45th Parallel: Lost in Deep Time
$30 ($20 student/senior)
- Ron Blessinger, violin
- Gregory Ewer, violin
- Charles Noble, viola
- Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
- Yoko Greeney, piano
Anna Thorvaldsdottir — Sola ("I. Prologue"; for solo viola & fixed electronics)
György Ligeti — Sonata for Solo Cello ("I. Dialogo")
inti figgis-vizueta — the motion between three worlds (for solo cello)
Anna Meredith — Chorale (for string quartet & tape)
Anna Meredith — Anno: Four Seasons ("Summer—Haze")
Our season continues at Club Straub in April with the Pyxis Quartet's performance of Prospects of a Misplaced Year by Andy Akiho, accompanied by artist Brad Johnson's visionary artwork, a stunning exploration of geologic time told in music and immersive projection. The program also includes a preview of The Floods, a forthcoming collaboration with Brad and 45th Parallel that tells the story of the epic Ice Age Missoula Floods.
About Pyxis Quartet
Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
About Gregory Ewer, violin
Greg Ewer, hailed by The New York Times for his "refinement and spirit," has been a member of the Oregon Symphony since 2001. Greg is also well known to Portland audiences for his regular appearances with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Third Angle New Music Ensemble, and Pink Martini. He is also the founder and artistic director of 45th Parallel, a highly acclaimed chamber music series founded in 2009, featuring musicians of the Pacific Northwest.
Greg has appeared as a guest recitalist at Yale University, and at the National Library in Mexico City. He has performed at numerous summer festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Moab Music Festival, and the Montana Baroque Festival.
Greg’s 2014 recording of the Complete Sonatas for Two Violins of Jean-Marie Leclair with his longtime collaborator Adam LaMotte was described as a "landmark recording" and hailed for its "zest and athleticism" by The Strad magazine. In addition to his performing activities, Greg is on the music faculty of Reed College in Portland.
https://www.orsymphony.org/discover/orchestra/strings/gregory-ewer/