Thomas Quasthoff, Tamara Wilson Headline Oregon Bach Festival’s Radio Showcase
By David SalazarThe Oregon Bach Festival has announced a radio festival set to take place between June 26-July 10, 2020.
The event will be broadcast live on KWAX-FM with Peter van de Graaff hosting.
The showcase will feature a number of historical recordings with such renowned artists as Thomas Quasthoff (who will be featured in five recordings throughout the festival) and Tamara Wilson, among many others.
Here is a full rundown of the slate.
June 26 – J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2000 recording)
June 29 – Mozart: Mass In C minor (1979), J. S. Bach: Cantata 202 (1979), Handel: The Messiah (1997)
June 30 – Verdi: Messa da requiem (2014), C. P. E. Bach: Selections from Magnificat (2014), Ralph M. Johnson: This House of Peace (2008, OBF Commission)
July 1 – Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (2014), J. S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 (2013)
July 2 – Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream (1993), Schubert: Mass in A-flat Major (1996)
July 3 – J. S. Bach: St. John Passion with James Taylor and Thomas Quasthoff (1995)
July 6 – J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (1994), Concerto in C Major for Two Harpsichords (1999)
July 7 – J. S. Bach: Magnificat (2016), Macmillan: A European Requiem (world premiere 2016) and Alleluia, Beethoven: Choral Fantasy in C minor
July 8 – Baritone Thomas Quasthoff: Recital (1998), Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major featuring Jeffery Kahane, piano and conductor
July 9 – Three World Premieres. Penderecki: Credo, Danielpour: Selections from The Passion of Yeshua , Sven-David Sandström: Selections from Messiah
July 10 – J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor (2016, period instruments)
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