Opening Gala Fundraiser: "Light the Torch!"

Join artists from around the world to celebrate the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Festival - and help OBF ignite the passions of students,… more »

Live from KLCC: Tango Harmonica

Joe Powers and friends perform in a live broadcast from KLCC's SELCO Performance Hall, a preview of the group's July 11-14 Festival tour of… more »
Joe Powers, harmonica; John Mery, guitar; Bernardo Gomez, bass

Inside Line: Music of Mendelssohn

Linda Hathaway Bunza illustrates the musical high points and stories behind Mendelssohn's influential works to be heard in the opening night… more »
Linda Hathaway Bunza

Opening Ceremonies

The Festival begins with a vocal salute by the 200 singers of the Pacific International Children's Choir, featuring choirs from across the… more »
Green Bay Boy Choir (Wisconsin), Nanaimo Youth Choir (British Columbia), Northwest Girlchoir (Washington), Oregon Festival Choirs (Oregon), Pacific Boychoir Academy (California), Pacific Youth Choir (Oregon), Rainier Youth Choirs (Washington), Rapid City Children's Chorus (South Dakota), San Diego Children's Chorus (California), The St. John's Boys' Choir (Minnesota), Youth Choir Merituuli (Finland)

Joshua Bell plays Mendelssohn—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; Sophie Harmsen alto; Dominik Wortig, tenor; Markus Eiche, bass; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor

On the House: PICCFEST Guest Choirs

Singers from the Youth Choir Merituuli of Kantvik, Finland, and the St. John's Boys' Choir of Collegeville, Minnesota perform. Youth Choir… more »
Youth Choir Merituuli, St. John's Boys' Choir

Joshua Bell plays Mendelssohn—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; Sophie Harmsen alto; Dominik Wortig, tenor; Markus Eiche, bass; 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

OBF Cinema: We Grew Wings

World Premiere. We Grew Wings looks into the lives of top women track athletes from two different eras, 1985 and 2011-12, asking how… more »

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

PICCFEST Gala

Annual gala concert of the 200-voice Pacific International Children's Choir Festival, featuring choirs from across the U.S. and Finland led… more »
Green Bay Boy Choir (Wisconsin); Northwest Girlchoir (Washington); Pacific Youth Choir (Oregon); Rainier Youth Choirs (Washington); Rapid City Childrens Chorus (South Dakota); San Diego Childrens Chorus (California); The St. Johns Boys Choir (Minnesota); Youth Choir Merituuli (Finland); Bob Chilcott, guest director; Peter Robb, artistic director

Pink Martini with Storm Large

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

Organ Interlude: ElRay Stewart-Cook

The music director of Eugene's Central Lutheran Church offers a free concert performed on the church's Brombaugh organ.
ElRay Stewart-Cook

SFYCA at RiverBend

Nearly 100 singers strong, the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy presents a free public concert in the beautiful lobby of the Sacred… more »
Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy; Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Anton Armstrong, conductor

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

Let's Talk: Meet Matthew Halls

This visit with the Oregon Bach Festival's artistic director designate will shed light on his experiences with his own early music group the… more »

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 »
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, alto; Dominik Wortig, tenor; Tyler Duncan, bass; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

Guy and Nadina: Carnets de Voyage

Modern day traveling musicians Guy Few and Nadina Mackie Jackson have been touring since they were teenagers, performing across Canada and… more »
Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon; Guy Few, corno da caccia, piano, trumpet

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

Let's Talk: Meet John Scott

Organist John Scott, who made his Royal Albert Hall debut as the youngest organist to appear in the BBC Proms concert series, will discuss… more »

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 »
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, alto; Dominik Wortig, Dann Coakwell, tenor; Tyler Duncan, Markus Eiche, bass; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Oregon Festival Choirs; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

Ya-Fei Chuang in Recital

Preludes, etudes, and astounding piano pyrotechnics are the recurrent themes of this evening's concert by Ya-Fei Chuang, who will leave you… more »
Ya-Fei Chuang, piano

On the House: SFYCA soloists

Individual high school-age singers of the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy audition for the opportunity to step out as soloists and… more »

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

A Child of our Time—Portland

Compelled by the needless suffering he witnessed in World War II, British composer Michael Tippett created the modern choral masterwork A… more »
Tamara Wilson, Hanna Elisabeth Müller, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, Anita Krause, alto; Tom Randle, Dominik Wortig, tenor; Tyler Duncan, Markus Eiche, bass; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Matthew Halls, conductor

OBF Kids: Buzz and Crow

A show for the young and young at heart, Buzz and Crow is a wordless act of theatre revealing a unique friendship between two archetypal… more »

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Inside Line: Intro to A Child of our Time

Linda Hathaway Bunza offers insights into the social and cultural forces that shaped Michael Tippett's A Child of our Time, a reaction to… more »
Linda Hathaway Bunza

A Child of our Time—Eugene

Compelled by the needless suffering he witnessed in World War II, British composer Michael Tippett created the modern choral masterwork A… more »
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, Tamara Wilson, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, Anita Krause, alto; Tom Randle, Dominik Wortig, tenor; Tyler Duncan, Markus Eiche, bass; SFYCA; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Matthew Halls, conductor

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

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 »
Sonja Tengblad, Tamara Wilson, soprano; Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy; OBF Orchestra; Anton Armstrong, Helmuth Rilling, conductors

Let's Talk: Meet Anton Armstrong

Anton Armstrong is conductor of the Oregon Bach Festival's Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy, which celebrates its fifteenth… more »

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Matthew Halls: Bach Keyboard Concerti

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

John Scott: Bach Organ Recital—Portland

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

On the House: Boeckman/Linsenberg Recorder Duo

Recorder specialists perform “Virtuosic Recorder Duos throughout the Ages,” with works from the Middle Ages to today by composers such… more »
Vicki Boeckman, Judith Linsenberg

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

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 »
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, alto; Dominik Wortig, tenor; Tyler Duncan, bass; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, lecturer-conductor

Inside Line: Intro to Debussy Soiree

Stephen Rodgers of the UO music school details the life and vocal works of Claude Debussy, a prelude to the concert that celebrates the… more »
Stephen Rodgers

Debussy Soiree

Imagine yourself in a Paris salon at the turn of the century for a night of impressionist music penned by Claude Debussy, whose unmistakable… more »
Tamara Wilson, soprano; Anita Krause, alto; Tom Randle, tenor; Ya-Fei Chuang, David Riley, piano

Let's Talk: Meet The 5 Browns

The piano-playing siblings are delivering on their dream to wake up classical music by introducing it to the widest, largest and most… more »

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Inside Line: Intro to Motets & Concerti

Baroque specialist Marc Vanscheeuwijck of the UO music school gives a guided tour of the Bach works to be heard in the evening's Beall Hall… more »
Marc Vanscheeuwijck

Tango Harmonica—Portland

An Oregon native who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo, Paris, London,… more »
Joe Powers Tango Quintet: Joe Powers, harmonica; Guillermo Garcia, guitar; Bernardo Gomez, bass; Jesse Brooke, percussion; and Octavio Brunetti, piano; Alex Krebs, Miwa Elle, dancers

Helmuth Rilling: Bach Motets and Concerti

For the Festival's first decade, Beall Concert Hall hosted small group concerts as well as large-scale choral works. This concert honors… more »
Gabriel Adorjan, violin; Allan Vogel, oboe; Boris Kleiner, harpsichord; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor

On the House: Young Chamber Players

A variety of young teen soloists and ensembles from Corvallis and Eugene area music organizations offer this classical concert.

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

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 »
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, alto; Dominik Wortig, Dann Coakwell, tenor; Tyler Duncan, Markus Eiche, bass; 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 all attend the Juilliard School, the 5 Browns radiate youthful exuberance yet perform on their… more »
Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody, and Ryan Brown, piano

Tango Harmonica—Bend

An Oregon native who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo, Paris, London,… more »
Joe Powers Tango Quintet: Joe Powers, harmonica; Guillermo Garcia, guitar; Bernardo Gomez, bass; Jesse Brooke, percussion; and Octavio Brunetti, piano; Joe Cope, Hayley Bright; Momo Smitt, Miwa Elle, dancers

Organ Interlude: The Hamburg Tradition and Organ Music of Northern Germany

Hamburg was a financial and cultural center in the seventeenth century, attracting some of the finest poets, artists and musicians of the… more »
Julia Brown, organ

OBF Cinema: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

The famously eccentric pianist (played by Colm Feore) is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait with a form inspired by J. S.… more »

OBF Cinema: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Rare footage, photographs, and excerpts from Gould's private home recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with his most intimate… more »

Tango Harmonica—Eugene

An Oregon native who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo, Paris, London,… more »
Joe Powers Tango Quintet: Joe Powers, harmonica; Guillermo Garcia, guitar; Bernardo Gomez, bass; Jesse Brooke, percussion; and Octavio Brunetti, piano; Momo Smitt, Miwa Elle, dancers

OBF Kids: Peter and the Wolf

Dance Theater of Oregon performs its visual interpretation of Prokofiev's classic children's symphony with its story of a fearless boy, a… more »
Dance Theater of Oregon

Hinkle Seminar: The Goldberg Variations

This panel discussion aims to uncover intriguing perspectives from three artists with deep personal experience of the great Bach keyboard… more »
Matthew Halls, Angela Hewitt, Tim Smith

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 native who was trained in tango-crazy Buenos Aires, and who has performed in such wide-ranging locales as Tokyo, Paris, London,… more »
Joe Powers Tango Quintet: Joe Powers, harmonica; Guillermo Garcia, guitar; Bernardo Gomez, bass; Jesse Brooke, percussion; and Octavio Brunetti, piano; Momo Smitt, Miwa Elle; Roy Wright, Julia Rezek, dancers

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 »
Hanna Elisabeth Müller, soprano; Sophie Harmsen, alto; Dominik Wortig, Dann Coakwell, tenor; Tyler Duncan, Markus Eiche, bass; Berwick Chorus of the OBF; Oregon Festival Choirs, OBF Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor