Find dueling banjos too twangy? Dueling pianos too hammy? Well, how about violin versus viola, in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola , demonstrated below by the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, and slated for three weekend performances by Portland Baroque Orchestra, featuring Grammy Nominee Monica Huggett. To me, this piece has a similar mood to Beethoven’s Pastorale , and would be equally at home among the fauns of Fantasia:

The other piece on the program, Haydn’s Il Distratto, apparently catches Haydn in an erratic, distracted state. No. A moody composer? Say it ain’t so!

Friday and Saturday’s performances at First Baptist Church; Sunday at Reed College. For a more comprehensive list of upcoming events, visit the Arts & Entertainment Calendar anytime!