PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s 89th season will feature classical canons and contemporary works from around the world. The Tuesday and Sunday Classical Series audiences will be treated to the music of composers from the United States (Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein) to Europe (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky to name a few) and the PSO Pops! Series will feature music of popular artists from Cole Porter and George Gershwin to the Beatles.

The PSO season opens at the end of September and runs into June, with a total of 19 performances at Merrill Auditorium of the Tuesday Classical, Sunday Classical and PSO Pops! Series. In addition, 12 performances of the PSO’s Magic of Christmas will be held in December.

All performances are at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street.

A video of the PSO season overview presented by Music Director Robert Moody is available on the portlandsymphony.org and YouTube.

The PSO 13-14 Season

Season Opener

Sunday Classical Concert, September 29, 2013 — 2:30 PM

Tuesday Classical Concert, October 1, 2013 — 7:30 PM

Beethoven and Prokofiev

Robert Moody, conductor

Orli Shaham, piano

Program:

DUKAS Fanfare from La Peri

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

PSO Pops!

Saturday, October 5, 2013 — 7:30 PM

Sunday, October 6 — 2:30 PM

Cole Porter and George Gershwin

Robert Moody, conductor

Mike Eldred, vocalist

Tuesday Classical Concert, October 29, 2013 — 7:30 PM

Tchaikovsky Violin Concert

Robert Moody, conductor

Jennifer Koh, violin

Program:

ADAMS Dr. Atomic Symphony

COPLAND Suite from The Tender Land

TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto for Violin

PSO Pops!

Saturday, November 2, 2013 — 7:30 PM

Sunday, November 3 — 2:30 PM

Brubeck Brothers Quartet

Robert Moody, conductor

Sunday Classical, November 24, 2013 — 2:30 PM

Sleepers, Wake!

Guest conductor to be announced

The Choral Art Society

Program:

RESPIGHI Ancient Airs & Dances

BIBER Battalia

CORELLI Christmas Concerto

BACH Sleepers, Wake!

Magic of Christmas

Friday, December 13 — 2:00 PM (PREVIEW) — 7:30 PM

Saturday, December 14 — 2:00 — 7:30 PM

Sunday, December 15 — 1:00 — 5:00 PM

Friday, December 20 — 2:00 — 7:30 PM

Saturday, December 21 — 2:00 — 7:30 PM

Sunday, December 22 — 1:00 — 5:00 PM

Sunday Classical, January 26, 2014 — 2:30 PM

Mozart No. 41, “Jupiter”

Guest conductor to be announced

Ricardo Morales, clarinet

Program:

COPLAND Clarinet Concerto (Mr. Morales)

MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Tuesday Classical, February 11, 2014 — 7:30 PM

Dvorak Eighth Symphony

Guest conductor to be announced

Lisa Hennessey, flute

Program:

MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute

KHACHATURIAN Flute Concerto (Ms. Hennessey)

DVORAK Symphony No. 8

PSO Pops!

Saturday, February 15, 2014 — 7:30 PM

Sunday, February 16 — 2:30 PM

Silent Film – The Mark of Zorro

Guest conductor to be announced

Sunday Classical, March 16, 2014 — 2:30 PM

Tuesday Classical, March 18, 2014 — 7:30 PM

“Bernstein’s Sacred Side”

Robert Moody, conductor

Jamie Bernstein, narrator

Mary Wilson, soprano

Choral Art Society

Program:

BERNSTEIN

Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”

Chichester Psalms

“Simple Song” from Mass

Sunday Classical, April 27, 2014 — 2:30 PM

Brahms Third Symphony

Robert Moody, conductor

Program:

DVORAK My Home (Mein Heim)

RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

PSO Pops!

Saturday, May 3, 2014 — 7:30 PM

Sunday, May 4 — 2:30 PM

Classical Mystery Tour

Guest conductor to be announced

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 — 7:30 PM

Don Quixote

Robert Moody, conductor

Zuill Bailey, cello

Program:

GANDFOLFI Night Train to Perugia

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol

R. STRAUSS Don Quixote

Tuesday, June 17, 2014 — 7:30 PM

An American in Paris

Robert Moody, conductor

Pascal Rogé, piano

Program:

GERSWHIN American in Paris

SAINT SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”

RAVEL Le Tombeau du Couperin

RAVEL La Valse

Current symphony subscribers have until May 7 to renew and keep their seats. New subscriptions go on sale April 1; single tickets to the 2013-14 season will be on sale starting August 1.

For complete season information, including artist biographies, program notes and Online Insights, provided with support from R.M. Davis Inc. Wealth Management, visit www.portlandsymphony.org.

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