How Do You Replace Rilling?

The Oregon Bach Festival is bound up almost entirely in the identity of its artistic director, the legendary Helmuth Rilling. But Rilling, while he shows few signs of slowing down, is getting on in years, and the festival will eventually have to find a successor. “Make no mistake on stature and charisma. You can’t replace a dynamic figure like Helmuth Rilling with someone who is merely an excellent musician.”