July 9

Let's Talk: Nicholas McGegan

Meet the globe-trotting artistic director of San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque, leader of the July 10 OBF orchestra concert that features The Four Seasons.

Hinkle Seminar: St John Passion

In “An Exploration of Contexts" Steven Shankman (UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace at the University of Oregon) leads a panel of scholars and academic leaders in a broad consideration of the texts of Bach's St. John Passion from Judaic, religious, historical, and musical perspectives.
Professor Steven Shankman; Associate Professors Daniel Falk, Lori Kruckenberg, David Luebke of the University of Oregon.

Discovery Series: St. John Passion 4

The concluding drama of the Passion story is revealed in the final exploration of Bach's choral-orchestral work.
Sibylla Rubens, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Lothar Odinius, tenor; Michael Nagy, Florian Schmitt-Bohn, bass; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; master class conductors; Helmuth Rilling, conductor

Inside Line: Stephen Rodgers

An overview of Schubert and the culture of Viennese salons.
Stephen Rodgers

Schubertiade

It's a Viennese soiree on the stage of Soreng as the quartet and a stellar cast present an all-Schubert chamber-fest of songs and instrumental works, including the Quartettsatz, the Fantasy in F minor for piano duo, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Auf dem Strom, and Erlkönig.
The Shanghai Quartet, OBF Soloists, and Schubert Singers of the OBF Men's Chorus