Gregory Ewer – Past Concerts

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — "Flight of the Bumblebee" from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Gabriela Lena Frank — Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout ("I. Toyos")
Asbjørn Nørgaard / Frederik Øland / Fredrik Sjölin / Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen / Traditional — Wood Works: Nordic Folk Tunes arranged by the Danish String Quartet ("Peat Dance")
Franz Schubert — Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328
Steve Reich — Different Trains
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" ("II. Andante con moto" & "IV. Presto")

Gabriella Smith — Carrot Revolution
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6

Georg Philipp Telemann — Sonata à 4 for 2 chalumeaux, violin, & continuo, TWV 43:F2
Georg Philipp Telemann — Concerto in D minor for 2 Chalumeaux, TWV 52:D1
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"

Kevin Day — Variation V
Caroline Shaw — Entr'acte
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5

Darrell Grant — Crossing the Bridge, Vanport
Caroline Shaw — Blueprint
Kirsten Volness — Tree of Life
Kenji Bunch — The Three Gs
Gabriel Kahane — Little Love

Georg Philipp Telemann — Concerto for 4 violins without basso continuo in G major, TWV 40:201
James Shields — Four Verses for Six Violins
Kenji Bunch — Folie à deux (Shared Delusion)
Grażyna Bacewicz — Quartet for 4 Violins

We’re bringing back this very popular program where the audience chooses what we play from a menu of musical delectables.

Program includes works by Jules Massenet, Fritz Kreisler, Aaron Meyer, Sergei Prokofiev, Led Zeppelin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jordyn Davis, Samuel Barber, and Nokuthula Ngwenyama.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme" ("Jenamy") (reduced version)
Robert Schumann — Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Program includes works by Pérotin, Billy Childs, Paul Wiancko, Kaija Saariaho, John Cage, Joni Mitchell, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Gabriella Smith.

Arvo Pärt — Spiegel im Spiegel
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

Charles Auguste de Bériot — Duo Concertante in G minor for 2 Violins, Op. 57, No. 1 ("I. Moderato")
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 and Viola (for clarinet & viola)
Enrique Crespo — Suite Americana No. 1 (for brass quintet; selection)

Andy Akiho — Prospects of a Misplaced Year (for piano quintet)
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")

György Ligeti — Six Bagatelles ("I. Allegro con spirito," "II. Rubato. Lamentoso," & "III. Allegro grazioso")
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

Zdeněk Fibich — Piano Quintet in D major, Op. 42
Antonín Dvořák — Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150
Bohuslav Martinů — Clarinet Sonatina, H. 356

Kenneth Fuchs — Out of the Dark (After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler) (for chamber orchestra)
Osvaldo Golijov — Last Round (for strings)
Eleanor Alberga — Succubus Moon (for oboe & string quartet)

Violin duets with Gregory Ewer of the Oregon Symphony and Esther Shim of the Northwest Piano Trio.

Jean-Marie Leclair — Sonata for 2 Violins in D major, Op. 3 (Greg Ewer & Adam LaMotte, violins)
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)

Classical Up Close is a chamber music festival created and produced by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends. Our mission is to bring …

inti figgis-vizueta — Imago
Reena Esmail — Ragamala
Paul Wiancko — American Haiku