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Portland Classical Concerts, Calendar, Venues & Tickets

Use this Portland metro classical concert guide to compare concerts tonight, this week, this month, and across the next 90 days, including opera, orchestra, chamber music, recitals, venue calendars, performance times, ticket status, and official source links.

8 artists • 6 composers • 3 formats • 8 venues • 2 neighborhoods

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Date: Wed, Nov 4, 7:30 PM PST

Format: OrchestraSee ticket options
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall • Neighborhood: Portland metro • • Details

_Powaqqatsi_ is an artful cinematic experience that speaks to the impact of modernization and industrialization on traditional ways of living. Enjoyed alone or as the second in _The Qatsi Trilogy_, you won’t want to miss this thought-provoking performance from The Philip Glass Ensemble with the Oregon Symphony and conductor Michael Riesman.

Date: Thu, Nov 5, 7:30 PM PST

Format: ChamberSee ticket options
Venue: The Old Church Concert Hall • Neighborhood: Portland metro • • Details

Program: TÁRREGA “Capricho árabe”; TÁRREGA Prelude No. 18 in D Major; ALBÉNIZ “Torre Bermeja”; TÁRREGA “Recuerdos de la Alhambra”; ALBÉNIZ Suite española No. 1, Op. 47, Mvt. 5; MIGUEL LLOBET SOLÉS “El Testament d’Amelia”; ALBÉNIZ “España,” Op. 165, Mvt. 5; SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 492; MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO “Cappricio Diabolico” (“Homage to Paganini”), Op. 85a; AUGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ “Mazurka Appassionata”; ANTONIO LAURO Vals Venezolano No. 3 (“Natalia”); ANTONIO LAURO “Ana Florencia” (canción de cuna); LEO BROUWER “El Decamerón Negro,” Mvt. 2; SERGIO ASSAD Suite brasileira No. 4, Mvt. 1; HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Selections from Suite populaire brésilienne, W020; HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS 12 Estudos, W235, No. 12; ASTOR PIAZZOLLA “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires,” Mvt. 2; ROLAND DYENS “Libra Sonatine,” Mvt. 3

Date: Fri, Nov 6, 7:30 PM PST

Format: ChamberTicketed: $20

Public classical ensemble/chamber/degree recital; individual works and unannounced players remain unknown, not inferred from faculty lists. Published public general admission; $5/$10 faculty/staff/senior/alumni/non-LC student and LC student-ID free benefits are not general admission. Capacity/registration/fees remain presenter terms, not guaranteed stock. Exact named Portland campus room retained. Existing Agnes Flanagan Chapel venue identity is reused; no campus mailing street assigned to other interiors, recurrence expansion, rehearsal/competition/masterclass, related screening or end/runtime asserted.

Date: Sat, Nov 7, 7:30 PM PST

Format: OrchestraSee ticket options
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall • Neighborhood: Portland metro • • Details

Singer, rapper, and author Dessa joins the Oregon Symphony for an evening of soaring song ballads, writerly pop songs, and rap anthems. Don't miss this landmark performance, presented in collaboration with Literary Arts as an extension of the Portland Book Festival.

Date: Sun, Nov 8, 4:00 PM PST

Format: RecitalSee ticket options

Programme: BOHUSLAV MARTINU — 3 Czech Dances, H. 154. Programme: MANUEL DE FALLA — Danza española No. 1, from La vida breve. Programme: KAROL SZYMANOWSKI — 4 Polish Dances, M. 60. Programme: FRANZ SCHUBERT — 16 German Dances, D. 783. Programme: BÉLA BARTÓK — Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56. Programme: ALBERTO GINASTERA — Danzas argentinas , op. 2. Programme: FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN — Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major, op. 18. Programme: JOHANNES BRAHMS — Waltz in G-sharp minor, op. 39, no. 3. Programme: CHOPIN — Waltz in A-flat Major, op. 34, no. 1; Waltz in A Minor, op. 34, no. 2. Programme: BRAHMS — Waltz in A-flat Major, op. 39, no. 15. Programme: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA — Libertango. Programme: ISAAC ALBÉNIZ — Tango from España , op. 165, no. 2. Programme: MANUEL DE FALLA — Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo. Programme: CHOPIN — Polonaise in A-flat Major, op. 53. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One public solo piano recital. Current official homepage endorses the exact primary; printed full year/Sunday/date/4 p.m. and specific PSU Lincoln Performance Hall agree. This is not Lincoln Recital Hall 75 or Studio Theater 115. The 3:15 p.m. lecture, office hours and Q&A favourite pieces are not performance starts/repertoire/cast. $10 student and Arts for All are conditional benefits, not general public minima; numerical public admission unconfirmed. Reused page/edition observation key is finite; next-season repurposing requires continuity review, not silent replacement. No inferred end or room street from office mailing addresses.

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