Oregon Bach Festival


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While the Olympic hopefuls at the Eugene 08 track and field trials will be striving for excellence, the 2008 Oregon Bach Festival will be raising a few bars of its own.
The Oregon Bach Festival plans a gala tribute to a music-loving track icon, virtuoso performances, a concert in Portland and a canon of Bach masterpieces.

Artistic Director Helmuth Rilling returns to conduct Bach's St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Magnificat and two performances of the Mass in B Minor, the first of which opens the 2008 Festival June 27 in Portland's Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Guest artists set to appear in the 17-day run include: humorist-author Garrison Keillor; violin virtuoso Sarah Chang and conductor Nicholas McGegan (San Francisco-based Baroque specialist) performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons; a Festival residency (and nod to the 2008 Beijing Olympics) with the Shanghai String Quartet; and an encore by piano wunderkinds The 5 Browns.

Unless noted, concerts take place at the Hult Center.

June 27
7:30pm | B Minor Mass | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall [Portland]

June 28
7:30pm | B Minor Mass

June 29
4pm | Levin-Chuang Piano Duo | Shedd Institute

June 30
7:30pm | Garrison Keillor

July 1
4:30pm | Bach Concertos
7:30pm | Bowerman: Man of Oregon

July 2
4:30pm | St. John Passion 1

7:30pm | The 5 Browns

July 3
4:30pm | St. John Passion 2
7:30pm | Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy | First Baptist Church

July 5
11am | Green Eggs + Ham
7:30 pm | Mendelssohn Octet

July 6
4pm | Magnificat + Holy Mass

July 7
4:30pm | St. John Passion 3
7:30pm | China to America

July 8
4:30pm | Orchestral Suite No. 2
7:30 pm | Francaix, Poulenc and Ravel

July 9
4:30pm | St. John Passion 4
7:30pm | Schubertiade

July 10
7:30pm | The Four Seasons

July 11
7:30pm | Organ Recital | Central Lutheran Church

July 12
11am | Pippi Longstocking

July 13
3pm | St. Matthew Passion
Jun 27th - Jul 13th
Hult Center | Eugene
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