It’s almost December, and the holiday season is on us like the Polar Express driven by a meth-crazed tweaker after a two week bender. Yesterday, violist Sam Bergman wrote a very apt post about why the holiday season is difficult for orchestra members, I highly recommend it. Here in Oregon, we haven’t run into that
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I came across quite a few cool people and things in 2009, and as the end of the year approaches I’d like to share a few of them with you. Enjoy!
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There have been a couple of recent classical music groups that have appeared recently in Portland that have garnered some well-earned recognition or have dropped new albums that are receiving acclaim in the world-wide press. The first of these is the Ebène Quartet, a young French ensemble that gave a spectacular concert as part of
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What an assemblage of talent we’ve got onstage with us this week for the opening night gala of the Oregon Symphony! Chris Thile is a wonderful mandolin virtuoso, and he gives his own Concerto for Mandolin a great performance, but for my money, the trio of banjo player Bela Fleck, bassist Edgar Meyer, and tabla
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Not much to say about this one except – go, go tonight and come back on Monday night. I think it’s a must-see show, and a highlight of the pops season. I’ve heard rumors (quite possibly untrue) that this is the last tour of the Flecktones, so it’s literally a once in a lifetime opportunity
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