PROGRAM NOTES: Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto

Posted on January 20, 2020

16-year-old Nate Strothkamp, winner of Portland Youth Philharmonic’s 2019 Concerto Competition, will perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold‘s Violin Concerto with the orchestra on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Skyview High School and Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Learn more about the piece in these program notes written by Nate!

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian composer known for many of... Read More ›

PROGRAM NOTES: Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4

Posted on January 17, 2020

Brahms’ rich Symphony No. 4 lights up our winter concert on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Skyview High School and Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

“Gigantic, altogether a law unto itself, quite new, steely individuality. Exudes unparalleled energy from first note to last,” conductor Hans Von Bülow noted after the first rehearsal with his orchestra of Brahms’ fourth... Read More ›

PYP’S WINTER 2020 SOLOIST NATE STROTHKAMP

Posted on January 15, 2020

Congratulations to Nate Strothkamp, winner of Portland Youth Philharmonic’s 2019 Concerto Competition. As part of his prize, he will perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold‘s Violin Concerto with the orchestra on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Skyview High School and Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Nate is a sixteen-year-old violinist from Portland, Oregon. He began playing at age five with Edie... Read More ›