Art of the Violin: Bach, Vivaldi & Leclair

Get Tickets | Sat, Oct 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM | Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational Get Tickets | Sun, Oct 11, 2026 | 3:00 PM | Kaul Auditorium The season launches with an all-strings program built around drama, rivalry, and virtuosity. Italian firebrand Pietro Antonio Locatelli and French master Jean-Marie Leclair display their radically different musical personalities. Locatelli’s music crackles with showmanship, while Leclair answers with devilish bite, each pushing the expressive limits of the violin. That spirit carries into Vivaldi, as two soloists trade lines in brilliant interplay. Bach’s beloved Concerto for Two Violins draws the two voices into a consummate exchange, its energetic lyricism providing the perfect capstone to the program. Check out the 2026/27 Season Brochure. Download the season order form and mail it in for the earliest access to the best seats in the house. Check out the Fall Program Book. Join us one hour before the performance for a pre-concert talk about the program. Learn more here. Oct 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational 1126 SW Park Ave Portland, OR 97205 Oct 11, 2026 | 3:00 PM Kaul Auditorium 3017 SE Woodstock Blvd Portland, OR 97202