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45th Parallel Universe Garden Concert – Pyxis Quartet

September 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT

$20 – $25 Seniors and students/Adults

The Pyxis Quartet performs music of Oregon composers Kenji Bunch and Scott Unrein, along with Béla Bartók’s high energy finale from his 4th String Quartet. See concert page for address.

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WORKS

Scott Unrein: all the birds sing
Kenji Bunch: Apocryphal Dances
Danish Folk Tunes
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Mvmt V

PERFORMERS

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

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45th Parallel Universe Garden Concert – Arcturus Quintet

September 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT

$20 – $25 Seniors and students/Adults

Richard and Penny Ellson’s amazing garden on the Willamette River provides a spectacular setting for the Arcturus Quintet’s program of French and German music. See concert page for address.

Please note that access to the performance will require patrons to use a stairway down to the garden. Our volunteers will be on hand to assist those who need help.

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WORKS

Jacques Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves for Wind Quintet
August Klughardt: Wind Quintet in C major, Op. 79
Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in E flat major, Op. 88, No. 2

PERFORMERS

Joe Berger, horn
Martha Long, flute
James Shields, clarinet
Steve Vacchi, bassoon
Karen Wagner, oboe

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45th Parallel Universe: Garden Concert – Octo Cello

September 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT

$20 – $25 Seniors and Students/Adults

Our cello octet dazzled us last year with their online performance, and we can’t imagine a better way to start our garden series than with a live performance of their stellar cello-osity. At the Blessinger garden (see concert page for address).

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Octo Cello plays the theme from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture.

WORKS

Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Special preview)
Bizet: Selections from Carmen
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka

PERFORMERS

Seth Biagini, cello
Pansy Chang, cello
Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello
Antoinette Gan, cello
Kevin Kunkel, cello
Valdine Mishkin, cello
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Dylan Rieck, cello

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