Oregon Bach Festival | Discovery: Music of the Dresden Court

Oregon Bach Festival, University of Oregon Chamber Choir, and Berwick Academy Orchestra

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon School of Music, Eugene, OR, United States

$25-$45 ($5 youth/college student with ID)

John Butt, conductor

Johann Georg Pisendel — Sonata for Orchestra in C minor, J.III.2b
Jan Dismas Zelenka — Miserere in C minor, ZWV 57
Georg Philipp Telemann — Conclusion in E minor, TWV 50:5 (from Tafelmusik)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191

The legendary John Butt returns to OBF with a spin on the iconic Festival Discovery Series. The Bach historian and recording artist breaks down and examines works heard in the Dresden court during the first half of the 18th Century, including pieces from Johann Georg Pisendel, Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, and the prolific Georg Philipp Telemann. The evening also features Bach's BWV 191—the only church cantata Bach wrote in Latin.