Portland Symphony Orchestra – From Bach to Bruckner

The Portland Symphony Orchestra explores the organ’s influence on orchestral music in From Bach to Bruckner. Principal oboist Amanda Hardy performs Bach’s Oboe Concerto in D Minor, and organist James Kennerley takes on Rachel Laurin’s Concerto in D for Organ, Strings, and Timpani, featuring the Kotzschmar Organ. The program culminates in Bruckner’s Third Symphony, whose sweeping sonorities and monumental climaxes reveal the composer’s deep connection to the instrument.