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The program for the finale will begin with Haydn: The Representation of Chaos from “The Creation”. This composition opens with unique sounds of infinite nothingness. The audience then moves to a landscape of serene beauty with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Pastorale. After intermission, the Orchestra will present the Oregon Coastal Premiere of Adam Schoenberg’s composition, Losing Earth with Terry Longshore, soloist, and 6 other percussionists. Losing Earth was inspired by the book of the same name on climate change by Nathaniel Rich that addresses the science of climate change. This concerto will provide an amazing journey of human life on earth and end on a hopeful note. Join us for a powerful evening of orchestral music inspired by our planet and natural world.

Hear the world premiere of Elena Ruehr's "Sixth Piano Trio," co-commissioned by the Eureka Chamber Music Series and the San Francisco based Ensemble for These Times, and played by Tom Stone, Sophie Shao, and Amy I-Lin Cheng. Also on the program, hear Anton Webern's romantic "Langsamer Satz" string quartet and his "Five Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 5," both performed by the Balourdet Quartet, as well as the powerful "Transfigured Night for String Sextet, Op. 4" by Arnold Schoenberg, inspired by the poem "Verklärte Nacht" by the German symbolist and expressionist writer Richard Dehmel.

Pianist Iryna Kashkenov returns for this month’s Classical Vespers. Iryna did graduate work with Alexander Tutonov at SOU and plays piano with passion. In the hallway gallery see selections from the Blomquist Art Collection.
Free admission with freewill offerings gladly accepted.

The finale of the Summer Music Festival includes the world premiere of Elena Ruehr's "Four Bird Songs," performed by Tom Stone and Sophie Shao. Using actual birdsong as the source material, Ruehr composed this four-movement work for the performers and for the Eureka Chamber Music Series. Rounding out the program is the boundary-breaking "String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95," the last of the "middle quartets" by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the Balourdet Quartet. The concert and the festival close with the texturally complex and expressive "String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36" by Johannes Brahms.

For the 11th season, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild tours the American West. Mountain tops, old-growth forests, and sunny meadows replace the traditional concert hall in the series featuring pianist Hunter Noack on a 9-foot Steinway concert grand piano. Listen through wireless headphones and wander afield with the music as a soundtrack to your experience in the wild.

About this Landscape
Mount Pisgah Arboretum sits on 209 acres of trails and trees along the Willamette River, just outside Eugene. Planned in the late 1960s as a place to showcase trees from around the world, the site was chosen for its rich mix of habitats representative of the Willamette Valley, from oak savanna to wetlands and riparian forest.

The IN A LANDSCAPE concert takes place in the oak savanna. Arrive early to explore the network of intersecting trails that wind through wildflower meadows, wetlands, and leaf-strewn paths across the preserve.

A nonprofit organization with more than 50 years of history, Mount Pisgah Arboretum continues its mission of education and stewardship on land that was once the traditional homeland of the Kalapuya people.

For the 11th season, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild tours the American West. Mountain tops, old-growth forests, and sunny meadows replace the traditional concert hall in the series featuring pianist Hunter Noack on a 9-foot Steinway concert grand piano. Listen through wireless headphones and wander afield with the music as a soundtrack to your experience in the wild.

About this Landscape

Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park lies seven miles northwest of Oakland, Oregon, spanning nearly 1,100 acres of rolling rangeland once owned by lifelong rancher Mildred Kanipe and her family. The park includes more than 14 miles of trails and campsites equipped with horse corrals, reflecting its continued connection to ranching, recreation, and equestrian use.

After inheriting and expanding her family ranch, Kanipe left the property to Douglas County in 1983 with the condition that it be preserved as a public park. Her legacy continues in the protection of the land’s wildlife, including her well-known peacocks, and in the preservation of historic features such as the Kanipe Farmstead, a National Register–listed schoolhouse, and the park’s century farm designation. The land is part of the ancestral homeland of the Kalapuya people.

The IN A LANDSCAPE Concert will take place alongside the creek, approximately a quarter to a half-mile walk north of the equestrian parking area and campground. A limited number of ADA parking spots will be available near the Baimbridge-Kanipe historic farmstead day-use area.

This concert benefits Umpqua Symphony Association, in memory of Lauren Young.

For the 11th season, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild tours the American West. Mountain tops, old-growth forests, and sunny meadows replace the traditional concert hall in the series featuring pianist Hunter Noack on a 9-foot Steinway concert grand piano. Listen through wireless headphones and wander afield with the music as a soundtrack to your experience in the wild.

About this Landscape

Once the grand estate of timber baron Louis J. Simpson, Shore Acres State Park combines carefully tended gardens with a raw coastal landscape. Formal plantings include a tranquil Japanese garden with lily ponds and two rose gardens featuring American Rose Selections, with something in bloom nearly every day of the year. Just beyond the gardens, trails lead to a secluded ocean cove at Simpson Beach and along dramatic cliff edges, where sweeping views reveal rugged seascapes, crashing waves, and migrating whales from December through June.

This concert is presented with the support of the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation, in partnership with Travel Southern Oregon Coast and Oregon’s Adventure Coast.

This event takes place on the ancestral and occupied homeland of the Mulik Coos, Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw peoples.

For the 11th season, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild tours the American West. Mountain tops, old-growth forests, and sunny meadows replace the traditional concert hall in the series featuring pianist Hunter Noack on a 9-foot Steinway concert grand piano. Listen through wireless headphones and wander afield with the music as a soundtrack to your experience in the wild.

About this Landscape

Valley Flora Farm is an organic farm along the banks of Floras Creek in Langlois, Oregon, operated as a mother-and-two-daughter collective. Founded in 1998, the farm grows hundreds of varieties of vegetables, berries, and fruit using ecological farming practices rooted in crop diversity, composting, cover crops, and rotation. Work on the land is carried out by a small crew using draft horses, one tractor, and on-site solar power. Valley Flora Farm is closely connected to its coastal community, supplying food year-round through its farmstand, local food banks, and a network of stores, restaurants, and cooperatives along the southern Oregon coast.

This event takes place on the ancestral and occupied homeland of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, including the Tututni peoples.

This concert is presented with the support of the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation and Travel Southern Oregon Coast.

A portion of ticket sales will benefit Wild Rivers Land Trust.