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Directed by Emmanuel Henreid (also known as Onry) and produced by Portland nonprofit creative studio Future Prairie, Livin’ in the Light documents Onry’s experience as a Black, male, professional opera and crossover singer in Portland, OR. The documentary aims to shed light on the effects of the 2020 global health crisis and racial inequity and injustice.

The State of the Arts featuring Meagan Iverson, Operations Director of Sunriver Music Festival

The fourth program in the Winnie-the-Pooh series continues with 'In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents.' You'll also hear, Buttercup Days,' 'The Morning Walk,' 'Journey's End,' and more!

The State of the Arts: Yaacov Bergman by All Classical Radio

Special Edition of The State of the Arts with Scott Showalter following two big announcements over the last week: The Oregon Symphony issued a press release about the cancellation of all concerts and events for the remainder of 2020. Also, the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Emergency Board voted more than $200 million on Tuesday for Covid-19 relief, including a $50 million package for arts and cultura...

The Complete Works of Winnie-the-Pooh continues as we listen to In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump.

All Classical Portland is committed to giving our arts leaders and performers a platform throughout the year, and during this unique and difficult time, it is especially important to understand what’s happening in our local arts ecosystem. Through a series of written articles and on-air interviews, we will share the mic with our arts partners and friends and ask them to tell their story highlighti...

The second episode in The Complete Works of Winnie-the-Pooh. This program features 'In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Stuck in a Tight Place.'

The first story in the Complete Works of Winnie-the-Pooh series. We are introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh from the classic A. A. Milne books. This episode features excerpts 'In Which We are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh', 'Us Two', 'In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle', and 'Vespers.'

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, at 25, has already made a strong impression in the world of Baroque opera and beyond, with his powerful yet supple voice. The American countertenor, who has made several recordings (including contemporary music, such as by Kenneth Fuchs), specializes in 18th century music, when the male singer known as the Castrato reigned supreme. Nowadays a specially-developed voice techniq...

All Classical Portland is committed to giving our arts leaders and performers a platform throughout the year, and during this unique and difficult time, it is especially important to understand what’s happening in our local arts ecosystem. Through a series of written articles and on-air interviews, we will share the mic with our arts partners and friends and ask them to tell their story highlighti...

Host John Pitman chats with the great Swedish mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie Von Otter about her performance of a new work by American composer, Caroline Shaw.  Title "Is a Rose", the three-movement song cycle is sung by Von Otter with San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, as Shaw has written the work with Baroque ensembles - and Ms. Von Otter - in mind.  Next, John talks with the composer he...

All Classical Portland is committed to giving our arts leaders and performers a platform throughout the year, and during this unique and difficult time, it is especially important to understand what’s happening in our local arts ecosystem. Through a series of written articles and on-air interviews, we will share the mic with our arts partners and friends and ask them to tell their story highlighti...

The State of the Arts: Damien Geter by All Classical Radio

Where We Live: Olivenbaum by All Classical Radio

The State of the Arts: Cynthia Fuhrman by All Classical Radio

Violinist Niv Ashkenazi plays one of a handful of restored violins that survived the Holocaust, and his debut recording, "Violins of Hope" (Albany Records) is a document of the perseverance of the instruments' original owners. Mr. Ashkenazi, along with pianist and fellow Juillard student, pianist Matthew Graybil, breathe life into music that, in some cases, was written and played in the camps on t...

Suzanne Nance interviews Dr. Ethan Sperry; Artistic Director, Oregon Repertory Singers.

All Classical Portland is committed to giving our arts leaders and performers a platform throughout the year, and during this unique and difficult time, it is especially important to understand what’s happening in our local arts ecosystem. Through a series of written articles and on-air interviews, we will share the mic with our arts partners and friends and ask them to tell their story highlighti...

Donald Nally is the artistic director of one of this country's most adventurous and creative choirs, The Crossing. John Pitman talks to the conductor about Michael Gordon's Anonymous Man, a 65-minute choral work in 7 movements, which is a memoir of Gordon's life with his family on Desbrosses Street in lower Manhattan in the 1980s. New York, especially Tribeca, was very different then: the legendar...

The State of the Arts: Niel DePonte Cognizart by All Classical Radio

The State of the Arts: Sue Dixon by All Classical Radio

The State of the Arts: Scott Showalter by All Classical Radio

The Miró Quartet, who visited Portland in February hosted by Chamber Music NW, are celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth with the release of the complete string quartets. They began around 2005 with the Opus 18 (Beethoven’s first published set), recording them at the same age the composer was when he wrote them, in other words their late twenties. While they realized it might not...

Adam Eccleston shares personal reflections on his favorite music by Black and Brown composers.