ChamberMusic@Beall: Salzburg Chamber Soloists with Karine Polverelli

A small orchestra that plays with the emotional power of soloists, the Salzburg is a rare and wonderful performance treat, here offering… more »

ChamberMusic@Beall: Ebene Quartet

BBC New Generation artists and supported by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, the Ebénes are technically accomplished and musically engaging… more »

Mendelssohn and Joshua Bell—Eugene

Acclaimed as “the most celebrated American-born violinist of the modern era” (Elle Magazine) and “one of the 50 most beautiful people… more »
Joshua Bell, violin; OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor

Mendelssohn and Joshua Bell—Portland

Acclaimed as “the most celebrated American-born violinist of the modern era” (Elle Magazine) and “one of the 50 most beautiful people… more »
Joshua Bell, violin; OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor

The Goldbergs on Strings—Astoria

Bach proved his creative prowess in this set of thirty inventive and increasingly complex variations upon a simple aria, encompassing a… more »
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, director

The Goldbergs on Strings—Corvallis

Bach proved his creative prowess in this set of thirty inventive and increasingly complex variations upon a simple aria, encompassing a… more »
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, director

Pink Martini with Storm Large

Follow the final events of the Olympic Track and Field Trials with a party under the stars as Portland's favorite pop orchestra lights up… more »

The Goldbergs on Strings—Eugene

Bach proved his creative prowess in this set of thirty inventive and increasingly complex variations upon a simple aria, encompassing a… more »
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, director

Discovery Series: St. Matthew Passion Part 1

With its meld of music and meaning, the Discovery Series has long been considered the heartbeat of the Festival. In his penultimate season… more »
OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

Nadina and Guy

Celebrated internationally as soloists, chamber musicians, and recitalists, these two musicians combine forces to blend their ideas in a… more »
Guy Few, trumpet; Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

The Goldbergs on Strings—Lincoln City

Bach proved his creative prowess in this set of thirty inventive and increasingly complex variations upon a simple aria, encompassing a… more »
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, director

Discovery Series: St. Matthew Passion Part 2

With its meld of music and meaning, the Discovery Series has long been considered the heartbeat of the Festival. In his penultimate season… more »
OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Oregon Festival Choirs; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

A Child of our Time—Portland

Bach freely borrowed from the finest movements of his cantatas to create the Lutheran Masses. The G Major, with its lovely meditative fugues… more »
Tamara Wilson, soprano; OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Matthew Halls, conductor

John Scott: Bach organ recital—Eugene

John Scott, music director of New York's St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and in the top rank of the world's organists, offers a window into… more »
John Scott, organist

OBF Kids: Buzz and Crow

Join bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson and trumpeter Guy Few and their musical alter egos Buzz and Crow for a fantasy romp through delightful… more »
Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon; Guy Few, trumpet

A Child of our Time—Eugene

Bach freely borrowed from the finest movements of his cantatas to create the Lutheran Masses. The G Major, with its lovely meditative fugues… more »
Tamara Wilson, soprano; OBF vocal soloists; SFYCA; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Matthew Halls, conductor

SFYCA 15th Anniversary

Drawn from across the country, the academy's 85 singers display their energy and considerable talent in a program that celebrates the… more »
Tamara Wilson, soprano; SFYCA; OBF Orchestra; Anton Armstrong, Helmuth Rilling, conductors

John Scott: Bach organ recital—Portland

John Scott, music director of New Yorks St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and in the top rank of the worlds organists, offers a window into… more »
John Scott, organist

Matthew Halls: Bach keyboard concerti

Before establishing himself as one of todays leading young conductors Matthew Halls had a sterling reputation as a keyboard player, working… more »
Matthew Halls, harpsichord; OBF chamber players

Discovery Series: St. Matthew Passion Part 3

With its meld of music and meaning, the Discovery Series has long been considered the heartbeat of the Festival. In his penultimate season… more »
OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

Debussy Soiree

Imagine yourself in a Paris salon at the turn of the century for a night of impressionist music penned by the influential and inimitable… more »
Tamara Wilson, soprano; Anita Krause, alto; Tom Randle, tenor

Helmuth Rilling: Bach Motets and concerti

For the Festival's first decade, Beall Concert Hall was its principal venue, hosting small group concerts as well as large-scale choral… more »
Gabriel Adorjan, violin; Allan Vogel, oboe; Boris Kleiner, harpsichord; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor

Tango Harmonica—Portland

An Oregon-born harmonica virtuoso who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo,… more »
Joe Powers and friends

Discovery Series: St. Matthew Passion Part 4

With its meld of music and meaning, the Discovery Series has long been considered the heartbeat of the Festival. In his penultimate season… more »
OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

The 5 Browns

The first family of five siblings ever to simultaneously attend the Juilliard School, the 5 Browns radiate youthful exuberance yet perform… more »
Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody, and Ryan Brown, piano

Tango Harmonica—Bend

An Oregon-born harmonica virtuoso who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo,… more »
Joe Powers and friends

Tango Harmonica—Eugene

An Oregon-born harmonica virtuoso who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo,… more »
Joe Powers and friends

Angela Hewitt in recital: The Goldberg Variations

A phenomenal pianist whose eleven-year project to record all the major keyboard works of Bach has been described as “one of the record… more »
Angela Hewitt, piano

Tango Harmonica—Ashland

An Oregon-born harmonica virtuoso who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo,… more »
Joe Powers and friends

St. Matthew Passion

As the members of Bach's congregation filed into the pews of the St. Thomas church on Good Friday 1727, little could they imagine that the… more »
OBF vocal soloists; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; Oregon Festival Choirs, OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor