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December 20 and 21, 2008
Alexander Weimann, director and keyboard*
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano*
Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano*
Pascal Charbonneau, tenor*
Tyler Duncan, baritone*
Cappella Romana, chorus;
Alexander Lingas, artistic director
*PBO debut
Handel's Messiah, the complete oratorio
Click here for the shorter, 2-hour program "Christmas with Messiah and JS Bach", featuring Bach motet Singet dem Herrn and Cantata 51 for soprano and trumpet.
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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.
Messiah sold out early in 2006 and 2007. Buy your tickets with a subscription now and be guaranteed the best seats in the house. Tickets go on sale August 1st to the general public.
This program is about three hours.
About the Guest Director
Alexander Weimann
In recent years Alexander Weimann has established a reputation as one of the leading harpsichordists and ensemble leaders of his generation. He has performed throughout Europe, Canada and the United States, and has appeared at prominent festivals and concerts in Berkeley, Boston, Tanglewood, Washington, Montreal, London, Paris, Madrid, Göttingen, Halle, Karlsruhe, Ludwigsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Vienna, Utrecht, etc. He is a regular member of Tragicomedia and also appears as frequent guest artist with Cantus Cölln, Ensemble 415, Freiburger Orchestra, and Tafelmusik, among others.
Mr. Weimann was born in Munich, Germany, where he studied musicology, theatre, theory, medieval Latin, organ, church music, and jazz piano from 1985 to 1990. In 1997, his group Le Nuove Musiche won first prize in the early music competition Concorso Premio Bonporti in Rovereto, Italy. From 1990 to 1995, he taught music theory at Münchner Musikhochschule, and since 1998, he has given classes in harpsichord, chamber music and performance practice at the Lunds University in Malmø, Sweden, the Hochschule für Musik in Bremen, Germany, and also at several American festivals and universities, including Berkeley, Boston, and Dartmouth. Mr. Weimann currently lives in Berlin and Montreal. |
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