Concerts
2018 - 2019 Season:
Our Musical Universe Expands
The Big Bang
45th Parallel Chamber OrchestraJoin us for a special evening of friends and great music as we celebrate Greg Ewer’s brilliant leadership of 45th Parallel over the past decade. The program will feature the debut of Helios Camerata, Portland’s newest chamber orchestra, performing works by Britten, Lopez, and Rossini.
C2 I – TWO CONCERTS, ONE EVENING
Autumn Music
Arcturus Winds
Virtuosity is in the air with the debut of the Arcturus Quintet, featuring American masterworks for winds by Jennifer Higdon, Irving Fine, and Samuel Barber.
Ambient Resonances
The Gemini Project The Gemini Project begins its exploration of percussion galaxies with new works by Andy Akiho, Peter Klatzow, Steve Reich, Fredrick Anderson, Robert Marino, and a new work by Gemini founder Sergio Carreno.
C2 II – TWO CONCERTS, ONE EVENING
Sons of the Soil
mousai REMIX Overlooked but not forgotten, the composers on this concert deserve an audience, and we’re here to deliver. The program features music by J. Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Beatrice Price, and Daniel Bernard Roumain. Presented in celebration of Black History Month.
I Spat in the Eye of Hate and Lived
Pyxis Quartet The brutal assault last year on Portland’s MAX train sent shock waves across the country. Our concert is an artistic response to this tragedy, featuring commissioned works by Oregon composers Kenji Bunch, Texu Kim, Bonnie Miksch, and Nicholas Yandell. Their music will accompany new poetry written and narrated by attack survivor, Micah Fletcher.
The World According to Richard
45th Parallel Chamber Orchestra The program features three virtuosic works by the iconic composer that are rarely heard in Portland, including Duett Concertino, Cappriccio, and the magnificent Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.