Bill Text: OR HCR21 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Honoring achievements of Helmuth Rilling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-14 - Filed with Secretary of State. [HCR21 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HCR21-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                 House Concurrent Resolution 21

Sponsored by Representative BARNHART; Representatives LIVELY,
  NATHANSON, Senators EDWARDS, PROZANSKI

  Whereas Helmuth Rilling is recognized worldwide as one of the
preeminent conductors of the choral-orchestral repertoire and
interpreters of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling has come to Eugene, Oregon, from his
native Germany every summer for 43 years to teach young
conductors how to communicate and to illuminate for audiences new
ways to listen and understand; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling's career has included guest appearances
with virtually all of the world's important music institutions,
including the Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Tokyo and
Toronto Symphony Orchestras and the New York, Vienna and Berlin
Philharmonics; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling's career has been dedicated to building
bridges and furthering cooperation, peace and understanding
through music; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling and H. Royce Saltzman, on a bond of
friendship and a commitment to education and excellence,
cofounded the Oregon Bach Festival in the summer of 1970 on the
University of Oregon campus; and
  Whereas the Oregon Bach Festival has grown from a single
concert and a $2,500 budget into a statewide, internationally
acclaimed arts festival with 60 events over a three-week period
that hosts as many as 35,000 audience members and more than 500
musicians, with a current annual budget of $2.8 million and an
economic impact of more than $6 million annually; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling's work at the Oregon Bach Festival has
been recognized by such publications and news outlets as  { - The
Times of London - },  { - Wall Street Journal - },  { - New York
Times - },  { - Washington Post - },  { - Los Angeles Times - },
 { - Newsweek - }, National Public Radio and many others; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling has brought the music of the Oregon
Bach Festival to the Hollywood Bowl, to the National Conference
of the American Choral Directors Association in Phoenix, Arizona,
and to new festival audiences in Portland, Oregon; and
  Whereas listeners throughout the world can enjoy a catalog of
10 high-level recordings made by Helmuth Rilling and Oregon Bach
Festival musicians, one of which received a 2001 Grammy Award;
and
  Whereas among many other awards and honors, Helmuth Rilling has
received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
for advancing reconciliation and international understanding, the
International Music Prize of the International Music
Council-UNESCO and the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize; and
  Whereas in 2003 Helmuth Rilling was named an American Academy
of Arts and Sciences Fellow and Foreign Honorary Member, joining
the company of such luminaries as Kofi Annan, Walter Cronkite,
Alfred Lord Tennyson and Albert Camus; and
  Whereas Helmuth Rilling will be retiring from the artistic
directorship of the Oregon Bach Festival following the 2013

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season, and afterward remaining with the festival as director
emeritus; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly, honor Helmuth Rilling for his distinguished career and
achievements, his work for the Oregon Bach Festival and his
contributions to the cultural enrichment of the people of this
state and the world.
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                                 Adopted by House April 11, 2013

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                                 Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of
                                              House

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                                  Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

                                  Adopted by Senate May 8, 2013

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                                  Peter Courtney, President of
                                             Senate

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