Cascadia Composers is excited to announce the opening concert of its 2021-2022 season: Crossing Paths—New Music of Healing and Renewal. This unique concert experience will be our first live event in many months and will take place at the Leach Botanical Garden on Sunday, September 26th at 5 p.m. Audience members may stroll the woodland…
The Arcturus Quintet brings our garden series to a close with a delightful program of musical miniatures. View our COVID-19 Health & Safety Policy. WORKS Gustav Holst: The Planets: JupiterAdolphus Hailstork: Bassoon SetUnsuk Chin: Advice From a CaterpillarRuth Gipps: The Piper of Dreams, Op. 12bAdolphus Hailstork: Yuhwa (The Goddess of the Willow Trees)Astor Piazzolla: Libertango PERFORMERS Joe Berger, hornMartha Long, fluteJames Shields,…
What would Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart say to a young composer in 2021 and how would she respond? Mari Esabel Valverde explores this question in a new work commissioned specially for BS&F. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Sonata in G Major, K. 301, for violin and piano Mari Esabel Valverde:Uproot Dance for violin and viola Mari Esabel Valverde:“his eyes…
The first string quartet inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2012 and the first string quartet to win the Wigmore Hall Medal in 2014, the Takács Quartet is renowned for the vitality of its interpretations. “Simply the best I have ever heard in concert.” The Guardian PROGRAM: MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 HAYDN Quartet No. 23…
The Gemini Project / Pyxis Quartet We open our season with Gemini Project’s epic collaboration with PDX filmmaker Scott Ballard and BodyVox to present Shostakovich’s final symphony, arranged for sextet. The program also features PDX animator Zak Margolis’ gorgeous film Andante, accompanied by the Pyxis Quartet. View our COVID-19 Health & Safety Policy BUY TICKETS WORKS Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op.…
The first string quartet inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2012 and the first string quartet to win the Wigmore Hall Medal in 2014, the Takács Quartet is renowned for the vitality of its interpretations. “Simply the best I have ever heard in concert.” The Guardian PROGRAM: MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 HAYDN Quartet No. 23…
Concert pieces by Vivaldi, Handel, and Telemann; and dance music from the court of Louis XIV, featuring the baroque cello, viol, theorbo, and harpsichord. Program: Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata in B-flat Major, RV 47, for cello and continuo George Frideric Handel: Air in D Minor, G. 116, for harpsichord Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio in G for…
The Romantic imagination comes to life in Robert Schumann’s “Pictures from the East” for piano duet, “Fantasy Pieces” for clarinet and piano, and “Fairy Tales” for clarinet, viola, and piano, plus works by Max Bruch and Elisabeth von Saxe Meiningen. Program R. Schumann:Pictures from the East, op. 66, for piano, four hands Elisabeth von Saxe-Meiningen:Romance…