PuzzleWatch: The Beethoven Effect
Daryl Browne
March 17, 2024
Test your knowledge of the great composer with a new crossword puzzle by Daryl Browne.
Test your knowledge of the great composer with a new crossword puzzle by Daryl Browne.
Differing senses of time, space, movement, image and meaning were coordinated by artistic leaders Alissa Deeter and Samuel Hobbs in their dazzling recent performances at The Reser.
Jamuna Chiarini looks back on December and January shows and ahead to February’s dance, from BodyVox’s “Flights” to Rejoice!’s “Rites of Passage” to OBT’s “Peter Pan” and more.
Choreographer Samuel Hobbs partners with PSC artistic director Dr. Alissa Deeter to create a powerful meditation of voice and movement drawn from ‘All-Night Vigil,’ Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece.
Chanticleer goes with the flow and reschedules Friday’s Reed performance for Saturday at PSU’s Lincoln Hall; performances of Rachmaninoff’s ‘Vespers’ with push/FOLD and Portland Symphonic Choir will proceed as planned at The Reser.
A new take on the liturgical work, from choral director Alissa Deeter and choreographer Samuel Hobbs; also, Chanticleer returns to Oregon.
From dancerly Broadway musicals to Éowyn Emerald’s return to a Bantu circus, a mystical being from Buenos Aires, Linda Austin’s birthday bash and more, 2024 kicks off in grand style.
Four “Messiahs,” choirs and harps, Northwest composers, and more.
Falling towards the holidays with secret music, west coast premieres, impending CD releases, a short Bach chorale, wintersongs, early Messiahs, and more.
Choirs all over Oregon and Southwest Washington celebrate the close of summer programs and the beginning of fall concerts.
Long-running festival celebrates four centuries of Byrd with concerts, recitals, lectures, and more.
Choral seasons draw to a close with spring premieres and commissioned works; Requiems in various moods; music in Greek, Ukrainian, and Spanish; and more.
Oregon’s youth choirs raise their voices in this year’s Music In Our Schools Month theme, “Music is all of us.”
The final weekend in February offers two grand choral works with orchestra, a contemporary Mass collaboration, and a dozen guys whose visits audiences cherish each year.
In which we discuss holiday traditions new and old.
Soweto Gospel Choir brings their “Hope” to Portland; a collaborative barbershop concert in close harmony; a salon in Eugene; the Yuletide concert season begins, from Jenkins’s “Miserere” to Geter’s “Requiem” to Britten’s “Saint Nicolas Cantata” to Rutter’s “Gloria.”
Cappella Romana releases their new creation-themed album; Choral Arts Ensemble shares the music of local composer Sydney Guillaume; Oregon Repertory Singers takes on Joby Talbot’s miraculous ‘Path’; Choro in Schola and PSU support choral education at The Reser; Bach Cantata Choir and Portland Symphonic Choir go to the foundations.
Choirs around Oregon prepare their fall concerts, featuring single-composer premieres, newly-scored old movies, and more.
Listening back to Oregon’s return to live choral concerts.
Area choirs collaborate on Ukraine benefit concert; the Tallis Scholars sing Antoine Brumel, David Lang, and Tomás Luis de Victoria; ISing brings “Stuck in the Americas” to The Reser; Willamette Master Chorus gives thanks to educators.
Oregon Chorale revives mental health themed concert originally planned for 2020.
Listening ahead to the region’s upcoming concerts and live streams
A new month stirs up a storm of cultural activity, from a big book fest to galleries to stage, screen, and sound.
PCS enters 76th season backing Andrea Bocelli at Moda Center
When the pandemic struck it seemed music news would dry up. But musicians found new ways to connect.
The Portland choral director and educator leaves a rich legacy in sounds and singers.
Oregon’s leading classical music public radio station All Classical Portland has launched a brand-new second radio network, for children. The International Children’s Arts Network (ICAN) is a 24-hour radio service and, the station announcement says, is the first of its kind in
The Christmas season celebrates a child’s birth and delights kids all over the world. But there’s little comfort and joy for many children today. Even before little Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on that Turkish beach three years ago, children were bearing
Portland’s big choirs once again present fans of choral music with some difficult choices. As happens too often — there’s a choral calendar that you’d think might help prevent this — several have scheduled shows on the same weekend, making it impossible
by BRUCE BROWNE A choir will rise to the occasion of a guest director, and new literature. But soar to new heights? Portland Symphonic Choir’s third candidate for permanent music director, Richard Sparks, brought something extra, something ethereal, to the confines of
Mahler’s symphonies seem like a closing chapter, a culmination of big, Romantic orchestral music. So large (and expensive!) are the forces required, that orchestras often save them for the end of the season. On Thursday, Francesco Lecce-Chong concludes his debut season with
by BRUCE BROWNE An academic analysis of the Verdi Requiem reveals the brilliance with which one of the great romantic musical dramatists set text and music for the ultimate dramatic impact. It’s all there. No brainer…let it ride…can’t improve on perfection. Right.
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