The effusion of difficult emotion: Newport Symphony performs Higdon, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky * Oregon ArtsWatch

"Newport Symphony Orchestra's next concert - their last of the season - happens this month, with performances at 7:30 pm on March 21 and 2 pm on March 22. This "Listening for Shakespeare" program features performance poet Frank Oden joining the orchestra for Bard-inspired music by Otto Nicolai, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Giuseppe Verdi, Dan Kellogg, and Leonard Bernstein."

"Flatt described the evening's program as one that "begins and ends with works that are elegiac and openly personal to the lives of the composers," expressing "deep and human topics," a fair way of characterizing such different works as Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique.""

Newport Symphony Orchestra concludes its season with a special "Listening for Shakespeare" program on March 21 at 7:30 pm and March 22 at 2 pm. Performance poet Frank Oden joins the orchestra to present music inspired by Shakespeare's works. The program features compositions by Otto Nicolai, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Giuseppe Verdi, Dan Kellogg, and Leonard Bernstein. Music director Adam Flatt leads the ensemble through pieces that explore deep human themes. The concert takes place at Newport Performing Arts Center, with tickets and additional information available through the orchestra's official channels.

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