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October 10, 11, and 12, 2008
Command performances to celebrate Monica's 14th season with PBO and our new release of The Four Seasons on CD. PBO's talented trio of cellists--Presthus, Blendulf, and Tompkins--will shine in the double cello concerto and Geminiani's spirited "La Folia." November 21, 22, and 23, 2008
Nicholas McGegan, renowned director of San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque, makes his debut performances with Portland Baroque Orchestra. Canadian countertenor Matthew White returns with his sensitive and thrilling singing, joined by Yulia Van Doren, who enthralled audiences last December in Handel’s Messiah. December 18 and 19, 2008
Hear masterpieces by two giants of the Baroque--Handel and Bach--featuring four international vocal soloists and Portland’s world-class professional choir, Cappella Romana. PBO’s Christmas program pairs the nativity portion of Handel’s Messiah with musical celebrations by J.S. Bach. December 20 and 21, 2008
Experience the drama and intimacy of Handel’s masterpiece oratorio. PBO is now famous for the Pacific Northwest’s only annual performances on period instruments. German harpsichordist Alexander Weimann makes his Portland debut with four international soloists.
February 20 and 21, 2009
PBO welcomes back Paul Goodwin for orchestral music with strings and woodwinds featuring works created and influenced by two of the greatest French composers. Goodwin will trace the stylistic development of 18th-century orchestra writing across continents and Janet See, one of the world’s great virtuosos of baroque and classical era flutes will perform a concerto by Bach’s most famous son. (** This program will also be performed at the University of Oregon on February 22, 2009)
March 20 and March 22, 2009
PBO presents beautiful music from 17th-century Italy (il seicento) when the violin became the soprano voice of instrumental music, alongside the cornetto (the most virtuoso of early brass) and flauto dolce (recorder). The sopranos are joined by a large and dramatic basso continuo group featuring viola da gamba, theorbo, guitar, and the fantastical lirone.
March 21, 2009
For PBO’s second young people’s concert, Monica Huggett will introduce inquisitive minds to dances and songs played for knights and queens in palaces and gardens on ancient instruments over 400 years old. The performance lasts about an hour, and includes works from Italy’s Seicento.
Tickets available August 1st at www.pbo.org. May 8, 9, and 10, 2009
A celebration of PBO’s 25th Anniversary with Monica Huggett and Richard Egarr together on stage for the first time—only in Portland and only with PBO. The concert of music by Mozart includes Monica’s vivacious interpretation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Richard’s dazzling fortepiano work, and his professional debut on timpani (!) for the unique Serenata Notturna.
May 9, 10, and 11, 2008
Monica and PBO soloists thrilled audiences last year with three of J.S. Bach’s masterpiece Brandenburgs. Join us for the completion of the cycle, plus a rarely heard overture by Telemann, the other great master of German High Baroque, scored for the same “big band” forces as the rollicking first Brandenburg Concerto. March 14, 15 and 16, 2008
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director of Rome’s Concerto Italiano, makes his PBO debut with an exploration of the Italian string concerto. One of the new generation of Baroque specialists from Southern Europe, Alessandrini’s extensive discography has restored the rhythm and passion of the Italian language to the music of Italian composers.
This unique program includes works spanning a century and tracing the influence of Corelli and the Italian “symphonic” style across England, France, Austria, and Bohemia.
February 20, 2008, 7:30pm
TWO FOR ONE TICKETS AVAILABLE!
A great way to introduce your friends to Baroque music.
Wilbert Hazelzet, baroque flute
Jaap ter Linden, baroque cello
Jacques Ogg, harpsichord
One performance only
Wednesday, February 20, 7:30 pm
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
Works by Couperin, Leclair, and J.S. Bach,
and the solo Cello Suite no. 3 performed by
Jaap ter Linden, renowned baroque cellist.
Click here to play samples of the Bach cello suites (click on the [>] buttons
February 19, 2008
Masterclass with the HLO Baroque Trio, Tuesday, February 19, 7pm, Eliot Hall Chapel at Reed College.
No tickets necessary. February 15, 16, and 17, 2008
Some of Bach�s most beautiful music appears in his hundreds of sacred cantatas. Monica builds the program around the virtuoso violin concerto in D minor, whose music also appears in Cantata 146. Four vocalists, one on a part, and a small string ensemble will perform intimate cantatas featuring solo violin and oboe, much as they were first performed in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where Bach was director of music for nearly 30 years. December 22 (sold out) and 23 (sold out), 2007
Monica Huggett brings her decades of experience with Handel's masterpiece back to Portland for the first time in ten years. Following her triumphant success last season with Handel's Messiah in Dublin (the city of its premiere), Monica will lead PBO, Cappella Romana, and an exciting new roster of soloists in a rousing performance of the complete oratorio, about three hours in length.
PBO's Messiah sold out early in 2006 -- act now and reserve the best seats for this Portland holiday tradition!
December 20 and 21, 2007
PBO brings a new holiday program to the historic First Baptist Church with the complete Christmas portion (part one) of Messiah by Handel. You will also hear the Locatelli Concerto for Christmas and vocal works for the season from 17th- and 18th-century Russia by specialists in the field, Cappella Romana.
This program lasts about two hours. November 17, 2007
Share your passion for PBO with the next generation by bringing the children you love to a one-hour program created just for them. This young people’s concert will feature Mozart’s First Symphony (written when he was just 9 years old!) and other short works. Child-at-heart Richard Egarr will bring the music to life for kids of all ages. November 16, 17, and 18, 2007
Portland has known and loved Richard Egarr for years, and now, the newly appointed director of England’s Academy of Ancient Music returns to PBO for his first fortepiano performances with us. Hear symphonies and a fortepiano concerto by the two Classical masters Mozart and Haydn, and one of the great chamber works for fortepiano and winds, Mozart’s K. 452. Monday, November 12, 2007, 7pm
Come hear young Portland pianists Stephanie Kai, Eloise Kim, and Rosa Li perform music by Mozart and Beethoven. Master teacher Richard Egarr coaches these young talents on period performance techniques. No reservations or tickets required; space is limited and doors open at 6:45pm.
Made possible in part by the Oregon Cultural Trust and the PBO Expanded Repertoire Fund, with grants from the Collins Foundation and Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust.
This event is free to the public. October 19, 20, and 21, 2007
Monica never ceases to astound with her performances of Vivaldi – be it one of the Four Seasons or an unknown masterpiece. Always ready for new challenges, Monica debuts solo violin concertos from one of Vivaldi’s last published volumes (1729-30). You’ll also see PBO violinists take center stage playing double concertos from Vivaldi’s rich Opus 3 (1711).
Monica and Vivaldi: pure delight. |
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