Dances and Rhapsodies
Pianists take center stage this week
Everybody knows Rhapsody in Blue, which likely ranks in the top three most recognizable works of American classical music. From that famous bluesy opening clarinet … Continue reading
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Stripped Down Sounds
Music from Tchaikovsky to American roots sounds coming to town
Classical music is great at going big — witness Eugene Symphony’s concert Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Hult Center featuring Tchaikovsky’s monumental Piano Concerto No. … Continue reading
Recovering Armenia’s Past Through Music
Portland's Cappella Romana return to Eugene for free concert
Cappella Romana is one of Oregon’s most famous classical music institutions. Founded in 1991, the Portland-based professional vocal ensemble has gone on to become the … Continue reading
Nevertheless, They Persisted
Women composers and musicians are finding a bit more of the spotlight this month in Eugene
Long before the #MeToo movement, the classical music establishment had a long and inglorious history of sexism. Even in the supposedly liberated 20th and 21st … Continue reading
Puncturing Pretensions
Eugene Opera’s HMS Pinafore sets social satire to spiffy music
As 2018 mercifully closes, there’s so much wrong in our country that a significant portion of the music and theater being created today seems to … Continue reading
Ghosts From The Past
Enjoy Christmas music you haven’t actually heard to death
It’s December and, these days, that means omnipresent standard holiday tunes have already crossed the threshold between inspirational nostalgia and annoying oversaturation. So it’s a … Continue reading
American Christmas
Holiday music of all kinds is headed to local venues
Millions of Americans celebrate Christmas, but let’s face it: The Yuletide is hardly an American original. Sometimes it seems about the only thing we’ve contributed … Continue reading
Busting Stereotypes
Classical music breaks expectations this month in Eugene
It’s no coincidence that Black Violin’s latest album is titled Stereotypes. “We’ve been stereotyped from the moment we picked up the instruments,” the duo’s violist Wil … Continue reading
Autumn Voices
A flurry of hot musical concerts will help keep the damp depression of the November chill at bay
Any contest for the greatest songwriter of all time has to rank Franz Schubert near the top. He wrote 600 of them, after all, despite … Continue reading
Small-Scale Sounds
Check out early music, HIP music and high school string players doing ‘60s rock
October’s big show is the Eugene Symphony’s Thursday, Oct. 18, Hult Center concert featuring eminent Portland composer David Schiff’s Stomp, Leonard Bernstein’s ambitious “Age of Anxiety” symphony … Continue reading