Eugene Art Talk: A Night in the Pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s The Nutcracker

“McWhorter kept up a zany pace, delivering direction and criticisms in a stream of sometimes-profane consciousness. “It’s a Christmas ornament,” he said of one stretch of music. “It’s a fucking Christmas ornament on a fucking Christmas tree.” The musicians laughed, and poured more Christmas into their music.”

Eugene Art Talk: A Night in the Pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s The Nutcracker