DAVID HATTNER’S MAY PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on May 1, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on Twitter on #MusicMonday.

It is a good time to pay tribute to one of America’s greatest geniuses in any field, Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein’s biography is familiar enough. He was known around the world as a composer, conductor, pianist and educator. Few... Read More ›

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DAVID HATTNER’S APRIL PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on April 2, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on Twitter on #MusicMonday.

March 28, 2018 marked the 99th anniversary of the birth of one of the central figures in the history of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. It is no exaggeration to say that there would be no Portland Youth... Read More ›

DAVID HATTNER’S MARCH PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on March 2, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on Twitter on #MusicMonday.

I am very pleased that Huw Edwards (PYP Musical Director 1995-2002) will return to guest conduct some music from England for our Pictures at an Exhibition performance on Sunday, May 6, 2018. George Butterworth‘s A Shropshire Lad was... Read More ›

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DAVID HATTNER’S FEBRUARY PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on February 1, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on Twitter every #MusicMonday.

Very soon, PYP will begin working on Maurice Ravel’s orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. performance. This arrangement was first performed by the orchestra in February of 1955. At the time, the work challenged the... Read More ›

DAVID HATTNER’S JANUARY PYP PLAYLIST

Posted on January 12, 2018

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on Twitter every #MusicMonday.

As PYP begins preparing it’s Saturday, March 3 performance of Tchaikovsky‘s Symphony No. 4, it is worth taking a look at some classic... Read More ›

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Hear PYP Perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5

Posted on December 8, 2017

11.11.2017 - Portland Youth Philharmonic and Musical Director David Hattner performing Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Click here to read our program notes about this piece.