Charles Noble, the assistant principal violist with the Oregon Symphony posted a nice, critical review of their season which ended last week. His observations sparked a thorough debate on the season and the programmatic choices. Music Director Carlos Kalmar even responds, and Noble is kind enough to post Kalmar’s thoughts in their entirety.
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Reflecting on the end of the Oregon Symphony season
Posted in Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, tagged Carlos Kalmar, Charles Noble, Oliver Messiaen, Oregon Symphony on June 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Review: Oregon Symphony’s Mahler 9 delivers the goods
Posted in Portland, OR, tagged Gustav Mahler, Oregon Symphony on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
For around 90 minutes last Sunday the Oregon Symphony gave an emotionally satisfying interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in D major, a colossal work that can separate the best orchestras from the also rans. The orchestra, under the direction of music director and conductor Carlos Kalmar plumbed the depths of masterpiece, written at [...]
