Oregon Bach Festival | Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
$20-$60 ($5 full time college student/ages 18 & under)
- Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
- University of Oregon Chamber Choir
- Oregon Bach Festival Modern Orchestra
- Angela Hewitt, piano
- Susanna Phillips, soprano
- Jarrett Ott, baritone
- Gemma New, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach / Edward Elgar — Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto in G major (Angela Hewitt, piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony"
Based on the mystical Leaves of Grass poem from Walt Whitman, "A Sea Symphony" is often considered the work that put Ralph Vaughan Williams on the map and established him as one of the most influential figures in English music. Set sail with the "insightful and powerful" (Earrelevant) conductor Gemma New for dramatic fanfare – mourning those lost to the ocean, reveling in jaunty shanties, and marveling at the fearsome power of the sea. "Top-selling artist and one of the busiest pianists on earth," (The London Evening Standard) Angela Hewitt joins the program for the Ravel Piano Concerto in G.
Running time: 2 hours with one intermission.
Join OBF for a pre-concert lecture to enhance your listening experience about "Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony," moderated by Peter Van de Graaff! 1:45pm in The Studio at The Hult Center. More information: https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/lets_talk_vaughan_williams_a_sea_symphony
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 Angela Hewitt, piano
About Susanna Phillips, soprano
About Jarrett Ott, baritone
About Gemma New, conductor
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts
1 Eugene CenterEugene, OR 97401
United States