09/10 Special Concerts

Portland’s joyous salute to the holidays is now in its 11th year with conductor Charles Floyd and the Northwest Community Gospel Choir. This is a moving, inspiring and very exciting celebration of the season.

Portland’s joyous salute to the holidays is now in its 11th year with conductor Charles Floyd and the Northwest Community Gospel Choir. This is a moving, inspiring and very exciting celebration of the season.

Portland’s joyous salute to the holidays is now in its 11th year with conductor Charles Floyd and the Northwest Community Gospel Choir. This is a moving, inspiring and very exciting celebration of the season.

Since 1984, Chip Davis’ Mannheim Steamroller has rung in the holidays with their contemporary interpretations of Yuletide favorites. Their unique sound has sold over 30 million albums and their performances with members of the Oregon Symphony promise to be very special holiday events. See more at mannheimsteamroller.com

Since 1984, Chip Davis’ Mannheim Steamroller has rung in the holidays with their contemporary interpretations of Yuletide favorites. Their unique sound has sold over 30 million albums and their performances with members of the Oregon Symphony promise to be very special holiday events. See more at mannheimsteamroller.com

Join us for a program of all-time holiday favorites. Selections include excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, the Pifa from Handel’s Messiah and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves. This is a chance to sing holiday favorites with your family and the Oregon Symphony.
In partnership with allclassical.org

The host of the weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor walks and talks the best of Americana. His masterful storytelling about life in the Midwest paints pictures that range from grade-school crushes, growing up in a low thermostat household to the wonderful cast of folks populating his beloved Lake Wobegon. Please note: The Oregon Symphony does not perform.

The host of the weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor walks and talks the best of Americana. His masterful storytelling about life in the Midwest paints pictures that range from grade-school crushes, growing up in a low thermostat household to the wonderful cast of folks populating his beloved Lake Wobegon. Please note: The Oregon Symphony does not perform.

Oregon’s musical Favorite Son – the red-hot trumpeter Chris Botti – comes back home to Portland for one more night of cool jazz in the distinctive style that's all his own. The world-class ensemble of musicians backing him up will astonish you, too. Please note: The Oregon Symphony does not perform.

She’s sexy, sassy and electrifying. Award-winning singer and actress Storm Large makes her Oregon Symphony debut with a romantic evening of beloved standards and some very special surprises.

• Webern: Passacaglia
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
• Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Maybe the most perfect music Mozart ever wrote for piano. And Angela Hewitt, the brilliant Canadian pianist whose performances The Oregonian calls “unforgettable.” Is this a match made in heaven, or what?

• Webern: Passacaglia
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
• Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Maybe the most perfect music Mozart ever wrote for piano. And Angela Hewitt, the brilliant Canadian pianist whose performances The Oregonian calls “unforgettable.” Is this a match made in heaven, or what?

Berlin, New York, Los Angeles … Portland. Elegance, cool sophistication, the music of the 1930s and ’40s … Europe’s answer to Pink Martini? See more at palastorchester.de
Please note: The Oregon Symphony does not perform.

You’ve seen him with our orchestra, and you’ve asked to hear more of this legendary violinist in the solo repertoire. Perlman is with us this year for one night only. Don’t miss this great artist during our month of stellar violinists.
Please note: The Oregon Symphony does not perform.