And, with a program that puts the spotlight on composers and blended music and poetry, that’s a good thing.
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Concert Review: Psalm 42 provides the canvas for multiple composers
St. Mary Schola’s ‘As Pants the Hart’ explores how one text was interpreted over different centuries.
Concert Review: DaPonte String Quartet masters Bach, Beethoven and Brahms
The ‘Bees in Your Bonnet’ concert repeats through Sunday.
Robert Moody adds to ‘German Requiem’ to great effect
The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s rendition was beautifully played with two short works as prelude.
Opera review: Mature vocals do justice to Nicolai’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ at USM
An enthusiastic young cast shows off the region’s singing talent in USM’s fully staged Opera Workshop performance.
Concert review: If any rock album belongs in an orchestral pops performance, it’s ‘Sgt. Pepper’
But the Portland Symphony Orchestra performance Sunday falls short, in part because of too much chatter.
Oratorio Chorale gives Bach star billing, but Schütz holds his own
‘Bach +’ makes a lively evening of the composers’ funeral works.
PSO’s Rachmaninoff performance revives an old debate
Robert Moody conducts the abbreviated Rachmaninoff, touching on a long-standing controversy.
Guest David Neely conducts the Portland Symphony Orchestra with clarity
Could such a guest performance be a tryout?
Portland Chamber Music Festival showcases a political work, of sorts
Andy Vores’ ‘Dark Days,’ which he wrote in response to the presidential election, hits some wrong notes deliberately.