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Benjamin Schmid - Photo: Benjamin Schmid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not to short change the rest of the concert, but for me the highlight of our Classical subscription concert last night was the Austrian violinist Benjamin Schmid<\/a> playing the pants off of the William Bolcom Violin Concerto<\/em>.\u00a0 He was just rock solid, and aside from the chops, had a clear affinity for the jazz\/classical fusion sound world that Bolcom frequently spends a lot of his compositional time in.\u00a0 The concerto is a revelation for me – I had heard it performed only once before, with piano accompaniment, and since it was in the midst of a competition, much of it failed to make an impression on me.\u00a0 Now, having a full rehearsal plus the dress rehearsal to acquaint myself with the work, I have to say that this piece really deserves to be heard much more often.\u00a0 True, it’s a bit over-orchestrated, which requires some diligent work to balance the soloist with the orchestra, but the colors that Bolcom achieves are quite striking and attractive.\u00a0 Plus, the last movement is just about as charming as a piece of classical music can get, I must say!\u00a0 Our soloist this week, Benjamin Schmid, is also an accomplished jazz violinist, as you can see in the video below:<\/p>\n

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As for the rest of the program, the Rossini Overture to Semiramide<\/em> featured our spectacular wind section, and they all outdid themselves – earning a “bravo” from the podium (in full voice) during the performance.\u00a0 Well deserved, indeed!\u00a0 The Tchaikovsky First Symphony really came together after a rather rough and apathetic rehearsal (by the orchestra, not the conductor).\u00a0 More great playing from the winds and brass, and we strings acquitted ourselves pretty well, with the viola section getting a rare solo bow.<\/p>\n

Sunday afternoon brings the presentation of the Hitchcock film Psycho<\/em>, with live orchestral accompaniment – if you haven’t yet gotten tickets, plan to show up around 2 pm at the Schnitzer box office to get tickets – there will be a long line to get in.<\/p>\n

Online tickets<\/a> for Psycho<\/em> – must purchase by 1 p.m. day of show.\u00a0 After that, box office opens at 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not to short change the rest of the concert, but for me the highlight of our Classical subscription concert last night was the Austrian violinist Benjamin Schmid playing the pants off of the William Bolcom Violin Concerto.\u00a0 He was just rock solid, and aside from the chops, had a clear affinity for the jazz\/classical fusion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[2410,2413,1305,3668],"class_list":["post-5509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-benjamin-schmid","tag-bolcom-violin-concerto","tag-james-gaffigan","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1qR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5494,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/28\/the-other-jim-gaffigan\/","url_meta":{"origin":5509,"position":0},"title":"the other jim gaffigan","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite comedians working today is Jim Gaffigan, so imagine my surprise when I found out that he was going to be conducting this weekend's performances of the Oregon Symphony! \u00a0Well, not quite. \u00a0I actually knew that James Gaffigan, this week's guest conductor, was not in any way\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "conducting"","block_context":{"text":"conducting","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/conducting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/jim-gaffigan-08Aug2007031111839250-250x294.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3945,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/01\/osos-2010-2011-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":5509,"position":1},"title":"OSO’s 2010-2011 Season","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday evening, the Oregon Symphony unveiled its 2010-2011 season programming.\u00a0 I was giving the pre-concert talk that night, so I couldn't be at the unveiling reception, but I suspect that there must have been a fair amount of applause and the sound of jaws hitting the floor as the specifics\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "programming"","block_context":{"text":"programming","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/programming-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Joshua-Bell-photo-002-250x313.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/07\/fearnomusic-concert-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":5509,"position":2},"title":"fEARnoMUSIC concert tonight","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're not set on what you're going to do this Friday evening, why not go hear some spankin' new music played to the hilt by some of the finest musicians around? 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