The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra continues its 42nd season with live streamed performances featuring award winning Maestro Francesco Lecce-Chong and top prize winning classical guitar virtuoso Adam Levin. Maestro Lecce-Chong will lead the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in a remarkable program including magnificent Brooklyn-based Jessie Montgomery s beautiful and textural Strum for string orchestra, Grażyna Bacewicz s energetic Concerto for String Orchestra, and the charming Divertimento No. 1 in D Major by W.A. Mozart. Mr. Levin will perform two pieces for classical guitar: contemporary Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada s Caprichos No. 1 for guitar and string orchestra, Balada s brilliant homage to Federico Garcia Lorca and Joaquin Turina s traditional Spanish work Fantasia-Sevillana for solo guitar.
12 classical music performances to stir and soothe winter of our discontent
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Even though the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on musical organizations everywhere, artists have dug deeper to find ways to connect with audiences. Portland is fortunate to have excellent online options that will broadcast familiar and new works, including the dozen mentioned here.
- Portland Opera s 2020/21 Resident Artists (from left) Michael Parham, Lynnesha Crump, David Morgans Sanchez, Edwin Jhamal Davis, and Jasmine Johnson.Photo by Gia Goodrich
Resident Artist Series – Portland Opera
It is always fun to hear some of the best up-and-coming singers before they are discovered by everyone else. Portland Opera’s Resident Artist Program has an excellent record of finding such talent. This year’s crop will be beamed live from the Hampton Opera Center in three programs of solos, duets, and ensemble numbers accompanied by coach and pianist Joseph Williams. The first program
Music at Kohl Mansion (MAKM), one of the Bay Area s leading presenters of international chamber music concerts, today announced five international ensembles that will be presented virtually during the winter/spring 2021 season, MAKM s 38th season. The roster of esteemed artists features the Alexander String Quartet; Scotland s Maxwell Quartet; the Ying Quartet; the MAKM debut of French ensemble Quatuor Danel with clarinet soloist Pascal Moraguès; and the Horszowski Trio.