After a 7-year wait, the Oregon Symphony returns to Tacoma this Sunday to perform Mozart's Symphony No. 38 at the Pantages, complements of the Tacoma Philharmonic.  Also on the bill is Maestro Carlos Kalmar's reportedly amazing integration of Shakespeare-related musical works and recited verse as written by Bill Shakespeare himself. The first half of the evening will be quintessential symphonic action from one of the West Coast's best outfits, while the second half (mixing music and theater) promises to be an experience better seen than described. Check it.

PREDICTION: The Oregon Symphony will feel out of place in Tacoma - unaccustomed to pumping its own gas.

Oregon Symphony with David Ogden Stiers

Sunday, Nov. 14, 3 p.m., 2 p.m. pre-concert lecture
$19-$52, senior $10 off, student/military 50 percent off
Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma
253.272.0809