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Normally in this issue we’d be telling you all about the Oregon Bach Festival’s upcoming concerts. But “normally” scampered off a while back, to return … Continue reading
The classical music establishment lately acknowledged the injustice of its many centuries of ignoring the voices of women. But then they go right back to … Continue reading
When we think of “classical composers,” the image that generally springs to mind is some long-dead Euro dude, like the one whose birth a quarter … Continue reading
Multimedia performances are all the rage, and just wait until augmented reality tech allows even more multiples. But before shows that spiced up sounds with … Continue reading
John Pizzarelli loves the old masters. The popular singer/guitarist’s recent albums have offered remakes of or tributes to storied performers and songwriters from Frank Sinatra … Continue reading
“With a golden apple in his hand, Emperor Theophilos slowly walked between two lines of contending beauties; His eye was detained by the charms of … Continue reading
“It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast.” So begins H.C. Andersen’s … Continue reading
If December’s lack of lumens is leaving you sluggish, the Eugene Symphony’s Thursday concert at the Hult Center Thursday, Dec. 12, should supply just the … Continue reading
Among classical composers based in Oregon today, four are likely to make it in the music history books. One of them, Portland’s Tomáš Svoboda, turns … Continue reading
In the mid 1960s, a young jazz bassist named David Friesen found his band playing opposite the classic John Coltrane Quartet at a Seattle club … Continue reading