Views from Cascadia
When:
Friday September 28, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
Where:
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis and Clark
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd
Portland, OR 97219
What:
Called “one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker), John Luther Adams is a composer whose life and work are deeply rooted in the natural world. Third Angle presents Adams’ masterpiece, “Earth and the Great Weather”, a concert-length work the composer describes as “…a journey through the physical, cultural and spiritual landscapes of the Arctic, in music, language, and sound…”
Reich-analia
When:
Saturday November 10, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
Where:
The Atrium at Montgomery Park
2701 NW Vaughn St
Portland, OR 97210 [map it]
What:
Third Angle Ensemble will perform its latest tribute and extravaganza to the master minimalist, Steve Reich. For the second time, Reich-analia will take place in the spectacular Atrium at Montgomery Park, which was hailed as “...a stroke of genius…” for venue choice by The Oregonian in 2011. The program includes Electric Counterpoint, Vermont Counterpoint, and the epic masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians. Special guests include master jazz guitarist, Dan Balmer and vocalists from Cappella Romana.
Program:
Electric Counterpoint (1987)
for electric guitar and tape
Vermont Counterpoint (1982)
for 11 flutes
-Intermission-
Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76)
for ensemble
Wander: Watch us
Sponsors:
When Michael Meets Julia
When:
Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Friday March 1, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Where:
Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97211 [map it]
What: click here to read the review
New York City’s Bang-on-a-Can co-founders Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon join us for a special evening of their chamber music. “We started this organization because we believed that making new music is a utopian act.” Vivid, energetic, rock inspired music by two of the major composers of our time.
Program: click here for program notes
Light is Calling by Michael Gordon (2004)
Ron Blessinger, amplified violin
soundtrack
With film by Bill Morrison
AC/DC by Michael Gordon (1996)
Sarah Tiedemann, flute
Louis DeMartino, clarinet
Susan Smith, piano
Ron Blessinger, violin
Hamilton Cheifetz, cello
Low Quartet by Michael Gordon (1985)
Adam Trussell, contrabassoon
Louis DeMartino, bass clarinet
Kim Reece, baritone saxaphone
JáTtik Clark, tuba
Industry by Michael Gordon (1992)
Hamilton Cheifetz, amplified cello
electronics
—-INTERMISSION—-
Lad by Julia Wolfe (2007)
Mark Mullaney, bagpipe
recording
Mink Stole by Julia Wolfe (1997)
Susan Smith, piano
Ron Blessinger, violin
Stronghold by Julia Wolfe (2008)
Ted Botsford
Tyler Abbott
Willie Gibbs
Don Hermanns
Brian Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Dave Parmeter
Jason Schooler
Third Angle/Russell New Ideas in Music
When:
Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Where:
Portland State University
Lincoln Recital Hall rm 75
1620 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97201 [map it]
What:
A musical idea…becomes a proposal…is composed and printed…is heard for the first time in rehearsals (and perhaps modified, perhaps not)…is judged by an internationally lauded panel of composers and performers…and presented in polished form to an audience for the first time…the evolution of an idea into a musical composition…we hope you join us for this journey of creation…NIIM 2013. Hear the first performance of winning compositions in our 2nd annual competition featuring the Third Angle String Quartet.
Composer Finalists include:
REGIONAL: Jay Derderian of Portland, Oregon and Alex LaFollett of Forest Grove, Oregon
NATIONAL: Geoffrey Gordon of Cedarburg, Wisconsin and Nick Omiccioli of Kansas City, Missouri
INTERNATIONAL: Julian Day of Sydney, Australia and Brendan Faegre of The Hague, Netherlands
Program:
Abaciscus (for string quartet) - Geoffrey Gordon
I. Circus Scene
II. Orpheus
III. Bikini Girls
iV. The Angel before St Joachim
Amplified String Quartet No. I – Brendan Faegre
Quartz, amplified string quartet and pre-recorded audio - Julian Day
- Intermission -
String Quartet No. 12, in Ab Dolopian, Op. 42 – Alexander LaFollett
Outside the Eyes, for string quartet – Jay Derderian
Funeral Symphony: seven processionals after m.k. čiurlionis – Nicholas S. Omiccioli
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Partner:
Sponsor:
-BETSY RUSSELL-
Asian Music Now
When:
Thursday April 25, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Friday April 26, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Where:
Lan Su Chinese Garden
239 NW Everett St
Portland, OR 97209 [map it]
What:
Join us for Asian Music Now, a walking tour in sight and sound, a full immersion in contemporary Chinese culture, PDX style. The beautiful Lan Su Garden is the setting for this program which features new music by the leading Chinese composers of our time, including Zhou Long, Xiao-Ou, and Huang Ruo. Mr. Huang will also be one of the performers, joining pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen and the Third Anglers.
Read:
Third Angle transforms Lan Su into garden of musical delights
Modern Music / Ancient Light: The Magic of Third Angle’s “Asian Music Now” Collaboration with the Lan Su Chinese Garden
Sponsors:
The M.E.N.S.C.H. Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust: Oregonians sustaining, developing and participating in our arts, heritage and humanities.
