Heritage
The names you have known since childhood, on Portland's stages.
Saturday, December 5 · 2:00 PMSaint Nicholas in the East and WestFrom Byzantine chant to Arvo Pärt: Cappella Romana sings music about Saint Nicholas at St. Mary's Cathedral.St. Mary's Cathedral
Sunday, November 15 · 7:30 PMA Defiant Voice: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, Bernstein’s Candide Overture and a world premiere by a student composer, played by the MYS orchestra.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall · from $27.80
Saturday, December 5 · 2:00 PM · until December 24George Balanchine's The NutcrackerThe son of a Georgian composer, who danced The Nutcracker as a child on the stage where it was born, Balanchine went on to make it America's Christmas tradition in New York.Keller AuditoriumConcerts, ballet and theater
Schumann QuartetA quartet of three Schumann brothers and their violist: two evenings and two different programs, from Mozart and Brahms to Tchaikovsky.Lincoln Performance Hall
Triumph of the SpiritRachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, with young soloists from the Cognizart program, among them pianist Nikita Istratov.Patricia Reser Center for the Arts · Beaverton$20–70
The Duke of Cello: Duke Ellington’s Jazz NutcrackerDuke Ellington’s jazz Nutcracker on six cellos: a holiday evening with 45th Parallel Universe at Polaris Hall.Polaris Hall
Home for the HolidaysThe ensemble 45th Parallel Universe performs Christmas music and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.Polaris Hall
Dominic Walsh’s Storybook NutcrackerA short Nutcracker for little ones: Dominic Walsh’s calm premiere with OBT2 at Keller Auditorium.Keller Auditorium
Shostakovich and RachmaninoffShostakovich and Rachmaninoff: a symphony about revolution and a virtuoso rhapsodyArlene Schnitzer Concert Hallfrom $40
Emanuel Ax Plays BeethovenEmanuel Ax was born in Lviv in 1949 to a family that survived the camps, and came to New York by way of Warsaw and Winnipeg.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Busch TrioBusch Trio performs works by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Smetana, with a 1783 Guadagnini violin.Friends of Chamber Music
Romance & Devotion with Oregon SymphonyThe orchestra plays music about love, from Berlioz to Tchaikovsky.Rose Auditorium At South Salem High School
Oregon Symphony: Romance and DevotionPortland’s symphony plays Tchaikovsky and Dvořák: love and passion.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping BeautyThe classic Sleeping Beauty comes alive in a show of light and dance.Alberta Rose Theatre
Olga Kern and the Vancouver Symphony: Rachmaninoff’s Third ConcertoOlga Kern performs Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at Skyview Concert Hall.Skyview Concert Hall · Vancouver, WA
Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3Rachmaninoff’s symphony: Russian Romanticism with an American accent.Rose Auditorium At South Salem High School
Rachmaninoff’s Third SymphonyRachmaninoff’s symphony and Bernstein’s violin concertoArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Oregon Symphony: Stravinsky’s PetrushkaThe orchestra plays Stravinsky’s Petrushka and a Gershwin concerto with pianist Thibaudet.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Tchaikovsky: Stella Chen and the Oregon SymphonyViolinist Stella Chen and the Oregon Symphony perform works by Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Mussorgsky.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall