Near the end of his life, Johann Sebastian Bach refined and assembled 25 years of his most important musical ideas into one great statement: the B Minor Mass. A summation of his mastery and a testament to his devout faith, the Mass became a milestone of Western culture. Helmuth Rilling, OBF artistic director and one of the work's most astute interpreters, leads the Festival Chorus and Orchestra in our first concert in Portland since 1981.

Bach: Mass in B Minor
Sibylla Rubens, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Christopher Cock, tenor; Lothar Odinius, tenor; Michael Nagy, bass; OBF Chorus and Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, conductor