Fall is here, and so are the newly begun seasons of many local musical organizations. It’s making for a ton of wonderful music to play as a performer and listen to as an audience member.
Here’s a bit of what I’ve got coming up in the next few weeks, some with the OSO and some with my other favorite ensembles:
October 22 @ 7pm – 45th Parallel Universe ensemble: Das Lied von der Erde – Gustav Mahler’s last great song cycle (so heartbreakingly beautiful) in a rarely performed version for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schoenberg. [tickets & info] First United Methodist Church, Portland.
October 25-28 – Oregon Symphony: Dvorak’s New World Symphony, Pianist Joyce Yang plays Liszt Totentanz.
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November 1 @ 7:30pm – Open Music with Jessie Montgomery: violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery joins with musicians of the Oregon Symphony in a conversation hosted by Gabriel Kahane at Alberta Abbey. [tickets & info]
November 2-4 – Oregon Symphony: Pianist Awadagin Pratt and Dame Jane Glover play Jessie Montgomery’s ‘Rounds’. [tickets & info]
December 3 – Pyxis Quartet: ‘The Portland School’ – music of Shaw, Bunch, Grant, Volness, and Kahane at the Old Madeleine Parish.
[tickets & info]
December 15 – Chatter PDX: Beethoven’s Quartet op. 18 no. 5 and quartets of Kevin Day and Caroline Shaw. [tickets & info]