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Such bands as sufficiently populist, Dmitri Fairport Convention, Shostakovich found him- Steeleye Span, and their self in a dilemma — how many spinoffs even influ- to write a piece that enced rockers like Traffic would win official ap- and Jethro Tull. proval without selling Of those bands, al- out his artistic approval. though it never quite Dubbed — not by the made it big, especially in composer — “an artist’s America, Pentangle was creative answer to justified one of the best. It combined criticism,” his Fifth Symphony the superlative acoustic guitar reflects the tensions of the time — talents of jazz and folk-oriented John Renbourn and the bluesier Jon Nakamatsu per- and the composer’s ingenuity in forms Saint-Saëns’ hoodwinking the authorities. Bert Jansch with the ravishingly Piano Concerto No. One of the most powerful or- beautiful voice of Jacqui 2 – “a virtuoso chestral works of the 20th century, McShee. Romantic show- McShee’s vocals floated over stopper” – with the the symphony concludes with a tri- Eugene Symphony, umphant theme that’s memorable Renbourn’s rich fingerstyle gui- Thursday, May 15. enough to satisfy any lover of tar lines, which blended folk, Tchaikovsky or Beethoven — but jazz, blues, and even Middle the composer later insisted that the triumph is Eastern styles. Three decades later, McShee that of the bad guys, a forced rejoicing under and Renbourn are reunited, appearing in duress. The Eugene Symphony May 15 Eugene on Wednesday, May 21 at Café concert also features a Verdi overture and one Paradiso. Fans of folk, Celtic, guitar, and of those virtuoso Romantic showstoppers, voice shouldn’t miss this one. Camille Saint Saens’ second piano concerto. For a more recent Celtic fusion experi- Another big, juicy piano concerto tops the ence, on Thursday, May 22, you can hear bill at the University Symphony concert Four Shillings Short at Sam Bond’s at the UO’s Beall Concert Hall on Sunday, Garage. Deploying hammered dulcimer, May 18, when UO Prof. Gregory Mason mandolin, Medieval & Renaissance wood- solos in Aram Khachaturian’s knucklebuster. winds, tinwhistles, mandola, percussion, The concert also features one of the 20th cen- banjo, and vocals, the group’s signature tury’s loveliest choral works: Leonard sound is unexpected: a sitar, which somehow Bernstein’s exumberant “Chichester works more often than you’d expect. Fans of Psalms.” Celtic and Indian music: Check out this Voices are in the spotlight at the UO this group. month: On Thursday, May 15 the UO Opera As Attorney General Ashcroft’s taxpayer- Ensemble presents scenes from financed robing of the statue of justice’s nu- Starhawk Eugene May Sponsored by InForm Media Cauldron of Change Sophia Sanctuary and Lost Valley Education Center “Connecting Permaculture and the Sacred” TW May Lost Valley Education Center () www lostvalley org “ War Peace Terror and Global Justice — Where Do We Go Now? 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