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February 14, 2025

Blockbuster Broadway!

The only thing better than spending Valentine’s Day at a hit Broadway show is spending an evening with ALL of them. Celebrate the biggest blockbuster musicals of all time like Hamilton, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Wicked, and The Phantom of the Opera and more in one thrilling crowd-pleasing performance.

Sunday, February 16, 2025, 2 pm

The Sounds of Science

Discover the science of music! With the help of several popular compositions from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture to Debussy’s Clair de lune and onstage demonstrations by Oregon Symphony musicians, young scientists and curious minds will learn all about vibrations, pitch, volume, sound waves, and more! Put on your lab coats and get ready for an educational and interactive concert all about what makes music possible.

February 22-24, 2025

Bach & Mendelssohn: Grace and Grandeur

Adored for centuries for its heartwarming "Air on the G String," Bach's Third Orchestral Suite illuminates Baroque dance forms with radiant brass, thunderous timpani, and serenading strings. And Mendelssohn sings ecstatic hymns of praise in his Second Symphony, uniting choir and orchestra in a life-affirming call to "cast off the works of darkness and take up the armor of light."

February 27 & 28, 2025

Amadeus in Concert

Amadeus – the dazzling story of the tortuous rivalry between world-renowned composers Mozart and Salieri – returns to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to celebrate its 40th anniversary! Accompanied by a live performance of the score with the Oregon Symphony and a full chorus, this is a sumptuous and astonishing movie experience that you will never forget.

March 8-10, 2025

Copland & Sibelius: Sounds of Spring

The first warm, fragrant breezes of spring waft through the pages of two beloved works: Copland's Appalachian Spring, a tender portrayal of rural American life, and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, with its heart-stopping vision of swans soaring across an April sky. Plus, Artist-in-Residence Xavier Foley returns to your Oregon Symphony to perform his astonishing new bass concerto.

March 15-16, 2025

Schumann 4: From Sorrow to Ecstasy

A work of searing drama and intensity, Schumann's Fourth Symphony charts an emotional journey to rapturous joy in one uninterrupted flow of achingly romantic music. Plus, Jeffrey Kahane mixes operatic lyricism with the playful intimacy of chamber music in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22, a work that "flows from Kahane's hands as refreshingly as water from a crystalline spring" (LA Times).

March 20, 2025

The Music of the Rolling Stones

With countless chart-toppers and unmistakable swagger, The Rolling Stones have defined “cool” since the ‘60s. Backed by the power of a full orchestra and rock band, incredible lead singer Mick Adams delivers a fabulous rendition of Mick Jagger’s vocals (and moves) to recreate The Rolling Stones’ biggest hits through the decades—“Satisfaction,” “Paint It Black,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “Angie,” “Wild Horses,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and many more!

March 22 & 23, 2025

Back to the '80s

Back to the '80s is a retro-packed concert of the decade’s #1 hit songs, including The Power of Love, Time After Time, Material Girl, Another One Bites the Dust, Footloose, Addicted to Love and many more. Featuring the music of such 80’s iconic stars as Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Huey Lewis & The News, Phil Collins, Queen and Joe Cocker… it will be a totally tubular concert experience, for sure!

April 1, 2025

Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices

In Uplifted Voices, Silkroad shines a light on previously under-recognized voices from across the globe to change our perspective of the history and migration of music. Through a stunning collaboration of global instrumentation, Silkroad's newest project champions women and non-binary members of the Silkroad Ensemble alongside special guest Tuscarora/Taíno musician Pura Fé to tell a musical journey that connects the music of indigenous North America to the World. Drawing inspiration from the folk and ancestral music of Japan, China, Armenia, Ireland and the Hebrides, and native populations across North America, Uplifted Voices brings together this collection of distinctive and powerful musical origins within a contemporary musical tapestry.

April 5-7, 2025

Mozart's Jupiter Symphony

Experience the ways Mozart scaled new heights in the striking drama and heavenly bliss of his final Symphony, the “Jupiter” – while looking back to the youthful genius of his first symphony. And British pianist Sir Stephen Hough takes up the mantle of composer and soloist, applying his signature warmth and superhuman virtuosity to a new concerto that evokes the world of prewar Vienna.

April 11, 2025

Step Afrika!

Immerse yourself in the energy and awe-inspiring agility of African dance! This cohesive, compelling artistic experience features a blend of percussive dance styles practiced by African American fraternities and sororities, traditional African dances, contemporary dance forms, and more for a unique performance that leaves the audience with their toes tapping and hearts pounding.

April 12-14, 2025

Beethoven Symphony No. 6

With its depictions of babbling brooks, bird calls, and an electrifying thunderstorm, Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony evokes the beauty of the Austrian countryside with cinematic clarity. Plus, your Oregon Symphony rounds out the program with an unforgettable performance of Vaughan-Williams' The Lark Ascending featuring violinist Julian Rhee and Tan Dun's Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds - both sparkling depictions of heart-wrenchingly beautiful birdsongs. 

April 19, 2025

Tower of Power with the Oregon Symphony

Get ready to groove with one of the most legendary funk and soul powerhouses of all time! Since 1968, Tower of Power’s talents have graced the Billboard Hot 100 charts with several hits and have taken them across the globe with superstars like Otis Redding, Elton John, Santana, the Grateful Dead, and many more. Joined by your Oregon Symphony, this one-night-only performance is sure to make you want to dance the night away!

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2 pm

Adventures in the Great Outdoors

The Oregon Symphony is going on a hike, and we want you to come along! Help the musicians stay on track as we journey through forests, mountains, lakes, and beyond. Featuring selections from Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Handel’s Water Music, and more, this interactive concert is perfect for young music lovers and nature explorers.

May 3, 2025

Prom Night at the Symphony

Dress to impress for the prom of your dreams! With full-energy rock tributes including hits like “Stairway to Heaven,” “Footloose,” “Dancing Queen,” and more performed by your Oregon Symphony, this prom night is certainly going to be a night to remember. Relive the glory days or make new memories with an evening of timeless Prom tunes, silly photo opportunities, and the crowning of a King & Queen!

May 10-12, 2025

Impressions of the Sea

Inspired by a lifelong passion for the sea, Debussy's La Mer shimmers with orchestral colors in musical portraits of tranquil waves, brewing storms, and the sun's celestial journey across a radiant sky. And soloist Paul Huang brings his "stylish and polished playing" (Strad) to Korngold's Violin Concerto, which marries European romanticism with the gilded glamour of Hollywood film scores.

May 17-19, 2025

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Makoto Ozone delivers his "thrilling, unabashedly personal rendition" (New York Times) of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue — a jazzy, kaleidoscopic tribute to the kinetic energy of America's cities in the 1920s. And composed the same year as the Gershwin, Bartók's Miraculous Mandarin channels the turmoil of post–World War I Europe in a scandalous tale of sex, violence, and the supernatural.

May 21, 2025

One Piece Music Symphony

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of “One Piece" with a special orchestra concert – the ONE PIECE Music Symphony! The most memorable moments of the beloved TV series will be projected on a giant screen to the sound of a 50-musician orchestra!

May 24 & 25, 2025

Back to the Future in Concert

From Academy Award®- winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes Back to the Future – a 1.21-gigawatt blockbuster that stamped an enduring imprint on pop culture. In this time-traveling coming-of-age story, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) suddenly finds himself transported back to 1955, in the DeLorean time machine create by the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). Powered by stunning special effects, unforgettable songs and non-stop action, Back to the Future is an unrivaled adventure that stands the test of time!

Sunday, June 1, 2025, 2 pm

Peter & the Wolf

Discover the instruments of the symphony through Prokofiev’s beloved children’s work Peter and the Wolf -- the tale of a young boy who confronts a menacing wolf with the help of his animal friends! Experience the Oregon Symphony play the delightful score that cleverly introduces young audience members to the different musical instruments while the charming story is narrated live.

June 7-9, 2025

Scheherazade and Celilo Falls

Featuring fantastical worlds of bewitching lovers and swashbuckling sailors, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade recalls the queen who saves her life — and those of 1,000 women — with her stories. And Principal Cello and composer Nancy Ives merges music, poetry, and photography to tell the story of the majestic falls of Celilo, Oregon, Although the construction of the Dalles Dam destroyed this central site of Native American life for over 15,000 years, the traditions and resilience of the community live on today.

June 14-16, 2025

Mahler's 3: Nature Finds a Voice

"In it the whole of nature finds a voice," Mahler wrote of his Third Symphony. A work of immense scope and profound emotion in which the composer realizes his goal to "embrace everything" in his music, Mahler's Third is an expansive hymn to the primal life force that animates every flower in the meadow, animal in the forest, and the divine love that forever unites nature and humankind.

 

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