MCNY: Cassatt String Quartet & pianist Steven Beck
$23.18
- Steven Beck, piano
- Muneko Otani, violin
- Jennifer Leshnower, violin
- Emily Brandenburg, viola
- Elena Ariza, cello
Michael Pilafian — String Quartet Movement in F-sharp minor
Mark Irwin — Piano Trio
Paul Kirby — Lullaby for Violin and Piano
Leonard Lehrman — String Trio
Alla Borzova — String Quartet
Bonnie McAlvin — And the Joy ("IV. And the Joy will Burn out the Pain"; for flute & string quartet)
Joel Mandelbaum — Piano Trio
Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Ragtimes (selection)
The world-renowned Cassatt String Quartet and pianist Steven Beck perform new works by composers from the Musicians Clubs of New York. Featured composers are Gregory Singer, Michael Pilafian, Marc Irwin, Paul Kirby, Leonard Lerhman, Alla Borzova, and Bonnie McAlvin. The performance will be followed by a free reception.
About Cassatt String Quartet
Hailed for its "mighty rapport and relentless commitment," the New York City-based Cassatt String Quartet has performed throughout the world for nearly four decades, with appearances at Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall; Tanglewood Music Center; the Kennedy Center; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Centro National de las Artes; Maeda Hall; and Beijing's Central Conservatory. The Quartet's prolific discography—featured three times in Alex Ross's "10 Best Classical Recordings" column in The New Yorker—includes over forty recordings, for the Koch, Naxos, New World, Point, CRI, Tzadik, and Albany labels.
The Cassatt Quartet's 2023-2024 season has included major performances and recordings of works by Tania León, Victoria Bond, Adolphus Hailstork, Chen Yi, Joan Tower, Zhou Long, and Daniel S. Godfrey; their annual residencies at the Seal Bay Festival and Cassatt in the Basin!; hometown concerts in the New York area, including at Symphony Space and Bargemusic; and appearances at Treetops Chamber Music Society, Maverick Concerts, and Music Mountain.
The CSQ is named for the great Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt.
https://www.cassattquartet.com/About Musicians Club of New York
The Musicians Club of New York is one of the oldest music clubs in the United States. Organized in 1911 by some of the leading musicians of the time, including New York Philharmonic instrumentalists, Metropolitan Opera singers, composers, impresarios, and church music directors from the tri-state area, its mission statement on its certificate of incorporation is not too different than it is today: "The organization was formed to establish a higher standard of ethics in the various branches of the music profession and to bring a better understanding and closer fellowship among musicians."
Today the club continues this legacy by offering free public chamber concerts and private salons, elevating young musicians, providing space for composers to premiere new work, and supporting the classical music tradition in New York City.
https://www.musiciansclubny.org/About Steven Beck, piano
A New York concert by pianist Steven Beck was described as "exemplary" and "deeply satisfying" by Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where his teachers were Seymour Lipkin, Peter Serkin, and Bruce Brubaker.
Mr. Beck made his concerto debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, and has toured Japan as soloist with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. His annual Christmas Eve performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations at Bargemusic has become a New York institution. He has also performed as soloist and chamber musician at Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and Miller Theater, as well as on WNYC, and summer appearances have been at the Aspen Music Festival and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. He has performed as a musician with the New York City Ballet and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and as an orchestral musician he has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet Orchestra, and Orpheus.
Mr. Beck is an experienced performer of new music, having worked with Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, Henri Dutilleux, Charles Wuorinen, George Crumb, George Perle, and Fred Lerdahl. He is a member of the Knights, the Talea Ensemble, Quattro Mani, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. His discography includes George Walker’s piano sonatas on Bridge Records, and Elliott Carter’s Double Concerto on Albany Records. He is a Steinway Artist, and is on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as well as the Colorado College Summer Music Festival and the Sewanee Music Center.
https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/steven-beck