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Portland’s own Badbeard’s Microroastery will be offering a new signature blend called Symphony – for every one pound bag of freshly roasted coffee that you purchase direct from Badbeard himself (in fact local cellist and coffee geek extraordinaire Justin Kagan, a frequent performer with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Cello Project, Red Sneakers, and more) two [...]
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Robert Taylor, trombone; Photo: Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian
David Stabler has added more coverage of the planned trip of the Oregon Symphony to Carnegie Hall in May of 2011. There’s also a great collection of new photos of various orchestra members by Oregonian staff photographer Torsten Kjellstrand (I must say that the opening shot of cellist Tim [...]
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From today’s New York Times – Joseph Patelson’s Music House will soon be closing its doors after over 60 years in business in its location across W 56th Street from Carnegie Hall. Read the entire story here.
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The OSO’s press release:
Apr. 9, 2009
BOUND FOR THE BIG APPLE:
OREGON SYMPHONY WILL PLAY CARNEGIE HALL IN 2011
(PORTLAND, Ore.) – For the first time in its history, the Oregon Symphony will travel cross country in spring 2011 to perform a concert at music’s most prestigious venue, Carnegie Hall in New York.
The Oregon Symphony is one of [...]
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The Oregon Symphony has been one of seven US ensembles chosen to participate in the first Festival of American Orchestras at Carnegie Hall in May 2011. I have the feeling that there is a lot that has to happen before the orchestra actually goes, but this will be a watershed moment for the oldest orchestra [...]
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Alex Ross, music writer for the New Yorker, who was Pulitzer shortlisted for his music history page-turner The Rest Is Noise, and blogger at the site of the same name, just wrote a review of the series presented at Carnegie Hall by the Brentano Quartet, which concerned the late works of a variety of composers.
How [...]
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G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times
British composer phenom Thomas Adés (age 37) is presenting a concert of his music at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group on Friday, March 29th. The New York Times’ Vivien Schweitzer writes this article about his background and ethos in today’s edition of the [...]
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Joshua Bell
Photo credit: Bill Phelps
Pianist/blogger Jeremy Denk made a big splash last year with what I’m told was a stunning performance of Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata. Violinist Joshua Bell will highlight the Oregon Symphony’s 2008-2009 season playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Here’s a very positive review of their recent Carnegie Hall performance.
Jeremy Denk
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Support the Oregon Symphony with your purchase of Symphony Blend coffee from Badbeard's! $2.00 of every purchase of this delicious blend of world-class Panama, Sumatra and Ethiopian coffees will be given to our local Oregon Symphony Orchestra. Our contribution to the forthcoming OSO debut in Carnegie Hall in 2011!
Local Portland pickup available (please specify when ordering!) at Sweet Masterpiece Chocolates in the Pearl district and Spella Caffe at the corner of SW 9th and Alder downtown.
A joint venture between Badbeard's Coffee and Spella Cafe, the smooth blending of notes in Symphony! will brighten any morning! 1 lb. bag $11.95 lb.
Order your Symphony Blend now!
