Annual FREE Concert at Tom McCall Waterfront Park Tonight!

The Performers: The Oregon Symphony, with Music Director Carlos Kalmar (at right) and Resident Conductor Gregory Vajda sharing the podium, joined by dancers from Oregon Ballet Theatre. (The Portland Youth Philharmonic also performs prior to the Oregon Symphony concert at 5pm.)

The Program: To mark the start of a historic season that will culminate in the Oregon Symphony's first-ever concert at Carnegie Hall next May, Music Director Carlos Kalmar has put together a unique program with a trip-around-the-world theme, including musical stops in Vienna, Paris, Rome, St. Petersburg and, of course, New York (the last one represented by an audience sing-along of — what else? — the Kander and Ebb anthem, "New York, New York.") The program's grand finale, as always, will be one of everyone's favorite Russian hits: Tchaikovsky's perennially popular 1812 Overture with cannons and fireworks. RAIN DATE: 9/3/10

Concert on Thursday September 2, 2010 starts at 5pm at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 1020 Naito Pkwy, by the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland. The Oregon Symphony receives General Support funding from RACC.