Kaul Auditorium
10 upcoming events
Listings from All Classical Radio Cultural Events, Artslandia Performing Arts Master Calendar, Friends of Chamber Music, In Mulieribus
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SATNOV 7
7:00 PM
LGBTQ+Classical
"Liquid State" presented by Rose City Pride Bands
Liquid State explores music in constant motion. Through currents of sound, shifting colors, evolving rhythms, and sweeping emotional arcs, the program moves between stillness and momentum, tradition and transformation. Each work reveals how music, like water, can flow, gather force, change shape, and carry us somewhere new. Program includes Omar Thomas’ moving arrangement of “Shenandoah”, the sultry sounds of “Vientos y Tangos” (Gandolfi), fan favorite “Bolero” (Ravel), Masklanka’s powerful “Give Us This Day”, and more… $20 suggested donation at the door The Rose City Pride Bands is a welcoming space for members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community to forge connections through music. We cultivate a network of instrumentalists, music enthusiasts, and members of the LGBTQ+ community to entertain audiences and use music as a vehicle to unify our communities.We believe music empowers communities to collectively build harmonious societies.
SUNNOV 15
3:00 PM
Classical
The Bach Dynasty: Symphonies & Concertos
This program brings together Johann Sebastian Bach and two of his sons to explore how one musical lineage contains strikingly different voices. J. S. Bach’s compelling Triple Concerto anchors the program, while the distinctive voices of his sons reveal how far the next generation traveled in musical innovation. Johann Christoph Friedrich’s stormy Symphony in D Minor bridges Baroque structure with a more modern dramatic voice, contrasting with Carl Philipp Emanuel’s Flute Concerto, with its lyrical expressiveness and moments of striking intensity. Together, they frame a genuine generational dialogue: are these styles kindred spirits, or rivals sparring across time?
WEDFEB 17
7:30 PM
ChoralFolkClassicalJazzPop
Voces8
The British ensemble VOCES8 is the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group. The ensemble performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors, and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos.
“VOCES8’s gorgeous sound, impeccable ensemble and intense responsiveness to text, harmony and melodic shape is all of the highest quality. Hearing them sing is a joy.” BBC Music Magazine
Program: Wednesday, February 17
Let’s Fly Away
Taking its title from the exuberant final invitation of Come Fly with Me, Let’s Fly Away is a celebration of the extraordinary breadth and versatility of the human voice. Spanning over five centuries of music, the programme moves freely between sacred polyphony, romantic choral writing, contemporary song, jazz standards, folk melodies and pop classics. From the radiant sonorities of William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Anton Bruckner to the searching lyricism of Arvo Pärt, Caroline Shaw and Paul Smith, and from the timeless sophistication of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart to the warmth of Ben Folds, Bobby McFerrin and Simon & Garfunkel, this programme offers a kaleidoscopic journey through VOCES8’s famed mixed repertoire. Joyful, reflective, intimate and exuberant in turn, Let’s Fly Away is an invitation to experience VOCES8 at its most versatile and entertaining.
WEDFEB 17
7:30 PM
ChoralClassical
Friends of Chamber Music: VOCES8
The British ensemble VOCES8 is the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group. The ensemble performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors, and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos. “VOCES8’s gorgeous sound, impeccable ensemble and intense responsiveness to text, harmony and melodic shape is all of the highest quality. Hearing them sing is a joy.” BBC Music Magazine
SUNFEB 21
3:00 PM
ChamberCultural Heritage
Viols at Court: Purcell & Locke
Step into the world of early English consort music, flourishing in Restoration England under Charles II. Curated by Principal Cellist Joanna Blendulf, this year’s Podium concert presents a rare combination of instruments: tenor and bass viols, violas, violins, violone, theorbo, organ, and harpsichord, creating a sound that is intimate and reedy. Purcell’s celebrated Chacony is underpinned by a hypnotically repeating bass line that yields to the Fantasia upon One Note, where a single unchanging pitch anchors the music while the ensemble spirals around it. William Lawes’ Consort Sett No. 6 (a personal favorite of Joanna’s) is dramatic, unpredictable, and ahead of its time. Music by Matthew Locke adds theatrical flair with stormy scenes from The Tempest, before the concert culminates in John Jenkins’s Newark Siege: a musical battle that pits bass viols against one another in a riveting finale.
SUNMAR 14
3:00 PM
Classical
Liberation: Bach, Telemann & Pergolesi
In the Baroque sensibility, death was not something to fear but rather a peaceful homecoming, and no composer understood that better than Bach. The program culminates in his beloved cantata Ich habe genug, a deeply consoling meditation on death that unfolds like a lullaby. Countertenor Tai Oney returns to PBO, bringing a warm, mellow sound that pairs naturally with the oboe, an instrument Bach uses like an echo or guiding spirit alongside the singer. Works by Telemann, Scarlatti, Torelli, and Pergolesi build steadily toward this destination, including Telemann’s Oboe Concerto in C Minor, a dramatic spotlight for the instrument.
SUNAPR 11
3:00 PM
Classical
A Little Night Music: Mozart & Friends
The season’s final flourish arrives with Portland Baroque Orchestra’s A Little Night Music: Mozart & Friends. This program shimmers, intrigues, and truly delights, bringing nocturnal scenes and spirited street music to life. You’ll hear Boccherini’s beloved “La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid” with its vivid bells and rhythms.
The evening culminates in Mozart’s irresistible “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” a captivating classic. This isn’t music for sleep. It’s a nocturnal celebration featuring the orchestra’s luminous strings. Prepare for wonder, reflection, and pure joy. Go on, treat yourself!
MONAPR 19
7:30 PM
ChoralClassical
Friends of Chamber Music: Chanticleer
One of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, Chanticleer loves Portland audiences almost as much as we love them! The Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble is known for its wide-ranging repertoire, dazzling virtuosity, and seamless blend of twelve male voices ranging from soprano to bass. “The singing of Chanticleer is breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color, and swagger of style.” Boston Globe
WEDMAY 5
7:30 PM
ChoralClassical
Chanticleer
One of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, Chanticleer loves Portland audiences almost as much as we love them! The Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble is known for its wide-ranging repertoire, dazzling virtuosity, and seamless blend of twelve male voices ranging from soprano to bass.
“The singing of Chanticleer is breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color, and swagger of style.” Boston Globe
Program: Wednesday, May 5
PARADISE
Chanticleer explores humanity’s eternal longing for the ideal: visions of a perfect world, perfect love, or perfect future. Spanning centuries, cultures, and styles, this program Invites audiences into a luminous meditation on paradise. The program reveals a Paradise longed for, imagined, and fleetingly glimpsed through song. Included are songs of praise by Renaissance composers Jean Mouton and Juan Gutierrez de Padilla, as well as sacred manifestations of paradise, with Darius Milhaud’s “Psalm 121” and Bobby McFerrin’s “The 23rd Psalm.” Perfect love, both earthly and divine, finds expression in Giovanni Valentini’s “Adoramus Te, Christe” and Jean Sibelius’s epic Finnish love song, “Rakastava.” A collection of contemporary songs rounds out the program. Included are arrangements of Richard Evans’s “Journey to Recife” and Manuel Sánchez Acosta’s “Paraiso Soñado,” which remind us that sometimes the only thing between us and Paradise is a plane, a train, or a dream