Tag: Portland Baroque Orchestra

  • Cappella Romana Joins PBO for Handel’s Messiah

    Cappella Romana Joins PBO for Handel’s Messiah

    December 7-10, 2018, Cappella Romana joins Portland Baroque Orchestra in Portland’s only annual production of Handel’s Messiah on period instruments. The performance will feature guest-director and harpsichordist Desmond Earley, soprano Miriam Allan, mezzo-soprano Laura Beckel Thoreson, tenor Nils Neubert, and bass-baritone William Gaunt. Learn more at PBO.org

  • The Messiah in Willamette Week

    The Messiah in Willamette Week

    Willamette Week calls our performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra the “True Messiah” for Portlanders this Christmas 2015: “…if you want the true messianic experience that’s closest to what the composer intended and its first audiences actually heard, you’ll go for Portland Baroque Orchestra’s annual complete version, performed on replicas of instruments…

  • Stream our Messiah Performance on AllClassical FM

    Stream our Messiah Performance on AllClassical FM

    Courtesy of Portland’s AllClassical FM, you can listen to our performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra from now through January 6, 2015! Visit www.allclassical.org today! Audio Courtesy of All Classical: http://player.allclassical.org/ondemand/other/messiah-pbo-2014.mp3

  • Venetian Baroque in March!

    Venetian Baroque in March!

    Venetian Baroque: Galuppi + Vivaldi + Bortniansky CAPPELLA ROMANA, PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA at the PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, conducted by Mark Bailey. Grand scale and rarely heard sacred choral works by Baldassare Galuppi, who was Maestro di Cappella at San Marco in Venice as well as at Catherine the Great’s Imperial Chapel in St. Petersburg. Includes…

  • Artslandia Sings Praises for The Messiah Performances with Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Artslandia Sings Praises for The Messiah Performances with Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Artslandia has a new review from last weekend’s Messiah concerts with Portland Baroque Orchestra: “PBOs partnership with Cappella Romana is now in its seventh year and the professional chorus of 24 singers makes all the difference. The familiar choruses were accurate and compelling, bringing out the brightness and optimism of the Old Testament prophecies and…

  • Cappella Romana rehearses The Messiah

    Handel’s Messiah — This WEEKEND! Tickets are STILL AVAILABLE! Watch a bit of our rehearsal below: Post by Cappella Romana. Buy Your Tickets NOW!

  • Save on Messiah Tickets with the PBO!

    Save on Messiah Tickets with the PBO!

    Save 15% on Messiah Tickets Today! Handel’s Messiah Cappella Romana and Portland Baroque Orchestra Some Sections Nearly Sold Out, So Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late! Use the coupon code “CAPPELLA” and receive 15% Off Sections A or B! Buy Now! Hear Julian Wachner from New York direct this year’s performances of Handel’s Messiah with…

  • Cappella Romana Presents The Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Cappella Romana Presents The Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Cappella Romana Joins With the Portland Baroque Orchestra to present Handel’s Messiah Handel’s greatest oratorio, continuously performed in the world every year since its composition. An added Monday evening performance, lasting about two hours, features highlights from the complete oratorio. The Portland Baroque Orchestra with: Monica Huggett, directorCappella Romana, chorusKathryn Mueller, sopranoOwen Willetts, altoCharles Brady,…

  • Choral Glory Rehearsals

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  • A Look at Choral Glory From the Notes

    Next Friday will feature Cappella Romana with the Portland Baroque Orchestra in “Choral Glory.” Take a look through Terry Ross’ concert notes as a preview of what’s coming in this concert! This concert features the three Baroque composers most popular with audiences today — Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi — and further offers choral works by…

  • Good Seats Still Available for Choral Glory

    Good Seats Still Available for Choral Glory

    Good Seats are still available for Cappella Romana’s concert “Choral Glory” with the Portland Baroque Orchestra! PBO and Cappella Romana join forces again under the direction of Monica Huggett with masterpieces for orchestra and voices by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Don’t miss out on this glorious season opening. Get your tickets today! Choral Glory was…

  • Choral Glory Featured in Portland Monthly

    Choral Glory Featured in Portland Monthly

    Upcoming Cappella Romana concert with the Portland Baroque Orchestra gets a wonderful feature in Portland Monthly, and highlights conductor Monica Huggett and Catherine van der Salm. “There was a moment during soprano Catherine van der Salm’s early 2011 performance of Bach’s The St. John Passion that was so beautiful, she started to choke up. The…