Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association’s Artistic Director, Mark Steighner will talk to Suzanne about their upcoming online auction event, The Show Must Go On! and discuss impacts of the pandemic on the Gorge area artists.

Program director John Pitman discusses the second release by the Calidore String Quartet, which contemplates the intersection of music and language. Violinist Estelle Choi, one of the four founding members of Calidore, share how “the desire to explore the innate human drive for communication”, became the focus of their new recording. Choi describes the inspiration for Three Essays by Caroline Shaw, Robert Schumann’s String Quartet No. 3, and String Quartet No. 9 by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Scott Showalter of Oregon Symphony and Lorin Dunlop, Program Director of Murdock Trust, discuss The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust’s recent grant (of $1 million) to help the Oregon Symphony invest in new, state-of-the-art acoustics and the ability to livestream concerts at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Host John Pitman talks to Marin Alsop about her passion for mentorship in her work with the Taki Concordia Fellowship. The Taki Fellowship is currently a two-year award that primarily includes intensive coaching and mentoring with Marin Alsop and other music industry professionals.

Host and Producer Raúl Gómez-Rojas dives into the Recording Inclusivity Initiative. The Recording Inclusivity Initiative (RII) was created by All Classical Portland, a public radio station based in the Pacific Northwest, in collaboration with N M Bodecker Foundation and Naxos Records. RII seeks to address the gap of classical music composers and musicians from underrepresented communities that make it into the concert hall and onto the airwaves. With your nominations, we will work together to change America’s playlist by producing new high-quality recordings of classical music by underrepresented composers. Learn more at allclassical.org/recordinginclusivity

John interviews composer Osvaldo Golijov about the new album that features the Silkroad Ensemble. Falling Out of Time, which was written for the ensemble by longtime collaborator/composer Osvaldo Golijov, is an 80-minute tone poem based on David Grossman’s novel about parental grief and loss. In John’s interview with the composer, Mr. Golijov likened it to the dark, late works of Goya and Rembrandt. Falling Out of Time includes 13 tracks featuring 13 members of the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble, and is a Silkroad Ensemble commissioned work.

All Classical Portland's annual Lovefest Concert! Featuring performances recorded live at prior years' Lovefest Concerts, with music by Claude Debussy, James Taylor, Franz Liszt, Kenji Bunch, Cole Porter, and many more.

Join us as we share messages of thanks and love from our community, and express our appreciation for YOU, our listeners!

This program features All Classical Portland’s:

Professional Artist in Residence Adam Eccleston, flute

Young Artist in Residence Natalie Tan, piano Selected as Young Artist in Residence in partnership with Cognizart by Metro Arts Inc., and the 2020 Young Artists Debut!

This recital was a joy to prepare, and from everyone at All Classical Portland, including Recording Engineer Daniel Hornbeck, Host Christa Wessel, and our Artists in Residents flutist Adam Eccleston and pianist Natalie Tan, we hope you enjoyed this beautiful program.

Recital Program

- Hungarian Dance No.1 by Johannes Brahms, Natalie Tan, piano

- Ballade by Claude Debussy, Natalie Tan, piano

- Summer, The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, Adam Eccleston, flute; Maria Garcia, piano

- The Butterfly by Ernesto Kohler, Adam Eccleston, flute; Maria Garcia, piano

- Bati I’gani (I have come into my garden) by Meira Warshauer, Adam Eccleston, flute

- Serenata e Tango by Francesco Santucci, Adam Eccleston, flute; Maria Garcia, piano

- Panamanian Impressions by Andrés Carrizo, Adam Eccleston, flute; Maria Garcia, piano

- Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy, Adam Eccleston, flute; Maria Garcia, piano

Artists in Residence is part of JOY (Joyous Outreach to You/th), All Classical Portland’s program dedicated to increasing equity and inclusivity in the arts. Learn more at allclassical.org/joy

The pandemic has disrupted the lives and professional routines of artists all over the world. In the realm of classical music, it has been a huge adjustment as musicians wait at home for concert halls to once again fill with audiences who can safely hear them. New York City-based pianist Simone Dinnerstein, having had to cancel her concert season, found herself at home like so many. In June, with encouragement from her audio producer, Simone recorded on her Hamburg Steinway several etudes by Philip Glass, and the final piano sonata of Franz Schubert. They work wonderfully together, conveying "A Character of Quiet" that has become a part of our lives. It's a welcome sound to fill that space.