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BY BRETT CAMPBELL A Real Old Fashioned Christmas Local and international groups get in the spirit T show at Central Lutheran Church (18th & Potter) Monday, Nov. 26, including songs by Machaut and Landini and motets from Paris’ cathedral of Notre Dame. The next evening, one of the finest vocal ensembles of our time, Norway’s Trio Medieval (abetted by a percussionist) sings Scandinavian traditional music in Portland at St. Philip Neri Church. Back at Beall, the UO’s holiday here’s so much worthy music play- ing at the UO over the next couple weeks that you might as well just set up a sleeping bag around Beall Concert Hall. The guards will likely mistake you for a fi- nals-cramming student or a student musician waiting for a stairwell to open up for practice space. (The space crunch should be alleviated in a year or so when the building expansion is done.) The major Beall ringing is the Waverly Consort’s Christmas Story at 3 pm Sunday, Nov. 25. More than concert, the program fea- tures some theatrical gestures and other visual elements (music manuscripts and other illu- minated miniatures) to dramatize the biblical nativity story from the perspective of the Middle Ages. The celebrated New York- based period instrument quintet, augmented by eight singers, uses costumes, music (much of it unfamiliar) and authentic instruments of the time and place (medieval Italy, Britain, Spain, France) to conjure a musical and visual spectacle appropriate to the occasion. Whether you observe the Christian holiday or not, if you’re tired of endless Christmas cliches (Santa, reindeer, the same half dozen carols), this musical and historical perform- ance should make a wonderful holiday event. Speaking of sounds medieval, the UO’s Collegium Musicum will sing vocal music from the 13th and 14th centuries in a free timable Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble plays music by Darius Milhaud and other works, including a world premiere by UO graduate composer Jesse If you’re tired of endless Christmas cliches, this musical and historical performance should make a wonderful holiday event. choral concert on Thursday, Nov. 29, collects a trio of campus choirs to sing seasonal music from the past four centuries, including spirituals and con- temporary works. As always, the UO has plenty of music of our own time. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the es- Waverly Jones. On Friday, Nov. 30, at 4 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room, other stu- dent chamber ensembles will play inti- mate music by Milhaud’s Paris colleague Francis Poulenc, Ervin Schulhoff, the great 20th century composer Gyorgy Ligeti, who died last year, and others including an oldie but goodie: Schubert’s Trout quintet. On Sunday, Dec. 2, the UO Percussion Ensemble bangs out music by Michael Colgrass, Anthony Cirone and — another oldie — Telemann. And don’t forget the brief Monday Sound-Bytes series from 11:54 am-12:08 pm at the UO’s Collier House, which on Dec. 3 features the debut perform- ance of Beta Collide, a new music group directed by the UO faculty trumpeter Brian McWhorter (nationally known for his work in the New York based Meridian Ensemble) and fab flutist Molly Barth (internationally ac- claimed for her work in Eighth Blackbird) in a trio by the much admired contemporary Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Admission is free to all of these but the percussion concert. We opened with a holiday con- cert, so let’s close with one. The Shedd is making its Christmas show an annual tradition. Singer Shirley Andress and pianist Vicki Consort Brabham, both Shedd veterans, have invited various favorite musi- cians to accompany them in classic Christmas fare, singalong carols, and more Friday, Nov. 30, Thursday, Dec. 6, and Sunday, Dec. 9 (matinee) at the Shedd. ew All Good at Burkholder Woods it’s BURKHOLDER WOODS Building Corner of 7th & Main in Old Cottage Grove 1st Anniversary Weekend!!! celebrating one year of good times Friday, Nov. 23rd Jackstraw Bluegrass $5 • 8:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 24rd Afternoon of FREE Entertainment 4 pm - 9 pm Hot Club Sandwich Gypsy Jazz $5 • 9 pm w/HARTWARE 20% off all books 10 days: 11/23-12/02 live music & microbrew Free coffee with pastry purchase NOVEMBER 21, 2007 29
