The Oregon Symphony’s recording (made live in Portland from two performances at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall) of its acclaimed Carnegie Hall program is up for pre-order on Amazon.com. It’s being released for shipment on October 25th. The Pentatone label is producing the disc, and they are known for their extraordinary hi-fidelity recordings. It should be
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This week’s issue of the New Yorker has music critic and arts writer Alex Ross’ thoughts on the Spring for Music Festival and the Oregon Symphony’s program and performance at Carnegie Hall earlier this month. The verdict? He liked it. A lot. Here’s an excerpt from the article: ….”Great programs create a kind of
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Well, almost complete, there are still reviews trickling in – the latest is at Musical America’s online site, as pointed out by James Bash at Oregon Music News. Read the list, compiled by Oregon Symphony marketing staffer Stephanie Wilkinson, here.
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The few remaining stragglers from the trip to New York will be arriving back home to Portland today, and the out of town fun has been had (and had, and had…). Slowly, we’ll all come down from the tremendous high that resulted from our triumphant debut in the epicenter of the world’s musical capital.
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Many people, both within the Oregon Symphony ‘family’ and in the public at large have commented both publicly and privately that they were mystified by a paragraph in the otherwise glowing review of the Oregon Symphony’s Carnegie Hall debut in today’s New York Times. Music critic Allan Kozinn wrote the following: The orchestra was
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As we were getting ready to deplane in Portland, people were whipping out their various smart devices, and the news came quickly: the New York Times review was an unabashed rave. Here it is, written by Allan Kozinn, in its entirety: It is hard to believe that the Oregon Symphony had never performed in
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Needless to say, I overslept. There was a lovely and generous bagel and lox breakfast scheduled at the Strand bookstore, an NYC institution, which is owned by the wife of Senator Ron Wyden, Nancy Bass. But, I missed it. After the last massive chord of the RVW Fourth Symphony faded into the fabled expanse
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There’s not much more to say, other than that Alex Ross, the music writer for The New Yorker tweeted after hearing our concert tonight: Triumphant Carnegie debut for the Oregon Symphony — best of Spring for Music so far. Eloquent Sylvan, explosive Vaughan Williams. UPDATE 5/13: David Stabler has his RAVE review here. NEW
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Just got back to the hotel after a two-hour rehearsal on the great Carnegie stage. There’s a lot to talk about, lots of impressions, but first, I’ll share with you my experience of being reunited with my viola for the first time since last Sunday afternoon, as it was on the giant semi-truck wending
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Portland’s 24 hour classical music station, allclassical.org 89.9 FM, will be broadcasting our Carnegie Hall debut live tonight. If you live in the the station’s broadcast area (much of the state of Oregon), just tune to the frequency for your area (you can find a list of stations and translators here) at 5:00 p.m. PDT.
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The Oregon Symphony flew and bussed its way into the Big Apple this afternoon, and boy are our arms tired! Seriously, it was a long day of travel, but it’s very exciting to be here in NYC for our concert Thursday night. In the meantime, the Oregonian photographer/reporter team of Beth Nakamura and David
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From tomorrow’s issue of the Wall Street Journal: Most of the concert offerings assembled by the orchestras are truly inventive, forging intriguing thematic links or presenting works considered dicey at the box office. On Wednesday, the Dallas Symphony will give the New York premiere of “August 4, 1964″ for chorus, soloists and orchestra, a 70-minute
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It’s kind of eerie. I’m at home, but my viola (and my set of tails) is on a truck with other instruments, wending its way through the Rocky Mountains by now, most likely. The orchestra is leaving in waves, some have made their own travel arrangements and will be leaving today and tomorrow. A
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Was trolling YouTube for cool classical performances (no, that’s NOT an oxymoron!), and found a hidden jewel: a 2004 Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Strauss’ Don Quixote with Yo-Yo Ma as the famous man from La Mancha, and my former teacher Roberto Diaz as his faithful sidekick, Sancho Panza. Not surprisingly, they both kick major ass.
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The New York Times’ music critic James Oestreich has written an article today about the Spring for Music Festival, which is presenting the Oregon Symphony and six other orchestras from around the US and Canada starting this evening with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Here’s the excerpt about the Oregon Symphony: OREGON SYMPHONY Thursday orsymphony.org
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