Other instruments are slowly added to its rat-a-tat, playing the rhythm on single, repeated notes. The harmony is in keeping with the rhythm. It’s stuck in C major, a broken record.

We want to make sure everyone sounds good, but you have to keep the time.” The “Ravel’s Bolero” concert comes just a few months before the 150th birthday of the French composer on March 7.

“Bolero” by Maurice Ravel is a significant work for orchestra. It was originally written as the score for a ballet. The constant rhythmic pattern throughout the work is a dance rhythm in ...

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The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents perennial favorite Ravel’s Boléro as part of the Sunday Classical Concert series at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 12 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland.

The superstar Japanese pianist has gone above and beyond, with a performance on two pianos at once. Sat between the two keyboards – the high range of one prepared especially to produce xylophone-like ...