{"id":4966,"date":"2010-07-07T15:47:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T22:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:25:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:25:51","slug":"elijah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/07\/elijah\/","title":{"rendered":"50 % off elijah in portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for a way to keep cool and hear some great music this evening, head on down to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to see the Oregon Bach Festival presenting Mendelssohn’s Elijah tonight at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 Highlights? The phenomenal OBF chorus, and two exceptional singers: baritone Thomas Quasthoff<\/a>, and alto Roxanna Constantinescu<\/a>.\u00a0 And, of course, the great OBF orchestra, under the able direction of artistic director Helmut Rilling.\u00a0 Oh, and get 50% off tickets for the Portland performance – order here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for a way to keep cool and hear some great music this evening, head on down to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to see the Oregon Bach Festival presenting Mendelssohn’s Elijah tonight at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 Highlights? The phenomenal OBF chorus, and two exceptional singers: baritone Thomas Quasthoff, and alto Roxanna Constantinescu.\u00a0 And, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[361,3666,2337],"class_list":["post-4966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-mendelssohn","tag-oregon","tag-oregon-bach-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sa8kC-elijah","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7734,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/08\/another-july-another-bach-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":4966,"position":0},"title":"another july, another bach festival","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night marked the end of this year's Oregon Bach Festival for me, with a remarkable performance of Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time, under the direction of the OBF's artistic director designate Matthew Halls. 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