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What better way to herald PBO’s 40th anniversary season than to revel in the rich combination of natural trumpet along with soprano and strings? Our program includes Handel’s youthful Gloria – rediscovered in 2001 – and concludes with Bach’s exuberant cantata, “Praise the Lord in all lands,” featuring PBO principal trumpet Kris Kwapis and soprano Arwen Myers. Nestled between lies a double violin concerto from Vivaldi’s celebrated collection, ‘’The Harmonic Inspiration.” Small wonder it inspired Bach to arrange it for the organ.

To learn more visit: https://pbo.org/concerts-events/shout-for-joy-pbo-is-40

As we near All Hallows’ Eve, we would like you to join us to explore some “Minor Modalities.” Minor modalities in music exert a profound influence on emotions, imbuing compositions with a distinct blend of introspection, melancholy, and depth. Through the use of minor scales and chords, music evokes feelings of sadness, solemnity, and enigma, creating an atmosphere that is both poignant and introspective.

The Rose City Wind Symphony is pleased to present “Minor Modalities.” Selections chosen include:

El Camino Real by Alfred Reed
A Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Seans
There will also be a premier wind ensemble performing Gloriosa by Yasuhide Ito.

We are offering this concert for FREE to the community with a suggested donation between $20, but any amount is gladly accepted.

Legend tells us that Johann Sebastian Bach exclaimed, “’Tis Prussian Blue! It fades easily!” when describing the music of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. This was surely a teasing reference to the galant style, with its open musical textures and general avoidance of “old-school” counterpoint. Our program offsets the contrapuntal wizardry of Bach senior with this new style – and is especially topical for your new Artistic Director in featuring a set of variations on God Save the King by Johann Christian, the so-called “London Bach.”

To learn more visit: https://pbo.org/concerts-events/a-musical-offering-bach-old-vs-new