Monday, October 13, 2008

Beta Collide at the White Stage building this Friday

Grammy award winning flutist Molly Barth and the Beta Collide ensemble perform at a free concert of new music at the White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch in Portland, on Friday Oct 17 at 8pm.

On the program are works by Kurtag, Berio, Carter, Vitiello, Applebaum, Brown, and Harrison/ Performers include Nicholas Isherwood, Justin Kagan, Lisa McWhorter, Phillip Patti, and Beta Collide's founders, Brian McWhorter and Molly Barth. A special feature for the evening is the participation of Astoria-based artist Roger Hayes, who will create a work of art throughout the concert, allowing the audience to see his painting grow as the music progresses throughout the event.

Here's the entire program:

Luciano Berio- Sequenza III
Nicholas Isherwood, baritone

Earle Brown- Folio (1952)
Brian McWhorter/Molly Barth/Lisa McWhorter/Justin Kagen/Phillip Patti/Nicholas Isherwood

Elliott Carter- Scrivo In Vento
Molly Alicia Barth, flute

Earle Brown- Folio (1952)
Brian McWhorter/Molly Barth/Lisa McWhorter/Justin Kagen/Phillip Patti/Nicholas Isherwood

Stephen Vitiello- First Horizontal/First Vertical (2008)

Molly Alicia Barth, flute
Brian McWhorter, trumpet
Phillip Patti, percussion

György Kurtág- Hölderlin Gesänge
Nicholas Isherwood, baritone

Earle Brown- Folio (1952)
Brian McWhorter/Molly Barth/Lisa McWhorter/Justin Kagan/Phillip Patti/Nicholas Isherwood

Mark Applebaum- (2008)
Brian McWhorter, trumpet

Lou Harrison- Ariadne (1981)
Molly Barth, flute
Phillip Patti, percussion

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