PYP News
PROGRAM NOTES: George Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad
Posted on April 11, 2018
PYP will perform A Shropshire Lad on Sunday, May 6, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Program notes written by Huw Edwards, Guest Conductor and PYP Music Director from 1995 to 2002.
Having attended the Royal College of Music in London as an organ scholar—where he assisted Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams with their research into English folk music—Butterworth returned to... Read More ›
CELEBRATE MEI-ANN CHEN!
Posted on April 11, 2018
6.23.2004 - PYP and then Music Director Mei-Ann Chen performing Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade Mélancolique, with guest soloist Portland Junior Symphony alumna Marylou Speaker Churchill in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.
Marylou played in PJS from 1956-64 and was Concertmaster from 61-64. She served as Principal Second violin of the Boston Symphony for 23 years, and was a member of that orchestra for 30 years.... Read More ›
PROGRAM NOTES: Gerald Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto
Posted on April 10, 2018
PYP will perform Clarinet Concerto with Musical Director David Hattner as soloist on Sunday, May 6, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Program notes written by Huw Edwards, Guest Conductor and PYP Music Director from 1995 to 2002.
The music of English composer Gerald Finzi music embraces a rich variety of moods, from elegiac lyricism, spiritual reflection, a neo-Baroque purity,... Read More ›
PROGRAM NOTES: Modest Mussorgsky’s PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Posted on April 9, 2018
PYP will perform Pictures at an Exhibition on Sunday, May 6, 2018 in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Program notes written by Carolyn Talarr, PYP’s Community Programs Coordinator.
Modest Mussorgsky: a son of a serf-owning ancient noble family who paradoxically championed a populist nationalism even after losing the family fortune when the serfs were freed; a man who began as a soldier... Read More ›
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 ›
Huw Edwards returns to the Schnitzer stage with PYP
Posted on March 9, 2018
Huw Edwards will guest conduct Gerald Finzi‘s Clarinet Concerto (with soloist David Hattner!) and George Butterworth‘s A Shropshire Lad on Sunday, May 6, 2018, in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Guest Conductor SponsorHuw Edwards is now in his 15th Season as Music Director of the Olympia Symphony—which coincides with the Orchestra’s 65th anniversary year. There has been a continued sense of excitement in Olympia about Huw’s tenure... Read More ›
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