The Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO) announces its 2023 season, anchoring Oregon’s Britt Music and Arts Festival with three weeks of exciting open-air programming in historic Jacksonville, Oregon. Under the inspirational leadership of Music Director Teddy Abrams, the 2023 season highlights include a performance of Mark Knopfler’s score for the film The Princess Bride, plus four outstanding soloists: violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returning to Britt with Michael Daugherty’s Blue Electra, composer and pianist Timo Andres, presenting his composition The Blind Banister, violinist Alexi Kenney playing Samuel Barber’s inspirational Violin Concerto, and jazz pianist Aaron Diehl, finishing the season with George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. The season also includes an evening of orchestral explorations composed by Ellen Reid and a variety of composers from around the globe. The 2023 Britt Orchestra Season will fill the air with beautiful sounds on the Britt hill from June 15 to July 1.
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