Oregon Symphony - Big Band and Beethoven: New Year's Celebration
See in 2019 in Big Band style!
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You millions, be embraced. This kiss is for all the world!
Bid farewell to the year in splendor as the Oregon Symphony lay on this special program of jazz and Big Band greats to give your evening a sprinkle of pizazz, followed by classical music's most bombastic and memorable work, Beethoven's joyous Symphony No. 9!
Led by conductor Carlos Kalmar, the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall will be filled to rafters of the talents of the symphony, special guest vocalists and voices from the PSU, the Oregon Repertory Singers and the Pacific Youth Choir as they add magic to festively fabulous pieces by Beethoven, Duke Ellington and James P. Johnson.
Program
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn - The Nutcracker Suite
James P. Johnson - Victory Stride
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, "Choral"