NPR says Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are "not only as good as music gets — it's as good as it gets, period. As good as existence, reality, life and the world." We're inclined to agree.

This year's Portland Bach Experience Brandenburg concert features the dazzling No. 5 — written for flute, harpsichord, and violin — alongside the exuberant Cantata 182 with full orchestra and choir. Part of our annual Brandenburg cycle, this is Bach at his most inventive, most alive, and most completely, unreasonably himself.

SCHEDULE

2:00 p.m. – Doors
2:15 p.m. – Pre-concert lecture (concert ticket required) & We’ll Handel the Children

3:00 p.m. – Performance

4:15 p.m. – Lemonade reception

Savor the performance and a rare date! While you enjoy the concert, certified childcare professionals immerse your kids in music, movement, and magic of their own. $10 per child. After the show, share what you each discovered. 

Space is limited, pre-registration required. Sign up where you purchase tickets (above).