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Expect remarkable performances from current and future piano superstars Emanuel Ax and Yuja Wang, Beethoven’s Eroica and one very special concert that shines the spotlight on the Oregon Symphony’s own supremely talented musicians.
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A. Schnitzer Concert Hall: Sunday Classical B
Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:30PM:
Mendelssohn & Mozart
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More Info » What's likely to rank as the highlight on this program of greats: The symphony Mendelssohn created from the majestic church hymn A Mighty Fortress? The concerto many people say is Mozart's finest? You decide.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Richard Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, "Reformation"
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:30PM:
Stephen Hough Plays Liszt
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More Info » Count on plenty of fireworks when British pianist Stephen Hough returns to tackle the flamboyant First Piano Concerto of Franz Liszt. Then the heat turns up even higher as Carlos Kalmar and the orchestra take on Mahler's monumental final symphony for the first time in two decades.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
Giacomo Meyerbeer: Coronation March from Le Prophète
• Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Cooke version)
Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:30PM:
Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms
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More Info » He's a seven-time Grammy winner and a genuine A-list pianist praised by The New York Times for his "luminous intensity." When Manny Ax makes a rare Portland appearance, it's certain to be among the season's major highlights. We guarantee it.
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Marc-André Dalbavie: Color
• Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sun Feb 6, 2011 7:30PM:
Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninoff
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More Info » She's still only 22, and already she's being hailed worldwide as China's next superstar of the piano! What more thrilling way could there be for Yuja Wang to make her Oregon Symphony debut than with the fiendishly difficult Rach Third?
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6, "Sinfonia semplice"
• Sergei Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No. 3
Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:30PM:
Gregory Vajda's Dvorak
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More Info » The brilliant violinist Jennifer Koh returns to present not one but two dazzling solos – the famous Barber concerto you probably already know and love … plus a small gem by Bartok you're going to love to discover.
Gregory Vajda, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
Gregory Vajda: Duevoe
• Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
• Bela Bartok: Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:30PM:
Eroica
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More Info » Toronto's Globe & Mail calls the terrific Canadian violinist James Ehnes "the Jascha Heifetz of our day." High praise, indeed. Imagine what he'll be able to do with the first violin concerto of Max Bruch.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
William Walton: Partita
• Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Sun May 22, 2011 7:30PM:
Celebrating the Orchestra
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More Info » Oh, what a year it's been! We bring our spectacular 2010/11 concert season to a close in the best way we know how: With a program planned specifically to highlight the exceptional talent of the Oregon Symphony's own musicians.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Orchestra soloists
Featured players include: Joël Belgique, viola; David Buck, flute; JáTtik Clark, tuba;
Yoshinori Nakao, clarinet; Nancy Ives, cello; Jun Iwasaki, violin
Paul Dukas: La péri Fanfare (all brass)
Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik (Belgique)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle (Buck, Nakao)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso
Jeff Tyzik: Jig from Four Dances for Tuba (Clark)
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (Iwasaki)
Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
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