Portland Festival Symphony 2023 Summer Series
Free
Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5
Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 6
Franz Liszt — Gaudeamus igitur, S. 240
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 ("IV. Danse Nègre")
Hector Berlioz — "Rákóczi March" (Hungarian March) from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Antonín Dvořák — Slavonic Dance in E minor Op. 46 No. 2
Antonín Dvořák — Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46, No. 8
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Sea Songs
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I, No. 6: Grande valse villageoise ("The Garland Waltz")
Leopold Mozart — The Toy Symphony
Portland Festival Symphony is thrilled to return again this summer with two performances for you, your family and friends. Our concerts are a great way to introduce children to classical music in a relaxing outdoor environment perfect for a picnic or just enjoying a late-summer evening at our free concerts. We hope to see you there!
This program will receive 2 performances: Saturday, August 19 at Foothills Park in Lake Oswego; and Sunday, August 20 at Washington Park Ampitheater in Portland. Both concerts will start at 6pm.
About Portland Festival Symphony
Founded in 1981 by Lajos Balogh, Portland Festival Symphony (PFS) was formed to celebrate Maestro Balogh's American citizenship and also to express gratitude to his new country by bringing free orchestra concerts to Portland Metro area parks. PFS is unique for being the only professional symphony orchestra that brings the music to local neighborhood parks for easy access by local residents, friends, and families in a public setting.
The orchestra is composed of up to 65 of Portland's finest classical musicians from the Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theater Orchestra, Portland Opera Orchestra, and American Federation of Musicians Local 99. The Portland Festival Symphony performs a series of free concerts in the mid to late summer months at public parks throughout the Portland metro area. Maestro Balogh along with Conductor Cameron May encourage audience participation. Children are given toy flutes and other instruments along with a bit of instruction in order to "join" the orchestra by playing along at a certain time. A typical season has seen over 15,000 people enjoying the various PFS concerts. We hope to see you again, or for the first time this year!
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