Oregon Bach Festival | Holst: The Planets – An HD Odyssey
$25-$65 ($5-$25 choose-what-you-pay option, $5 youth/college student with ID)
- University of Oregon Chamber Choir
- Alevtina Ioffe, conductor
A spectacular adventure through the cosmos! Projected in HD on a giant screen over the stage, the latest images from modern space—produced in cooperation with NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, and filmmaker Duncan Copp—provide a stunning visual canvas as the OBF orchestra performs Holst's glorious musical score. The jolting rhythms, grand tunes, and eerie atmospheres have been the inspiration for sci-fi and adventure films since the late 1910s. The concert also includes Stravinsky's beloved Symphony of Psalms.
Conductor Alevtina Ioffe offers a pre-concert lecture to enhance your listening experience. 1:30pm at The Studio at The Hult Center. More information: https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/lets_talk_the_planets
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 Alevtina Ioffe, conductor
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts
1 Eugene CenterEugene, OR 97401
United States