“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
– Paul Cezanne
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Andy Akiho: Prospects of a Misplaced Year
Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Maia Hoffman, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Yoko Greeney, piano
In String Quartet No. 3, G.F. Haas uses total darkness to evoke the night before Christ’s resurrection in this powerful work, performed by the Pyxis Quartet on Maundy Thursday.
G.F. Haas: String Quartet No. 3, In iij Noct.
Gregory Ewer, violin
Emily Cole, violin
Ron Blessinger, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
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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Scott Unrein: all the birds sing
Kenji Bunch: Apocryphal Dances
Danish Folk Tunes
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Mvmt V
Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
For our 41st concert, we’ve invited Boston-based drummer Cristián Tamblay to join the Pyxis Quartet for a unique performance of the finale from Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4. The program also features Caroline Shaw’s brilliant Entr’acte, and the piece that inspired her to write it, Joseph Haydn’s marvelously eccentric Minuet and Trio from his String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2.
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Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
Joseph Haydn: Minuet and Trio from String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Bela Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Mvmt. 5
Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Cristián Tamblay, drums
“Music is my connection to the world. It guides me to understand my place in relation to others and challenges me to make clear the things I do not understand. I imagine that music is a meeting place at which all people can converse about their unique differences and common stories.”
— Jessie Montgomery
Unique differences and common stories, music as meeting place for fellowship and conversation… this is what Fridays with 45th Parallel has become since our first broadcast last May. This Friday will be our 37th show, and features the Pyxis Quartet performing music of Carlos Simon, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price, in honor of Black History Month.
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Carlos Simon: An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G major
Greg Ewer, violin
Ron Blessinger, violin
Charles Noble, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello