Concerts
Listen to This: An Evening with Alex Ross and 45th Parallel
Acclaimed author and music writer Alex Ross joins the virtuosos of 45th Parallel for an evening of words and music, a unique concert experience that will entertain, edify, enlighten, and exhilarate! Alex will read from his books and essays, providing compelling context to the music that 45th Parallel then performs. This is a co-production with the Patricia Reser Center, and will be recorded for broadcast on All Classical Radio. The broadcast will air on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 9:00 PM PT on Club Mod, hosted by Andrea Murray. Listen at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR, or worldwide at allclassical.org.
Alex Ross has been the music critic of The New Yorker since 1996. He is the author of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Listen to This, and Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music. In 2008, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
WORKS
Gyorgy Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, mvmts. 1-3
John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places
Richard Wagner: Wo in Bergen du dich birgst (from Die Walküre)
Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Radiohead: Creep / Pyramid (arranged by Sergio Carreno)
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
PERFORMERS
Alex Ross, writer/narrator
Joe Berger, horn
Ron Blessinger, violin
Kayla Cabrera, viola
Sergio Carreno, percussion
Emily Cole, violin
Greg Ewer, violin
Maria Garcia, piano
Stephen Kehner, percussion
Shin-young Kwon, violin
Martha Long, flute
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Hannah Penn, mezzo soprano
Michael Roberts, percussion
James Shields, clarinet
Steve Vacchi, bassoon
Karen Wagner, oboe
Bora Yoon, vocals
