Oregon Symphony Honors Carlos Kalmar in 2020-21 Season
Oregon Symphony Celebrates Music Director Carlos Kalmar’s 18th and Final Season in 2020-21
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In his essay “Notable Performances of 2019 and of the Decade,” New Yorker music critic Alex Ross called out the Oregon Symphony’s 2011 Spring for Music performance at Carnegie Hall, which featured the program “Music for a Time of War” and was subsequently released on PentaTone Classics, writing “…the Oregon Symphony proved that smaller-budgeted orchestras can outpace international heavyweights.”
In 18 seasons, under the leadership of Music Director Carlos Kalmar, the Oregon Symphony has evolved as a vibrant, internationally-acclaimed orchestra, actively championing bold artistry on the stage and in the community and propelling orchestral life forward with a creative spirit. In the 2020-21 season, the Oregon Symphony honors Maestro Kalmar and bids him a fond and grateful farewell as Music Director. By the end of his tenure next season, the Oregon Symphony will have introduced a staggering 346 classical works to its local audiences (in 260 concert programs), released eight recordings, launched fifteen large-scale multidisciplinary projects, and presented 99 works by living composers, 31 of which were original commissions.
Says President & CEO Scott Showalter, "In the 2020-21 Season, we tell the story of Carlos and the Oregon Symphony. Over the course of the year, Carlos will present music that moves him and us. Every piece of music has a story, and we’ll hear these stories all season, as Carlos and the symphony perform an abundance of music, both new and established, that showcases the many colors and styles of orchestral expression in modern society.”
In keeping with Kalmar’s impressive record, the 2020-21 season boasts twenty-two Oregon Symphony premieres, fifteen works by living composers, five U.S. or world premieres, five final symphonies, and four commissioned works, including three SoundStories events that offer audiences a new musical lens on historic and contemporary issues.
For SoundStories, a continuation of 2016-17’s wildly successful SoundSights programs, Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony will perform pieces that prompt the question: Who has the right to be heard in our society? Austrian-Jewish composer Hans Gál’s escape from the Nazi regime left his flourishing career in shambles. More than three decades later, he composed Triptych, an exuberant work that testifies to the power of resilience in the face of adversity. Oregon Symphony Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane grapples with the nature of convenience, privacy, free will, and democracy in the digital era in his thoughtful, evocative new work The Right to Be Forgotten. Hans Abrahamsen’s atmospheric new piano concerto Left, alone, performed using only the left hand, brings to light how physical disabilities and social isolation can transform the acts of composing and listening to music.
Keeping contact with the pulse of contemporary classical music, the Oregon Symphony engages with the national and international scenes, bringing to Portland a wide swath of sounds from fifteen living composers. The 2020-21 season features two commissioned works by Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane (The Right to Be Forgotten and a new work inspired by Mahler’s Symphony No. 9); a commission each from lauded Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy (Violin Concerto), British composer Robin Holloway (Cello Concerto), Cuban-American composer Tania León (Stride; West Coast premiere); as well as Hans Abrahamsen’s Left, alone (presented as part of SoundStories), Thomas Adès’s Piano Concerto, Timo Andres’s third piano concerto (The Blind Banister, played by the composer), a West Coast premiere by the rigorous, Berlin-based South Korean composer Unsuk Chin (Frontispiece for Orchestra), British-American composer Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, two pieces from beloved Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin (Heaven is Closed; Dance of the Paper Umbrellas), Missy Mazzoli’s acclaimed These Worlds in Us, Serbian composer Marko Nikodijevic’s club-inspired GHB/Tanzaggregat (Dance Set), Estonian composer Helena Tulve’s etherial Anastatica, and Lithuaninan composer Raminta Šerkšnytė’s Fires.
The orchestra hosts an unprecedented number of luminaries on its stage in 2020-21, from Oregon Symphony Artist-in-Residence and Austrian cello soloist Johannes Moser to Canadian violinist and 2019 Grammy Award-winner James Ehnes, German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynston Marsalis (performing new commissions and jazz masterworks), concert pianist Tamara Stefonovich of Serbia, Swiss conductor Francesco Piemontesi in his U.S. debut, and acclaimed conductor James Gaffigan.
In the spirit of a grand finish, the season is anchored by a host of monumental masterworks: Carmina Burana, Carl Orff’s outrageous choral-orchestral classic, featuring guest conductor Leo Hussain; Dvořák’s New World Symphony; Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a fiendishly challenging piece featuring guest conductor David Danzmayr, widely regarded as one of the most talented and exciting European conductors of the new generation; Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto, one of the most dazzling showpieces in the classical repertoire featuring Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot; Brahms’ A German Requiem, a transcendent, choral-orchestral masterpiece; and Mozart’s last symphonies, with all three revolutionary pieces conducted by Kalmar.
The final two weeks of the season combine into a fitting finale to Kalmar’s tenure as music director. In his penultimate concert, Kalmar returns to the piece that sparked Oregon’s love for him at his 2001 Oregon Symphony debut: Schoenberg’s heavenly orchestral arrangement of Brahms’ First Piano Quartet. And for his final concert as music director, he will conduct Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 9.
Says Kalmar, “It will be bittersweet to have this season as my last with the Oregon Symphony. Over the 18 years I’ve been here, we performed moving, relevant, diverse music for everyone. We elevated conversations about important issues that impact our community. And we brought the community together through shared experiences. I know the Symphony will continue to do these things for years to come because the Symphony cares about this community and is part of its very fabric.”
The 2020-21 season also includes the Pops Series, Popcorn Series, and Kids Series concerts, featuring popular music from the Count Basie Orchestra to Pink Martini to the Mambo Kings; blockbuster films on the big screen, such as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Coco, with the Symphony performing the soundtracks live on stage; and engaging concerts for young children that include beloved Disney songs, an introduction to Mozart, and more.
Gabriel Kahane Serves His Second Season as Creative Chair
CREATIVE CHAIR
“At the age of thirty-seven [Gabriel Kahane] is one of the finest, most searching songwriters of the day.” — Alex Ross, New Yorker
Singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer Gabriel Kahane, Oregon Symphony’s newly appointed Creative Chair, believes in the power of music to provoke conversation and transform culture. His bold compositions and intellectual curiosity speak to his commitment to examining urgent issues through a critical, musical lens. Catch his groundbreaking co-commissioned work, The Right to be Forgotten, February 26–March 1, and a second commission inspired by Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 at the end of the season.
OPEN MUSIC
Kahane’s highly anticipated new three-concert series, Open Music, which explores the creative forces at play in contemporary classical music, continues in 2020-21. Watch this space for news and programming.
SOUNDSTORIES
The Right to be Heard
The Oregon Symphony’s acclaimed SoundStories series returns in the 2020-21 Season with three groundbreaking orchestral works, all led by Carlos Kalmar. Each unique program prompts the question: who has the right to be heard in our society? Together, these composers’ stories offer opportunities to consider historic and contemporary issues through music.
Hans Gál’s Triptych
Austrian Jewish composer Hans Gál’s escape from the Nazi regime left his flourishing career in shambles. Over three decades later, he composed Triptych, an exuberant work that testifies to the power of resilience in the face of adversity.
Gabriel Kahane’s The Right to be Forgotten
Oregon Symphony Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane grapples with the nature of convenience, privacy, free will, and democracy in the digital era in this thoughtful, evocative work.
Hans Abrahamsen’s Left, alone
Hans Abrahamsen’s atmospheric new piano concerto, performed using only the left hand, brings to light how physical disabilities and social isolation can transform the acts of composing and listening to music.
CLASSICAL SERIES
Saturdays 7:30 PM | Sundays 2 PM | Mondays 7:30 PM
Kalmar, Moser & Sibelius 2
October 3, 4 & 5, 2020
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Robin Holloway: Cello Concerto (world premiere commission)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Carlos Kalmar kicks off his final season as music director with Sibelius’ beloved Second Symphony, written in sunny Italy but brimming with the drama of Finland’s struggle for independence. Artist-in-Residence Johannes Moser joins for a world premiere by esteemed English composer Robin Holloway, whose music “while achieving distinctive individuality, draws its inspiration from the rich heritage of the past century” (Sunday Telegraph).
Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody
October 17, 18 & 19, 2020
David Danzmayr, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Elena Kats-Chernin: Heaven is Closed
Elena Kats-Chernin: Dance of the Paper Umbrellas
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7
The always stunning Inon Barnatan stars in Rachmaninoff’s fiendishly challenging Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a cornerstone of the repertoire since its 1934 premiere. Conductor David Danzmayr continues the Russian theme with Sergei Prokofiev’s sparkling final symphony and imaginative music by the Soviet-born Elena Kats-Chernin, now one of Australia’s top composers.
Mozart’s Last Symphonies
October 31, November 1 & 2, 2021
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Written in just six weeks during the summer of 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final three symphonies were nothing short of revolutionary. Brilliant, expressive, and undeniably catchy, they exceeded everything that had come before – and set the stage for what was to come. Maestro Kalmar conducts a rare, complete performance from the monumental G Minor Symphony (No. 40) to the invincibly optimistic “Jupiter.”
Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
November 7, 8 & 9, 2020
Antony Hermus, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Unsuk Chin: Frontispiece for Orchestra (West Coast premiere)
Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Fresh off his win at the 2019 Grammys, James Ehnes returns to perform Stravinsky’s dazzling, neoclassical Violin Concerto. Haydn’s bold Symphony No. 102 opens this wide-ranging program, which also includes the West Coast premiere of South Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s brief and thrilling Frontispiece for Orchestra (2019) and Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini, a blisteringly fun ride into the inferno inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.
SoundStories: Brahms’ Requiem & GAL’S TRIPTYCH
November 21, 22 & 23 2020
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Repertory Singers
Soloists TBA
Gál: Triptych
Brahms: A German Requiem
“Blessed are those who mourn,” begins Brahms’ transcendent choral-orchestral masterpiece, A German Requiem. Its profound message of solace resonates with the experience of Austrian Jewish composer Hans Gál, whose escape from the Nazi regime left his flourishing career in shambles. Over three decades after this traumatic refugee experience, Gál composed Triptych, an exuberant work that testifies to the power of resilience in the face of adversity.
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
December 5, 6 & 7, 2020
Kristiina Poska, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Helena Tulve: Anastatica
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”
Pianist Simon Trpčeski’s “capacity to expose the music’s very heart” (The Telegraph) is a perfect fit for Tchaikovsky’s sweeping concerto, which includes some of the most beloved melodies in the repertoire. Acclaimed conductor Kristiina Poska also leads the orchestra in Carl Nielsen’s dramatic “war symphony” and in Anastatica (2011-12), a mystical piece of music by her fellow Estonian Helena Tulve.
Beethoven, Prokofiev & Tania León
January 16, 17 & 18 2021
Yoel Gamzou, conductor
Sarah Kwak, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tania León: Stride (Oregon Symphony commission; West Coast premiere)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Concertmaster Sarah Kwak takes center stage in one of the great 20th-century violin concertos: Prokofiev’s dreamlike First, written amidst the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Yoel Gamzou leads a varied program with delightful music by Beethoven and Enescu, as well as a lively new piece by renowned Cuban-American composer Tania León, co-commissioned with the New York Philharmonic.
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony
January 30, 31 & February 1, 2021
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
TBA, baritone
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Hartmann: Gesangsszene (Song Scene)
Schubert’s Eighth is one of the most celebrated symphonies in the repertoire. A follow-up to the Symphony’s Grammy-nominated 2011 album Music for a Time of War, Maestro Kalmar pairs Schubert’s lyrical masterpiece with Vaughan Williams’ restless Sixth Symphony and the prophetic final composition of German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Gesangsszene (1962-64).
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5
February 6, 7 & 8, 2021
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Raminta Šerkšnytė: Fires
Thomas Adès: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Thomas Adès’ new piano concerto, described as a successor to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by The Boston Globe, is performed here by the hands of his longtime friend Kirill Gerstein. Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnytė opens the program with her blazing evocation of the power of fire and the program closes with the emotional and melodic brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth.
Sound Stories: Mendelssohn’s Scottish & Gabriel Kahane
February 27, 28 & March 1, 2021
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Gabriel Kahane, vocals
Panufnik: Katyń Epitaph
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
Gabriel Kahane: The Right to Be Forgotten (Oregon Symphony commission; world premiere)
In 1829, Felix Mendelssohn fled the bustling city for a retreat to the Scottish Highlands, returning rejuvenated with the ideas that would become his Symphony No. 3. Nearly two centuries later, Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane explores the consequences of a different kind of retreat – one from the digital space – while asking questions about the nature of convenience, privacy, free will, and democracy in the era of the internet.
Schubert 9 & Dvořák
March 5*, 7 & 8, 2021
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Marko Nikodijevic: GHB/Tanzaggregat (Dance Set)
Dvořák: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, “Great”
German conductor Joana Mallwitz, quickly establishing herself as one of the most sought-after conductors of her generation, makes her U.S. debut in this lively program. Marko Nikodijevic’s club-inspired GHB/Tanzaggregat (Dance Set) opens the show and traverses states of what the composer describes as “intoxication, electronic music, sampling procedures and the world of fractal beauties.” Schubert’s Ninth Symphony – his last major orchestral statement – is fresh, full of life, and an outright joy to experience and Dvořák’s Piano Concerto is a favorite of soloist Francesco Piemontesi, who adores it for “its rhythmic energy, and its range of imagination.” *The first performance of this concert will take place on Friday, March 5, instead of Saturday.
Strauss’ Don Juan & Schumann
March 13, 14 & 15, 2021
James Gaffigan, conductor
Timo Andres, piano
R. Strauss: Don Juan
Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Missy Mazzoli: These Worlds in Us
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Strauss’ delightfully scandalous tale of insatiable lust bookends this dynamic program with Robert Schumann’s Fourth, one of the most impassioned symphonies of the Romantic era. James Gaffigan also leads the orchestra in music by two of the freshest voices in music today: Missy Mazzoli (These Worlds in Us, 2006) and Timo Andres (The Blind Banister, 2016) who also joins us as soloist in his Beethoven-inspired concerto.
Dvořák’s New World
April 10, 11 & 12, 2021
Markus Stenz, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Copland: Music for the Theatre
Donnacha Dennehy: Violin Concerto (world premiere commission)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
The Oregon Symphony boasts a world premiere commission on this program: Violin Concerto by the lauded Irish-American composer Donnacha Dennehy, performed here by Grammy Award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich. The piece is paired with one of the most popular symphonies ever composed, Dvořák’s yearning musical postcard from the New World.
SoundStories: Debussy, Abrahamsen & Shostakovich
Saturday, April 24, 25 & 26, 2021
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
Debussy/Abrahamsen: Children’s Corner
Hans Abrahamsen: Left, alone
Lutosławski: Musique funèbre (In memory of Béla Bartók)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
Hans Abrahamsen’s atmospheric new piano concerto, performed using only the left hand, brings to light how physical disabilities and social isolation can transform the acts of composing and listening to music (Left, alone, 2015). Abrahamsen’s whimsical arrangement of Debussy’s Children’s Corner opens the program, which also includes Lutosławski’s moving tribute to Béla Bartók and Shostakovich’s joyous Sixth Symphony.
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
May 8, 9 & 10, 2021
Jun Märkl, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Debussy: Jeux (Games)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot stars in Felix Mendelssohn’s beloved concerto – one of the most dazzling showpieces in the repertoire. Richard Strauss’ cheeky Till Eulenspiegel is a perennial audience favorite, while Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour (2015) and Claude Debussy’s Jeux round out the program with dreamlike stories of nocturnal abandon.
Carmina Burana
May 22, 23 & 24, 2021
Leo Hussain, conductor
PSU Choirs
Pacific Youth Choir
Soloists TBA
Bartók: Music for Strings, Perussion, and Celesta
Orff: Carmina Burana
Carl Orff’s outrageous choral-orchestral classic is an awe-inspiring showpiece about fate, fortune, and all that’s lusty and luscious in life. Based on the salacious writings of medieval monks, the spectacle begins with the earth-shaking “O Fortuna!” and continues through more than 60 minutes of larger-than-life music.
Kalmar, Tetzlaff & Brahms
June 5*, 6 & 7, 2021
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42
Berg: Violin Concerto
Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1
In his penultimate concert as music director, Carlos Kalmar returns to the piece that cemented Oregon’s love for him at his 2001 Oregon Symphony debut: Schoenberg’s heavenly orchestral arrangement of Brahms’ First Piano Quartet. Superstar violinist Christian Tetzlaff returns after nearly a decade to perform Alban Berg’s indelible Violin Concerto, combining richly lyrical melodies with devastatingly emotional music. *The June 5 performance will take place at 2 pm instead of 7:30 pm due to the Portland Rose Festival.
A Historic Finale: Kalmar and Mahler 9
June 12, 13 & 14, 2021
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Gabriel Kahane: Commission inspired by Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 (World premiere)
Mozart: Symphony No. 32
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
There could be no more fitting way to close Carlos Kalmar’s incredible era as music director than with Mahler’s colossal, transcendent Symphony No. 9. The Oregon Symphony celebrates an extraordinary 18-year partnership with Carlos, who has helped to establish the Oregon Symphony as one of the nation’s most artistically vibrant, relevant, and daring orchestras.
POPS SERIES
Women Rock!
October 10 & 11, 2020
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Cassidy Catanzaro, vocals
Katrina Rose, vocals
Shayna Steele, vocals
Celebrate the legendary women who changed rock ‘n’ roll forever. With music from superstars like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Carole King, and Janis Joplin, this program rocks hits like “Proud Mary,” “Piece of My Heart,” “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and more.
Disney in Concert: A Magical Celebration
November 28 & 29, 2020
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Experience the enchantment of Disney, brought to life by the Oregon Symphony in a multimedia concert featuring music from The Lion King, Tangled, Frozen, Hercules, Cinderella, Coco, and more. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts © All rights reserved.
Classical Knockouts
January 9 & 10, 2021
Norman Huynh, conductor
The Oregon Symphony goes on a delightful journey through some of the biggest hits of the classical repertoire, including Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville, selections from Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, as well as favorites like Debussy’s Clair de lune and Smetana’s The Moldau.
Count Basie Orchestra
March 20 & 21, 2021
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Carmen Bradford, vocals
Count Basie Orchestra
Scotty Barnhart, director
The 18-time Grammy Award-winning Count Basie Orchestra joins forces with acclaimed vocalist Carmen Bradford and the Oregon Symphony to bring hot big band hits to Portland. Celebrate the 85th anniversary of the classic Swing Era big band with standards like “April in Paris,” “One O’Clock Jump,” and “Li’l Darlin.”
Havana Nights Featuring the Mambo Kings
May 15 & 16, 2021
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Camille Zamora, vocals
Mambo Kings
Star soprano Camille Zamora and the Mambo Kings present a sultry, passionate evening of Latin music from Cuba, Spain, and Argentina. Fiery tango classics pair with internationally acclaimed dancers, as well as exciting Afro-Cuban rhythms, and Spanish zarzuela melodies.
Popcorn Packages
Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert
Saturday, October 24, 2020, 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 25, 2020, 2 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
“Why did it have to be snakes?” Join Indy as he navigates a booby-trapped temple, takes on Nazis, and hijacks a truck while on horseback — all to the sound of John Williams’ iconic, Oscar-nominated score. Experience the excitement of one of pop culture’s most recognizable themes as the Oregon Symphony performs together with the projected film. © 1981 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Presentation licensed by Bantha Music c/o Walt Disney Music Company. © All rights reserved.
Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi in Concert
Saturday, December 19, 2020, 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 20, 2020, 2 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
Join Luke, Han, and Leia as they escape the greedy Jabba the Hutt, grapple with Darth Vader, and help the Rebel Alliance destroy the second Death Star. John Williams’ classic score earned another nod from the Academy® – listen for the famous “Ewok Celebration” or “Yub Nub” song as the Oregon Symphony brings a thrilling end to the original trilogy. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner /Chappell Music. © 2020 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © Disney.
The Goonies in Concert
Saturday, January 23, 2021, 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 24, 2021, 2 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
What happens when a group of kids comes across a map leading to One-Eyed Willy’s pirate treasure? Celebrate the 35th anniversary of one of the most enchanting films of the ’80s in this Oregon cult classic, produced by Steven Spielberg and filmed in Astoria, as your Oregon Symphony brings Dave Grusin’s exhilarating score to life. Goonies never say die! © 1985 Warner Bros. Inc. All Rights Reserved
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert
Saturday, May 29, 2021, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 30, 2021, 2 pm
Year Five begins! Between crushing on Cho Chang, studying for his O.W.L.s, and the ever-growing number of detentions from Professor Umbridge™, Harry Potter™ must find the time to discover the secret of his terrible nightmares! Experience the film in HD on a giant screen with composer Nicholas Hooper’s remarkable score played live by the Oregon Symphony. HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © JKR. (s20)
SPECIAL CONCERTS
The Oregon Symphony announces special concerts throughout the season.
Coco in Concert
Friday, October 23, 2020, 7:30 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
Celebrate Día de los Muertos with 12-year-old Miguel as he travels to the Land of the Dead to discover the truth about his family and their musical legacy in Disney and Pixar’s Oscar®-winning animated film. The Oregon Symphony and special guest instrumentalists will perform renowned composer Michael Giacchino’s inspiring score live with the projected film – a perfect experience for toda la familia. © Disney.
New Year’s Concerto Spectacular
Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 7:30 pm
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin
Johannes Moser, cello
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
Corigliano: The Red Violin: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Kick off New Year’s celebration early with Maestro Kalmar, the Oregon Symphony, and three favorite soloists. Musical fireworks will be in the air in this rare opportunity to hear three world-renowned instrumentalists in an evening of four blockbuster concertos.
Gospel Christmas
Friday, December 11, 2020, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 13, 2020, 4 pm
Charles Floyd, conductor
Northwest Community Gospel Chorus
The Oregon Symphony makes hearts merry and bright at the 22nd annual Gospel Christmas! This beloved concert, featuring the region’s premier gospel singers along with the Oregon Symphony, is sure to bring joy to the holiday season.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Friday, February 5, 2021, 7:30 pm
Led by Legendary, Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra returns to Portland for an extraordinary evening featuring 15 of jazz music’s leading musicians. The band draws from an extensive repertoire, including everything from new commissions to masterworks by Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and more. The Oregon Symphony does not perform.
A Pink Martini Valentine
Saturday, February 13, 2021, 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 2 pm and 7:30 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
China Forbes, vocals
What better way to charm a sweetheart than with Portland darlings Pink Martini? Join the always glamorous Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes as they team up with the Oregon Symphony for a perfect Valentine’s show, brimming with the romantic sound fans know and love.
Kids Series
Designed for listeners ages 5–10, Kids Concerts are both entertaining and educational.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sunday, November 15, 2020, 2 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
Pam Mahon, narrator
Dance West
Pacific Youth Choir
Music from Prokofiev’s Cinderella and Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty, plus a medley from The Wizard of Oz, will have young audience members tapping their ruby slippers together all the way down the Yellow Brick Road.
Under the Sea
Sunday, February 21, 2021, 2 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
Pam Mahon, narrator
Dance West
Pacific Youth Choir
Dive into a musical excursion of the watery depths with favorite music from The Little Mermaid and Pirates of the Caribbean, plus Debussy’s mysterious, magical La Mer.
The Magic of Mozart
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 2 pm
Norman Huynh, conductor
Magic Circle Mime Company
A mischievous street musician is given the chance to “be Mozart” in this imaginative concert. Tag along and experience the adventures of the legendary composer, with music from The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, and the “Jupiter” Symphony.
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