Our own Josh, David, Kevin and Amy all attended the Portland Symphony Orchestra's performance on April 5th, 2011. The program called the Seasons and the Sea started out gently with the Mendelssohn piece Overture: Calm Sea and Properous Voyage, Op. 27. The sweetness of the piece turned quickly into a wild wind sound using the horns. I could almost feel the wind on my face. The second piece, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla, was everyone's favorite. David said it had a surreal quality to it and he enjoyed the variety of sounds. Josh said that Piazzolla is known for his percussionistic additions to his works. The audience reacted in amusement at the short tribute to Vivaldi in this piece.
After intermission, the piece titled Interplay for Three Violins & Orchestra by Chris Brubeck received a standing ovation. Chris Brubeck, whose father is jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, was in the audience just behind us; his immense pleasure at the performance was contagious to everyone seated near him. Josh especially enjoyed the wonderful performance of the soloist Corine Brouwer. She is the current concertmaster of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Asheville-Lyric Opera Orchestra, and the Carolina Chamber Symphony in North Carolina. The evening ended with Debussy's La Mer, three symphonic sketches of the sea. –Amy Farwell
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