Gregory Ewer – Past Concerts
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.
Classical Up Close: Pärt, Madsen, Beethoven
Franz Joseph Haydn — Piano Trio in A major, Hob. XV:18 ("III. Allegro")
Trygve Madsen — Quintet for Violin, 2 Violas, Cello, and French Horn, Op. 145
Zdeněk Fibich — Piano Quintet in D major, Op. 42 ("I. Allegro non tanto")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423 ("I. Allegro")
Ludwig van Beethoven — Wind Quintet in E-flat major for Oboe, Bassoon, and 3 Horns, Hess 19
Felix Mendelssohn — Konzertstück No. 2, Op. 114
Free
Classical Up Close: Schulhoff, Clark, Crespo
Erwin Schulhoff — Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Edvard Grieg — String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27 ("I. Un poco Andante – Allegro molto ed agitato")
Rebecca Clarke — Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale (for clarinet & viola)
Enrique Crespo — Suite Americana No. 1 (for brass quintet; selection)
Free
45th Parallel: Lost in Deep Time
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")
$30 ($20 student/senior)
Listen to This: An Evening with Alex Ross & 45th Parallel
John Luther Adams — The Wind in High Places
Richard Wagner — Die Walküre ("The Valkyrie"), WWV 86B ("Wo in Bergen du dich birgst")
Florence Price — Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Radiohead — Selected works (Creep / Pyramid; arr. Sergio Carreno)
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
$44-$54
45th Parallel: Czech Please
Antonín Dvořák — Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150
Bohuslav Martinů — Clarinet Sonatina, H. 356
$30 ($20 student/senior)
45th Parallel: Out of the Dark
Osvaldo Golijov — Last Round (for strings)
Eleanor Alberga — Succubus Moon (for oboe & string quartet)
$30 ($20 senior/student)
Greg Ewer & Esther Shim at Mendelssohns
Violin duets with Gregory Ewer of the Oregon Symphony and Esther Shim of the Northwest Piano Trio.
$10 at the door
Classical Up Close: First Immanuel Lutheran Church
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285 (Zachariah Galatis, flute; Emily Cole, violin; Amanda Grimm, viola; Kevin Kunkel, cello)
Jaani Helander — String Quartet "Inner Life," Op. 2 (US premiere; Vijeta Sathyaraj & Julie Coleman, violins; Maia Hoffman, viola; Kevin Kunkel, cello; Mariya-Andoniya Andonova, double bass)
Sergei Prokofiev — Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56 (Shanshan (Maggie) Zeng & Ling Ling Huang, violins)
Zhou Long — Chinese Folk Songs for string quintet (Keiko Araki & Shin-young Kwon, violins; Adam Hoornstra, viola; Pansy Chang, cello)
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 ("IV. Allegro"; Shin-Young Kwon & Emily Cole, violins; Jennifer Arnold, viola; Marilyn de Oliveira, cello)
Free
Classical Up Close Pop Up Concert: Greg Ewer & Adam LaMotte, violins
Classical Up Close is a chamber music festival created and produced by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends. Our mission is to bring …
Free
45th Parallel: American Haiku
$30 ($20 senior/student)
Gallery Concerts: Avid Reeder
$35 ($30 ages 65 & over, $15 ages 17-25; ages 16 & under free)
Gallery Concerts: Avid Reeder
$35 ($30 ages 65 & over, $15 ages 17-25; ages 16 & under free)
45th Parallel: Treasures of the Baroque
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Sonata violino solo representativa
George Frideric Handel — Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 2, No. 5, HWV 390
George Frideric Handel — Trio Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 1, HWV 386b
Antonio Vivaldi — Trio Sonata in D minor, Op. 1, No. 12, RV 63 "La Follia"
$30 ($20 senior/student)
45th Parallel: When the Violin
Reena Esmail — Darshan
Kenji Bunch — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works (sonata & partita selections TBA)
Jean-Marie Leclair — Sonata for Two Violins in G major, Op. 3, No. 1
$30 ($20 student/senior)
Friends of Chamber Music: Presenting…2023!
As 2022 exits the world stage, we gather at The Old Church once again to welcome the New Year. Some of Portland's favorite musicians — stri…
$40
45th Parallel: Martha & Friends
$30 ($20 senior/student)
Classical Up Close Pop Up Concert: Shin-young Kwon, Greg Ewer, Charles Noble, Trevor Fitzpatrick, string quartet
Classical Up Close is a chamber music festival created and produced by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends. Our mission is to bring …
Free (see event description for address)
Classical Up Close at First Immanuel Lutheran Church
Jean-Marie Leclair — Sonata for Two Violins in B-flat major, Op. 12, No. 6 ("III. Andante")
José Pablo Moncayo — Huapango (arr. M. Sanoval)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence" ("I. Allegro con spirito", "II. Adagio cantabile e con moto", & "IV. Allegro vivace")
Free
45th Parallel: Known Unknown
Hélène Liebmann — Grand Trio No. 1 in A major, Op. 11
Daniel Bernard Roumain — Filter
$25 ($5 ages 18 & under)
45th Parallel: Known Unknown
Hélène Liebmann — Grand Trio No. 1 in A major, Op. 11
Daniel Bernard Roumain — Filter
$25 ($20 senior/student)
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