact Info: Visit Website of Oregon Bach Festival >> New events will be added...so check back soon! |
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