By Daniel Buckwalter It’s the Steinway and the pianist on stage. That’s it. Nothing more, and the entire night had the feel of an athletic event. Questions surface: Is the grand piano a thoroughbred racehorse that the pianist...
By Kari Welch Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? Everything was heightened —...
By Daniel Buckwalter (#CommonManAtTheSymphony) Thump … thump thump. Thump … thump thump goes the timpani and bass drum along with the gong splashing its harmonic overtones with dramatic crashes that are at once jolting as they...
(Above: Afterlight by Claire Burbridge) Edited by Randi Bjornstad A new art show titled Luminous...
By Daniel Buckwalter It’s the Steinway and the pianist on stage. That’s it. Nothing more, and the entire night had the feel of an athletic event. Questions surface: Is the grand piano a thoroughbred racehorse that the pianist...
Read MoreBy Daniel Buckwalter The lush richness of contemporary chamber music recently met up with the pulsating rock-like sounds of guitar pedal effects tied to the clarinet, its amplification ricocheting off the walls and ceiling of...
Read MoreBy Daniel Buckwalter Leave it to Delgani String Quartet to find musical riches in places no one thinks to look. Take, for instance, the group’s season-opening We the People program, which finished a five-concert, four-city run...
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By Daniel Buckwalter All hail Eugene Opera in this, its 50th anniversary season. All hail Giuseppe...
Read MoreBy Daniel Buckwalter (#CommonManAtTheSymphony) Thump … thump thump. Thump … thump thump goes the timpani and bass drum along with the gong splashing its harmonic overtones with dramatic crashes that are at once jolting as they...
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By Kari Welch Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? Everything was heightened —...
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