Oregon Bach Festival | Silver Celebrations
$20-$60 ($5 full time college student/ages 18 & under)
- Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy
- Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
- University of Oregon Chamber Choir
- Pacific Youth Choir
- Oregon Bach Festival Modern Orchestra
- Erica Petrocelli, soprano
- Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano
- Daryl Freedman, alto
- Charles Reid, tenor
- Jongwon Han, bass
- Anton Armstrong, conductor
- Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, conductor
Ralph Johnson — This House of Peace
Johann Sebastian Bach — Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben ("Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"), BWV 147 (selections)
George Frideric Handel — Samson, HWV 57 (selections)
René Clausen — Home
André J. Thomas — Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy ("Gloria")
Krzysztof Penderecki — Credo
An afternoon of 25th anniversary celebrations begin with the combined forces of the Stangeland Youth Choral Academy and two decades of the program’s alumni. Several pieces, including a Bach cantata and movements from Handel’s Samson, showcase the work of America’s best high school choral singers. An OBF commission and winner of the Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, Krzysztof Penderecki’s Credo is a masterclass in powerful, vivid voices. Anna Sułkowska-Migoń brings her “energetic charm” (Le Monde) and personal relationship with the Credo to this 25th anniversary performance.
About Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
When Royce Saltzman and Helmuth Rilling founded the "Summer Festival of Music" in 1971, one of their first programming choices was Bach's St. John Passion. Knowing they'd need a chorus, Saltzman and Rilling set out to find the most talented voices in the community. Over the course of five decades, the Festival Chorus grew and evolved into the pinnacle of choral music performance. In 2001, Rilling and the OBF Chorus received the Grammy Award for their recording of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo—a piece of epic size and sound that will hold its 25th anniversary celebratory performance during the 2023 Festival. The current chorus, led by Kathy Saltzman Romey, ranges from 15 to 54 musicians and features top-tier vocalists from prominent choruses and all four corners of the country.
https://oregonbachfestival.org/chorus-orchestra/About Erica Petrocelli, soprano
About Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano
About Daryl Freedman, alto
About Anton Armstrong, conductor
About Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, conductor
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts
1 Eugene CenterEugene, OR 97401
United States