Record growth marks the 120th Anniversary Season with a 20 percent increase in the number of classical concerts, a new multimedia series in collaboration with artistic luminaries, two commissioned world premieres, and 16 Oregon Symphony premieres.
Music Director Carlos Kalmar and President Scott Showalter have announced the details of the Company’s 2016/17 season. Titled “Like Never Before,” the season, which celebrates the Company’s 120th Anniversary and builds on the records-shattering success of the past two seasons, marks a new era of artistic growth and community collaboration.
Armed
with another Grammy Award nomination, its third in four years, the
Symphony creates new artistic experiences in a signature series titled
SoundSights, in which visual art is merged with orchestral sound.
In each of the three installments in this series, the Symphony
collaborates with some of the Northwest region’s most prominent artists.
Renowned artist
Dale Chihuly’s works of art provide the setting for the production of Bartók’s
Bluebeard’s Castle; Pacific Northwest College of Art’s acclaimed animator
Rose Bond and her team project dramatic video around the interior
walls of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for Messiaen’s
Turangalîla-Symphony; and production design wizard
Michael Curry transforms the stage for Stravinsky’s Perséphone.
Music Director Carlos Kalmar, commenting on the season—which marks his 14th at the artistic helm—said: “This is the most exciting season in my tenure. It is exactly what we should
be doing—providing new musical experiences for our audiences.”
SoundSights
concerts headline a Classical subscription series that grows from 40
performances to 48 performances, a 20% increase over
previous seasons. That growth allows all classical programs to have
three performances—on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays—providing patrons
with more choices and opportunities.
In
addition to that classical performance growth, all subscription
packages expand to include eight classical performances, half of the
season’s classical offerings.
Monday classical concert start times move from 8:00 pm to 7:30 pm, aligning the start times of all evening concerts.
Noting
the Company’s changes, President Scott Showalter, for whom the 2016/17
season marks his third, said: “Our growth reflects the support of our
subscribers, donors, ticket-buyers, and artistic
partners. The Oregon Symphony is responding to what we’ve heard from
our community and preparing for further growth. It’s an exciting time to
make music and art.”
The 2016/17 120th
Anniversary Season, which opens on September 10, 2016 and closes on May
22, 2017, includes 48 performances of 16 Classical subscription
concerts, 8 performances
of 4 Pops subscription concerts and 3 performances of 3 Kids
subscription concerts, for a total of 59 performances of 23 different
subscription concerts.
In addition to the subscription concerts, the season includes three renowned classical performers in Special Concerts: Soprano
Renée Fleming kicks off the season on September 10; violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs and conducts Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on January 7, 2017; and violinist
Gil Shaham joins the orchestra on April 2, 2017.
Every
season, the Oregon Symphony performs between 20 and 30 concerts beyond
its subscription series. These Special Concerts—under the
Oregon Symphony Presents banner—span a wide range of genres. Patrons can expect the full slate of these Special Concerts to be announced in May.
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