BFan presents Murder at the Ballet: the world’s first interactive murder mystery ballet. Set in 1888 London, it features award-winning film, television, and game composer Juan Luquí’s first-ever ballet score.
Inspired by Russian legends of nocturnal revels, Night on a Bald Mountain depicts a fiery witch’s sabbath and was inspiration for Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film Fantasia. Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 dwells in a sunny, pastoral world filled with Bohemian folk melodies, rustic peasant dances, and lamenting nostalgia. Ying Li brings her “graceful, lyrical” (Cleveland Classical) strengths to Beethoven’s First […]
Do the monster mash while supporting Eugene Arts at the Haunted Hult from Eugene Ballet!
A battle with fate and destiny, Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony presents a passionate thrill ride of emotions for the audience. With suave delight and Mozartian influence of the Second Piano Concerto by Beethoven balances the evening and features pianist Chaeyoung Park who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling” (New York Concert Review)
Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony is beloved for its achingly beautiful melodies that melt the heart and marked a personal comeback for the composer after a debilitating crisis of confidence. Beethoven’s Third […]
Combining power and grandeur with tender, poetic expression, the Fourth Piano Concerto of Beethoven stands as one of the most profound achievements. Hear it performed by Harmony Zhu, hailed as a “deeply musical soul and nimble technician… with utter naturalness and probing sensitivity” (Chicago Tribune). Journey through the Nordic ice and soaring splendor of the First […]
Clayton Stephenson, “a remarkable virtuoso and master storyteller” (Gramophone) takes the Fifth Piano Concerto of Beethoven, a piece both heroic and tragic. Framing the program are Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers–inspired by a poem of the same name about women match makers in the 1880s—and Brahms’ rich, autumnal, noble, and heart-wrenching Fourth Symphony.
Out of this world. Francesco returns and springs into action with John Adams’ kinetic showpiece, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, evoking an exhilarating ride in a sports car, and launching us into orbit for Holst’s The Planets–one of the most exciting and instantly recognizable works of all time. Dan Tepfer, “One of the moment’s most adventurous […]
Copeland’s The Tender Land evokes images of open space, community celebration and connection, and hope for the future, and is paired with Brahm’s heart-wrenching and deeply personal Requiem, with prayerful music for both the living and the dead. Spurred by the loss of his mother, he turned to his true religion–music–as a way to console […]
Francesco’s final concert!
