Having skipped the Oregon Bach Festival, his "American home," last summer,
Thomas Quasthoff has now scheduled singing the title role of "Elijah,"
two lieder recitals and a jazz-pop concert next year in Eugene.

The 17-day festival, beginning June 25, will mark Helmuth Rilling's
35th anniversary as music director and chief conductor.  On the festival
program: St. Matthew Passion, Mass in B Minor, the Mozart Requiem and
Mendelssohn's Psalm 42, with the participation of the Gachinger Kantorei
and the Moran Children's Choir of Israel.

Krzysztof Penderecki will conduct Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 and his
own Flute Concerto, with soloist Lorna McGhee.  A Composers Symposium
will host 40 emerging composers in workshops and concerts of premieres.

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