A year ago, we set out to prove to ourselves that we could safely maintain our creative lives during the pandemic. On May 7th, we’ll celebrate the one-year anniversary since we started broadcasting these weekly concerts with our 47th show (yes, we’re exceedingly proud of this accomplishment)!

We've chosen In C by Terry Riley as the piece for this anniversary show, the same piece we performed last year when we began this journey, this time performed by 45 players that have performed on our series this past year.

Your support has allowed us to provide a paying gig during a time of furloughs and shuttered venues. To date, we’ve paid $45,000 to our performers, for which we are GRATEFUL! If you want to continue the good feeling that donating brings, we make it easy to do so here.

At the heart of this effort to stay creative is a passionate desire to do our part to make the world a better place by serving the spiritual needs of our community through music. Especially at times of great upheaval and anxiety, we want to show our community and the world that artists will always create, and that Portland is alive with creative energy.

Our two remaining concerts in April showcase great virtuosity and variety, with Greg Ewer and Adam LaMotte setting their powdered wigs on fire with some Leclair on April 23rd, and James Shields, Emily Cole, and Maria Garcia bringing us a French musical connection on April 30th.

Creativity Amidst Calamity has been our motto for this season, and nothing makes that point better than the incredible number of works we've presented this past year, listed below. Through a combination of grit, determination, and creative hustle, we’ve shown how creativity is ALWAYS available, no matter the circumstances.

Ron Blessinger
Executive Director, 45^th Parallel Universe

 
2020-21:
Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte (2011) 12’
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2 (1994) 7’
Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano (1971) 15’
Robert Beaser: Souvenirs for Piccolo and Piano (2002) 24’
Adolphus Hailstork: Bassoon Set (1996) 5’
Ed Bland: For Clarinet (1996) 4’
Valerie Coleman: Fanmi Imèn for Flute and Piano (2018) 8’
Justinian Tamusuza: Okukoowoola Kw'Ekkondeere (“Horn Call”) (2007) 4’
George Walker: Wind Set for Woodwind Quintet (1999) 8’
Florence Price: Adoration (arr. James Shields) (1951) 7’
Carlos Simon: An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave (2020) 5’
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls (2008) 6’
Damien Geter: Neo Soul (2021) 6’
Nia Imani Franklin: Burgundy in Autumn (2019) 5’
Keyla Orozco: Piezas de Bolsillo (2011) 10’
Randy Woolf: Revenge (2007) 12’
David Bowie: Life on Mars? (1971) 5’
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 (1971) 45’
Andy Akiho: Lost on Chiaroscuro Street (2017) 23’
Shelley Washington: Middleground (2016) 10’
Kenji Bunch: Adventure Awaits (2018) 12’
Kirsten Volness: little tiny stone, full of blue fire (2016) 10’
Robert Muczynski: Duos for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 24 (1974) 12’
Jessie Montgomery: Duo for Violin and Cello (2015) 11’
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet (1999) 15’
Clay Giberson: Dawn to Dusk (2020) 5’
Clay Giberson: Dragonfly (2020) 5’
John Nastos: Country Life (2017) 7’
Clay Giberson: Trust (2018) 5’
John Nastos: The Last Chief (2018) 5’
John Nastos: Rhymes (2019) 5’
John Nastos: Weasel Socks (2020) 5’
Aeryn Santillan: Reconnect (world premiere) (2020) 6’
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas (2001) 5’
Shelley Washington: Say (2016) 10’
Arvo Pärt: Fratres (1989) 10’
Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together (1971) 15’
Vladimir Godár: Talizman (1983) 12’
Astor Piazzolla: Invierno Porteño (Winter) from Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (1973) 5’
Arnold Mysior: Samba (2013) 5’
Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimbas (1994) 5’
Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Overture) (1775) 5’
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus (1791) 4’
Haydn: Minuet and Trio from Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2 (1794) 8’
Bartok: String Quartet no. 4, Mvmt. 5 (1928) 7’
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (1842) 40’
Vladimir Godár: Ricercar (2016) 10’
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion (1982) 6’
William Grant Still: Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano (1945) 6’
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G major (1929) 12’
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Quartet No. 1 “Calvary” (1956) 12’
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Quintet in F# minor, Op. 10 (1906) 28’
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 (1801) 20’
Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-flat major, K. 407 (1782) 15’
Beethoven: Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 81b (1795) 18’
Fauré: Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50 (1887) 8’
Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 (1810) 10’
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite (1892) 40’
Louise Farrenc: Trio in E-flat major, Op. 44 (1861) 23’
Amy Beach: Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet (1916) 21’
Friedrich Kummer: 6 Duets for 2 Cellos, Op. 156 (1870) 15’
Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Sonata for 2 cellos in G major (1740) 10’
Pixinguinha: Choro Canção (1928) 10’
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 (1801) 20’
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (1826) 30’
Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, Mvmt. 2 (1825) 10’
CPE Bach: Flute Sonata in G major, “Hamburger” (1786) 8’
Poulenc: Oboe Sonata (trans. for piccolo) (1962) 15’
Haydn: Piano Trio no. 39 in G major (“Gypsy”) (1795) 15’
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94, mvmt 1 (1943) 23’
August Klughardt: Wind Quintet in C major, Op. 79 (1898) 22’
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (introduction)
Pérotin: Sederunt Principes
Purcell: Fantasia upon One Note, Z.745
Handel: Ombra Mai fu (from Xerxes)
Radiohead: Everything in its Right Place (arr. Evan Kuhlmann)
Alexander Arutiunian: Grief Song and Morning Song (from Armenian Scenes)
Claude Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arranged by D. Sabourin)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona per sonare no. 2
Tielman Susato: Renaissance Dances (arranged by J. Iveson)
Erroll Garner: Misty (arranged by D. Holcombe)
Lennon/McCartney: Yesterday (arranged by R. Willis)
Leonard Bernstein: Maria and Tonight (arranged by J. Gale)
Gerald Finzi: Romance (from Five Bagatelles)
Morton Feldman: Clarinet and String Quartet
B.H. Crusell: Quartet No. 2 in C Minor
J.S. Bach: Aria from Cantata 179 (arranged for basset horn and string trio)
J.T. Shields: Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio: “Cataclysmic Hyper-virtuosity in Perpetual Motion”
Katherine Hoover: Etude No. 6
Allison Loggins-Hull: Stacked (for flute and recording)
Eve Beglarian: I Will Not Be Sad in This World (for alto flute and electronics)
Nathalie Joachim: Wander (for flute and electronics)
Katherine Hoover: Etude No. 1
J.S. Bach: Erbarme Dich, mein Gott from St. Matthew’s Passion
Zequinha de Abreu / Francisco Mignone: Branca
Giovanni Sollima: Subsongs II, III (Kóda) and IV
Astor Piazolla: Escuálo
Kenji Bunch: Dry County Line
Kenji Bunch: Wildflower
Kenji Bunch: Shave Ice
Kenji Bunch: Nightlight for Nina
Kenji Bunch: Bluesday
Kenji Bunch: Diddley Bow
Kenji Bunch: Melungeon Stew
W.F. Bach: Duet in D Major
Friedrich Kuhlau: Grand Duo in D Major, Op. 39, No. 3
Philip Glass: String Quartet no.5, mvmt. 3
George Crumb: God Music (from Black Angels)
Philip Glass: String Quartet no.5, mvmt. 3
George Crumb: God Music (from Black Angels)
Traditional: Peat dance (traditional, arr. Danish String Quartet, from Wood Works)
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d'un faune
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boreades
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C# major, BWV 848
C.P.E. Bach: Solfeggio in C minor, H.220
J.S. Bach: Invention in D minor, BWV 775
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28, No. 20, in C minor
Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K. 27
Sibelius: Hymn from Finlandia