Concerts

The Big Bang

Calendar IconFriday, October 5, 2018
7:00-9:00 PM @ First United Methodist Church

Join 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.

WORKS

mousai REMIX:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3: Allegro molto

Gemini II:
Robert Marino: Eight on 3 and Nine on 2

Pyxis Quartet:
Aaron Jay Kernis: String Quartet No. 2 ‘musica instrumentalis’ (1997): Finale – Double Triple Gigue Fugue

Arcturus Quintet:
Elliott Carter: Woodwind Quintet (1948): Allegretto & Allegro giocoso

— INTERMISSION —

Helios Camerata:
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Gioacchino Rossini: La Scala de Seta
Franz Joseph Haydn arr. Evan Kuhlmann: Overture from The Creation
Jimmy Lopez: Techno, from Fiesta

PERFORMERS

mousai REMIX:
Emily Cole, Violin
Shin-young Kwon, Violin
Jennifer Arnold, Viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, Cello

Gemini II:
Jon Greeney, percussion
Sergio Carreno, percussion

Pyxis Quartet:
Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello

Arcturus Quintet:
Evan Kuhlmann, bassoon
James Shields, clarinet
Karen Wagner, oboe
Joe Berger, horn
Martha Long, flute

Helios Camerata:
Jennifer Arnold, viola
Joseph Berger, horn
Ron Blessinger, violin
Sergio Carreno, percussion
Emily Cole, violin
Greg Ewer, violin
Jon Greeney, percussion
Evan Kuhlmann, bassoon
Shin-young Kwon, violin
Martha Conwell Long, flute
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
James Shields, clarinet
Karen Wagner, oboe