Thursday, May 9, 2013
OREGON SYMPHONY
Carlos Kalmar, music director
Narong Prangcharoen: Phenomenon
Kurt Weill: Seven Deadly Sins
Storm Large, vocalist
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Arnold Schoenberg: Accompaniment to a Film Scene
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
About Portland, Oregon
Population 593,820
Founded 1845
Orchestra Founded 1896
Known alternately as the City of Roses and The City That Works, Portland acquired its official name by the flip of a coin. Oregon’s largest city is known as a model of a metropolitan area that has thrived through controlled growth and development that is effectively integrated with its environment. Set in the natural beauty of the northwest and largely lacking such big-city problems as traffic congestion and pollution, it is laced with parks, gardens and fountains. Though Portland is a thriving commercial center, its primary commitment is to preserving the city’s individuality, the healthful environment and laid-back atmosphere. Increasingly, Portland is becoming renowned for the quality and quantity of its art, food, wines, microbrews and spirits—all crafted in the creative, individualistic spirit of the city itself.
About The Oregon Symphony
Portland’s largest performing-arts group is the oldest American orchestra west of the Mississippi. Today, its 76 musicians, under the artistic leadership of Music Director Carlos Kalmar, perform a full range of concerts—classical to pops, kids’ concerts to one-of-a-kind special events—for an audience that exceeds 225,000 people each season. The orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall and the Spring For Music festival following its well-received 2011 debut. The ensemble recorded that program, Music for a Time of War, for its first CD under Maestro Kalmar. A second CD on the PentaTone label—This England, featuring works by Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams—is set for a November 2012 release. For more information, visit orsymphony.org
