2020 OMF Festival Season Brochure

Tuesday
July 14, 7:30 p.m.
RICHARD STRAUSS
OBOE CONCERTO
First Baptist Church, Portland
Ryan Roberts, oboe
Winner, IDRS Young Artist Competition
Orpheus Academy Orchestra
Travis Hatton, conductor
Pēteris Vasks: Voices of Conscience
from “String Symphony – Voices”
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor
In Pēteris Vasks’ Symphony for Strings – Voices,
he chronicles Latvia’s struggle for independence
and the hardships encountered in the process. The
high-flying , challenging Oboe Concerto by Richard
Strauss came about through a fortuitous friendship
between the famous German composer and
an American GI, a professional oboe player, John
de Lancie. At the end of WWII as Germany lay in
ruins, de Lancie encouraged the composer, who
had written so beautifully for the oboe in his other
works, to write a concerto for the instrument. At
the age of 19, Schubert completed his Symphony
No. 4 in C Minor. The subtitle Tragic has elicited the
speculation of many commentators as to the real
meaning of this in connection to the work. It does
have a somber opening, but it continually exhibits
the unmistakable spirit of Schubert’s gift for beauty,
youthful exuberance, and profusion of melody.
TICKETS
General seating
Free and open to the public
38.