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Your 2015/16 Classical Series Concerts by Date

2015/16 Classical Series Concerts by Date

Browse concert details here. See pages 10-15 for package options.

Browse concert details here. See pages 10-15 for package options.

Colin Currie

Colin Currie

Saturday | September 26 | 7:30 pm Sunday | September 27 | 7:30 pm Monday | September 28 | 8 pm

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Colin Currie, percussion

Stanisław Skrowaczewski, conductor • Francesco Piemontesi, piano

Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture • MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emmanuel Smetana: Má vlast excerpts, including The Moldau

Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595 Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Francesco Piemontesi

Audiences’ favorite percussionist returns, this time with MacMillan’s thrilling showpiece for percussion and orchestra. And then there’s Smetana’s richly melodic Má vlast, composed amidst the physical and emotional anguish of his complete deafness. SAT B

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SUN B

Sunday | November 22 | 7:30 pm Monday | November 23 | 8 pm

MON A

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

Beethoven’s Eroica

Saturday | October 10 | 7:30 pm Monday | October 12 | 8 pm

PSU Chamber Choir

A tightly woven program, with warp and weft spinning around Beethoven and Bach. Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony shares a rich, emotional heart. And Gubaidulina’s work ties both Bach and Webern into a gorgeous and moving tapestry. SAT A

Saturday | December 5 | 7:30 pm Sunday | December 6 | 2 pm

MON B

François Leleux

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso • Ginastera: Harp Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Sunday | January 10 | 7:30 pm Monday | January 11 | 8 pm

“Complete submission before Fate….Shall I cast myself into the embrace of faith?” Thus scrawled a turbulent Tchaikovsky across sketches of his Fifth Symphony, a tour de force despite – or perhaps because of – his doubts. Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SAT A

SUN C

SUN C

Shortly after WWII, a young GI who was a principal oboist in his civilian life visited Strauss and asked if he’d ever thought of composing a concerto for oboe. “No,” came the terse reply. But the idea grew on him. Now you’ll see why. SUN B

MON B

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Tomáš Netopil, conductor • Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Schiff: Infernal (after Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite) • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tchaikovsky: Manfred

Benjamin Grosvenor

Saturday | January 23 | 7:30 pm Sunday | January 24 | 2 pm Monday | January 25 | 8 pm

Rachmaninoff transformed Paganini’s 24th Caprice for Violin into a set of virtuosic variations for piano and orchestra that’s tackled only by the most fearless of pianists. The renowned Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein returns to thrill us yet again. Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SAT A

Carpenter: Sea Drift • Strauss: Oboe Concerto Mozart: Symphony No. 28 Liszt: Les Préludes

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Kirill Gerstein, piano

Saturday | November 7 | 7:30 pm Monday | November 9 | 8 pm

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

MON A

Rachmaninoff ’s Rhapsody

Kirill Gerstein

After 250 years, Handel’s exuberant oratorio remains unrivaled in its ability to elevate audiences to exhilarating heights.

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • François Leleux, oboe

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor • Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

Saturday | October 24 | 7:30 pm Sunday | October 25 | 2 pm Monday | October 26 | 8 pm

Handel: Messiah

Strauss’ Oboe Concerto

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5

Yolanda Kondonassis

MON A

Carlos Kalmar, conductor PSU Chamber Choir Soloists TBA

Bach (arr. Webern): Musical Offering Ricercare • Gubaidulina: Offertorium: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SUN B

Handel’s Messiah

Matthew Halls, conductor • Vadim Gluzman, violin

Vadim Gluzman

Who better to bring this delicious and delicate Mozart piece to life than the brilliant young Francesco Piemontesi, named “The Best Newcomer” at the 2012 BBC Music Magazine Awards? An evening of extraordinary beauty and grace.

SAT B

Honegger: Rugby • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 6

Written when Chopin was only 20, the “Poet of the Piano” displays a mastered craft, achieving unbelievable sound, intimacy and nuance. British sensation Benjamin Grosvenor’s own trademark is a lyricism far beyond his own 22 years. Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SAT B

SUN C

MON A

MON B

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Your 2015/16 Classical Series Concerts by Date

2015/16 Classical Series Concerts by Date

Browse concert details here. See pages 10-15 for package options.

Browse concert details here. See pages 10-15 for package options.

The Planets

Natasha Paremski

Saturday | February 6 | 7:30 pm Sunday | February 7 | 2 pm Monday | February 8 | 8 pm

Elgar’s Symphony No. 1

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Natasha Paremski, piano

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Augustin Hadelich, violin

Stravinsky: Fireworks • Schoenfield: Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra Holst: The Planets

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture • Adès: Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths” Elgar: Symphony No. 1

Augustin Hadelich

The Planets, in which Holst draws upon his fascination with astrology to depict the Music of the Spheres, stands as a triumph of the 20th century. Add Stravinsky’s Fireworks and Natasha Paremski on the piano and you’re in for a treat. Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SAT A

SUN C

Saturday | April 9 | 7:30 pm Sunday | April 10 | 7:30 pm Monday | April 11 | 8 pm

MON B

Elgar’s First Symphony achieved what critics described as “immediate and phenomenal success.” And with a hundred performances across Europe and North America within just over a year of its premiere, we’re happy to continue the tradition. Available in these Classical Series Packages:

Joshua Bell

Saturday | February 20 | 7:30 pm Sunday | February 21 | 7:30 pm Monday | February 22 | 8 pm

Simone Lamsma

Joshua Bell returns to perform what renowned turn-of-the-19th century violinist Joseph Joachim declared the “richest, most seductive” of all German violin concertos. When you think of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Brahms, that’s saying something. SAT B

SUN B

Saturday | April 23 | 7:30 pm Sunday | April 24 | 2 pm Monday | April 25 | 8 pm

MON B

Copland’s Quiet City

Saturday | March 12 | 7:30 pm Monday | March 14 | 8 pm

Garrick Ohlsson

Saturday | May 14 | 7:30 pm Sunday | May 15 | 7:30 pm Monday | May 16 | 8 pm

Three of our virtuoso musicians – concertmaster Sarah Kwak, English horn Kyle Mustain, and trumpet Jeff Work – take a well-deserved solo turn as we celebrate them and the entire orchestra. SAT B

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MON B

Schumann: Genoveva Overture Hindemith: Mathis der Maler • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto is the “Everest” of Romantic concertos, and it takes a rare breed to surmount the challenge. Only the pianist who pairs technical precision with exceptional endurance will prevail. Garrick Ohlsson is one of those few. SAT A

SUN B

MON A

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Carlos Kalmar

The opportunity to perform Haydn is always a delight, since we humbly consider it one of our specialties. The orchestra stands to shine in Brahms’ stately Variations, before the riveting Haydn and Strauss’ charming tone poem.

• * Denote guest artists featured in these works.

SUN C

Carlos Kalmar, conductor PSU and Pacific Youth Choirs

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Haydn: Symphony No. 90 • Strauss: Don Quixote

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SAT A

Mahler’s Symphony No. 3

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Christian Poltera, cello

Saturday | March 19 | 7:30 pm Sunday | March 20 | 7:30 pm

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

MON A

Brahms, Haydn & Strauss

Christian Poltera

“Her playing [had] the kind of energy that kept you on the edge of your seat.” The Oregonian certainly loved Simone Lamsma’s distinctive artistry at her debut last fall. So did we. She’s now back to dazzle us with her Tchaikovsky.

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Debussy: Prelude to ”The Afternoon of a Faun” • Bloch: Violin Concerto * Copland: Quiet City Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

Nielsen: Helios Overture Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Ohlsson Plays Brahms

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Sarah Kwak, violin * Kyle Mustain, English horn * Jeff Work, trumpet Sarah Kwak

MON A

Paul Ghun Kim, conductor • Simone Lamsma, violin

Wagner: Parsifal Prelude to Act I Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I

Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SUN B

Lamsma Plays Tchaikovsky

Robert Spano, conductor • Joshua Bell, violin

Joshua Bell

SAT B

SAT A

Saturday | May 21 | 7:30 pm Monday | May 23 | 8 pm

“My symphony will be unlike anything the world has ever heard!” Such was Mahler’s vision for this massive work, which waxes philosophical in a beautiful, haunting affirmation of a complex universe in which the ultimate form of being is love. Available in these Classical Series Packages:

SAT B

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Classical Saturdays

saturday

If Saturday is your preferred night out, here are two packages designed just for you. See pages 6-9 for concert descriptions.

SAT A

Saturday A Evenings at 7:30 pm

Beethoven’s Eroica October 10

SAT B

Brahms, Haydn & Strauss March 19

Colin Currie

Copland’s Quiet City Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Sarah Kwak, violin * Kyle Mustain, English horn * Jeff Work, trumpet

September 26

Matthew Halls, conductor • Vadim Gluzman, violin

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Christian Poltera, cello

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Colin Currie, percussion

Bach (arr. Webern): Musical Offering Ricercare • Gubaidulina: Offertorium: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Haydn: Symphony No. 90 • Strauss: Don Quixote

Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture • MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emmanuel Smetana: Má vlast excerpts, including The Moldau

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 October 24

Lamsma Plays Tchaikovsky April 23

March 12

Rachmaninoff ’s Rhapsody

Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” • Bloch: Violin Concerto * Copland: Quiet City Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

November 7

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor • Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

Paul Ghun Kim, conductor • Simone Lamsma, violin

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Kirill Gerstein, piano

Elgar’s Symphony No. 1

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso • Ginastera: Harp Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Nielsen: Helios Overture Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Schiff: Infernal (after Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite) • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tchaikovsky: Manfred

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Augustin Hadelich, violin

Handel’s Messiah December 5

Carlos Kalmar, conductor PSU Chamber Choir Soloists TBA Handel: Messiah

The Planets February 6

April 9

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture • Adès: Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths” Elgar: Symphony No. 1

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Tomáš Netopil, conductor • Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Mahler’s Symphony No. 3

Schumann: Genoveva Overture Hindemith: Mathis der Maler • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Honegger: Rugby • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 6

Carlos Kalmar, conductor PSU and Pacific Youth Choirs

Ohlsson Plays Brahms May 14

January 23

May 21

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Joshua Bell

• * Denote guest artists featured in these works.

February 20

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Natasha Paremski, piano

Robert Spano, conductor • Joshua Bell, violin

Stravinsky: Fireworks • Schoenfield: Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra Holst: The Planets

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Saturday B Evenings at 7:30 pm

Wagner: Parsifal Prelude to Act I Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I

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Classical Sundays

sunday

If Sunday’s your day for special outings, we’ve got two packages just for you – afternoons or evenings. Your choice. See pages 6-9 for concert descriptions.

SUN B

Sunday B Evenings at 7:30 pm

Colin Currie

Brahms, Haydn & Strauss

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Colin Currie, percussion

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Christian Poltera, cello

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor • Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Natasha Paremski, piano

Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture • MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emmanuel Smetana: Má vlast excerpts, including The Moldau

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Haydn: Symphony No. 90 • Strauss: Don Quixote

Ravel: Alborado del gracioso • Ginastera: Harp Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Stravinsky: Fireworks • Schoenfield: Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra Holst: The Planets

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27

Elgar’s Symphony No. 1

Handel’s Messiah

Stanisław Skrowaczewski, conductor • Francesco Piemontesi, piano

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Augustin Hadelich, violin

Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595 Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture • Adès: Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths” Elgar: Symphony No. 1

Carlos Kalmar, conductor PSU Chamber Choir Soloists TBA

Strauss’ Oboe Concerto

Ohlsson Plays Brahms

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • François Leleux, oboe

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Carpenter: Sea Drift • Strauss: Oboe Concerto, D major Mozart: Symphony No. 28, C major Liszt: Les Préludes

Schumann: Genoveva Overture Hindemith: Mathis der Maler • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Joshua Bell

• Denotes guest artists featured in these works.

September 27

November 22

January 10

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5

March 20

October 25

April 10

December 6

Handel: Messiah

February 7

Lamsma Plays Tchaikovsky April 24

Paul Ghun Kim, conductor • Simone Lamsma, violin Nielsen: Helios Overture Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

January 24

May 15

Tomáš Netopil, conductor • Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Honegger: Rugby • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 6

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Robert Spano, conductor • Joshua Bell, violin

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Wagner: Parsifal Prelude to Act I Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I

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The Planets

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1

February 21

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Classical Mondays

monday

With its 8 pm downbeat, this weekday option gives you plenty of time for a leisurely dinner and still ends the evening at a perfect hour. See pages 6-9 for concert descriptions.

MON A

Monday A Evenings at 8 pm

Colin Currie September 28

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Colin Currie, percussion Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture • MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emmanuel Smetana: Má vlast excerpts, including The Moldau

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 October 26

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor • Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Ravel: Alborado del gracioso • Ginastera: Harp Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 November 23

Stanisław Skrowaczewski, conductor • Francesco Piemontesi, piano Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595 Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 January 25

Tomáš Netopil, conductor • Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

MON B

Copland’s Quiet City

Beethoven’s Eroica

Joshua Bell

Matthew Halls, conductor • Vadim Gluzman, violin

Robert Spano, conductor • Joshua Bell, violin

Bach (arr. Webern): Musical Offering Ricercare • Gubaidulina: Offertorium: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Wagner: Parsifal Prelude to Act I Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I

October 12

March 14

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Sarah Kwak, violin * Kyle Mustain, English horn * Jeff Work, trumpet Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” • Bloch: Violin Concerto * Copland: Quiet City Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Rachmaninoff ’s Rhapsody November 9

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Kirill Gerstein, piano

Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 April 11

Schiff: Infernal (after Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite) • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tchaikovsky: Manfred

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Augustin Hadelich, violin Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture • Adès: Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths” Elgar: Symphony No. 1

Strauss’ Oboe Concerto January 11

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • François Leleux, oboe

Ohlsson Plays Brahms May 16

Carpenter: Sea Drift • Strauss: Oboe Concerto, D major Mozart: Symphony No. 28, C major Liszt: Les Préludes

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Garrick Ohlsson, piano Schumann: Genoveva Overture Hindemith: Mathis der Maler • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

The Planets February 8

• * Denote guest artists featured in these works.

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Natasha Paremski, piano

Honegger: Rugby • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 6

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Monday B Evenings at 8 pm

Stravinsky: Fireworks • Schoenfield: Four Parables for Piano and Orchestra Holst: The Planets

February 22

Lamsma Plays Tchaikovsky April 25

Paul Ghun Kim, conductor • Simone Lamsma, violin Nielsen: Helios Overture Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 May 23

Carlos Kalmar, conductor PSU and Pacific Youth Choirs Mahler: Symphony No. 3

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Pops Series Concerts

Kids Series Concerts

Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik is famous for curating and conducting a series that celebrates the

Kids love music. And we love playing for them! These concerts – designed especially

best in American pop music. With both matinee and evening options, these concerts are

for young audiences – are both entertaining and educational, for kids and their families.

perennial favorites.

Saturdays | 7:30 pm & Sundays | 3 pm

Always on Sunday at 2 pm Paul Ghun Kim, conductor

Pam Mahon, narrator

Blast Off!

Kids Series subscriptions start at just $27.

November 15

Pacific Youth Choir Dance West

Byron Stripling

Jeff Tyzik

Lisa Vroman

Paul Ghun Kim

Curtis Stigers

Jump into your space suit and get ready to launch into the outer limits of the universe! You’ll journey through the solar system and venture into galaxies far, far away, with selections from Holst’s Planets suite, John Williams’ Star Wars theme, and more. It’s three…two…one…blast off, with the Oregon Symphony!

Musical Zoo January 17

Broadway Classics

Return to the Cotton Club

Todd Ellison, conductor Lisa Vroman & Ron Raines, vocalists

Jeff Tyzik, conductor Byron Stripling, trumpet

Two of Broadway’s finest join together in an unabashed celebration of the very best of Broadway. All your favorites – Gershwin, Porter, Kander & Ebb, Weill, Sondheim, Webber and more.

A night of great music, song and dance from Harlem’s hottest jazz club! Dancers join Jeff Tyzik and trumpeter Byron Stripling for the red-hot tunes of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway and more.

October 17 & 18

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! This winter, enjoy the animal kingdom from inside a warm and cozy concert hall with musical depictions of creatures great and small, including music from The Lion King, La Cucaracha, and Haydn’s “Bear” Symphony.

February 27 & 28

Holiday Pops

The Sinatra Century

Jeff Tyzik, conductor Pacific Youth Choir

Jeff Tyzik, conductor Curtis Stigers, vocals

Jeff Tyzik rings in the season amid the grandeur of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with the Oregon Symphony and the Pacific Youth Choir. Let the season begin, with your favorite carols and beloved holiday favorites.

This impressive singer and showman celebrates what would have been Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday with his greatest hits, plus emotional renditions of Gershwin, Porter, Kern and plenty more.

November 28 & 29

Pacific Youth Choir Dance West

Pam Mahon

Dance Party April 17

Pacific Youth Choir Dance West

The adults know how popular our dance-themed concerts are, but why should they get all the fun? This year we’ve got a whole program designed just so kids can get their wiggle on. With pieces like Glière’s Russian Sailor’s Dance and Leroy Anderson’s Sandpaper Ballet, you’ll want to dance in your seats–and who are we to stop you?

April 2 & 3

All Kids Concerts last approximately one hour.

Kids Concerts sponsored by

Musical Zoo is made possible in part by the Oregon Zoo

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NEW THIS YEAR! Look for our complete Special Concerts brochure to arrive in May.

Special Concerts

Each year we present 15-20 Special Concerts in addition to our subscription series. As a season ticket holder, you’ll be the first to learn of these exciting concerts and get the first opportunity to grab the best seats. Watch your mail and email boxes in May for the 2015/16 collection of Special Concerts. But these two classical specials will sell out fast, and we want you to have the first chance to purchase tickets.

Season Opening Night!

Pablo Villegas

Saturday, September 12 | 7:30 pm

Carlos Kalmar, conductor • Pablo Villegas, guitar Dukas: La Pèri (complete ballet) • Corigliano: Troubadours • Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre Ravel: Rapsodie espagnol

Pablo Villegas

Audiences shot to their feet at Pablo’s recent concert debut. So much so that we had to bring him back as quickly as possible – this time with another of Rodrigo’s famous guitar works. Few performers electrify audiences as he does.

Oregon Symphony in the Community

We believe that music has the power to change lives. That’s why each year our musicians perform for and touch the lives of 50,000 children, families, and educators in schools,

Lang Lang

libraries, hospitals, and treatment centers – sharing the power and magic of music, in the concert hall and beyond.

Thursday, October 15 | 7:30 pm

We invite you to support our work through your contribution

Paul Ghun Kim, conductor • Lang Lang, piano

on the order form on page 22.

Chabrier: Fête polonaise from The King in spite of himself • Grieg: Piano Concerto Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 8, G major

Please give the gift of music today!

With its explosive opening, Grieg’s only Piano Concerto is a perfect fit for the fiery Lang Lang. Penned at the youthful age of 25, the piece contrasts grandeur and folk-song, powerfully evoking the dramatic fjords of Grieg’s Norse homeland.

We applaud our sponsors who too believe that music has the power to change lives.

Lang Lang

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Front Center Right $672 $576 $350 $250 $272 $81

$50

$113

Premium Side A

$896

$768

$476

$340

$272

$45

$81

$113

Premium Side D

$672

$576

$350

$250

$272

$45

$50

$113

Middle Center Left $672 $576 $350 $250 $200 $60

$50

$90

Middle Center Right

$546

$468

$287

$205

$200

$60

$41

$90

Side A

$546

$468

$287

$205

$164

$45

$41

$68

Side D

$350

$300

$182

$130

$164

$45

$25

$41

Rear Center

$350

$300

$182

$130

$104

$27

$27

$41

Rear Sides

$280

$240

$147

$105

$84

$27

$21

$32

Dress Circle Center

$1,470

$1,260

$735

$525

$420

$120

$105

$175

Dress Circle Sides

$966

$828

$511

$365

$292

$81

$74

$175

Lower Mezzanine

$966

$828

$511

$365

$292

$81

$74

$113

Upper Mezzanine

$756

$648

$399

$285

$228

$60

$57

$90

Lower Balcony

$546

$468

$287

$205

$164

$45

$41

$68

Upper Balcony

$350

$300

$182

$130

$104

$27

$27

$41

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2.

Choose your Subscription Series Packages. (Classical, Pops or Kids) Prefer a Choose Your Own Flex Package? Go to section 4. Series Day and Name (example: Classical Saturday A)

Preferred Seating Location

Number of Subsription Seats

Price Each

Total

Price Each

Total

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3.

Choose your add-ons. Until May 18, Special Concerts are available only to subscribers! For tickets to Special Concerts, your subscriber discount prices are listed on page 20. For additional tickets to Classical, Pops, or Kids Concerts, please call the ticket office for your prorated prices.

† These ticket prices for Special Concerts already include the 10% discount for new and renewing subscribers. Prices are only good when puchased with a subscription.

Concert Title

Subscription Series − Seating Area Orchestra

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Date

Preferred Seating Location

Number of Seats

Seating map notes Dress Circle Sides: Rows B to D, four outermost seats.

Stage Center: Rows A to E.



Premium Sides: Rows F to N,

*For Classical concerts, four Stage Center Right aisle seats (within dotted lines) at Front Center Right price. pairs of aisle seats.

Subtotal (sections 2 & 3)

$

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4.

Choose Your Own Flex Package

Choose Your Own Flex Package. See details on page 23.

Design your own package to suit your needs. Enjoy all the benefits of subscribing – including free exchanges, biggest savings, best seats, priority seating, and discounts on additional purchases.

Prefer a traditional Subscription Series package? Skip this section and complete Section 2.

Tier (Choose one)

Preferred Seating Location

Number of Tickets

q I q II

q Orchestra

q6

q III

q IV

q Balcony

Concert Title & Date

Number of Seats

q 12

q

Total Flex Cost:

(other)

$

Number of Seats

Concert Title & Date

Choose a 6- or 12-ticket package

Choose your concerts

The number of tickets you use for each concert is totally up to you. You can bring five friends to one concert, see six different shows on your own, or any other option in between. And you can add as many additional tickets as you like – all with your subscriber discount.

Flex tickets may be used for any Classical, Pops, or Kids Series concerts, as well as Gospel Christmas and Comfort and Joy. Special Concerts can be added with your subscriber discount.*

Choose now or later

Select the seating and price option that suits your needs – just use the chart below.

If there are concerts you know you want now, include those selections on page 22. If you haven’t decided, you can also make some or all of your selections at any time throughout the season. Your season ticket packet will include everything you need to choose your concerts whenever you like.

Flex Package Pricing Subtotal (from page 21)



Total Choose Your Own Flex Package Cost

$

Give the Gift of Music (see page 19)

$



5.

Provide your payment information.

Handling Fee Total Cost

Package

$ 15.00

Seating locations

Questions about the Choose Your Own Flex Package? Give our Patron Services Team a call at 503-228-1353 or 1-800-228-7343. *Watch for our Special Concerts brochure in May.

6-ticket Flex package

$

Choose your price

Add. tickets (Up to 11)

12-ticket Flex package

Add. tickets (Unlimited)

Package Price Price Each

Package

Seating locations

Package Price Price Each

Tier I Front Center, Lower Mezz.

$414

$69

Tier I

Front Center, Lower Mezz.

$780

$65

Tier II

Upper Mezz.

$342

$57

Tier II

Upper Mezz.

$660

$55

Tier III

Mid Center, Side A, Lower Bal. $258

$43

Tier III

Mid Center, Side A, Lower Bal. $492

$41

Tier IV

Side D, Orch. Rear, Upper Bal. $156

$26

Tier IV

Side D, Orch. Rear, Upper Bal. $300

$25

$

Choose Your Own Flex Package − Seating Area

Choose one:

Orchestra

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