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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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