CMNW AT-HOME: Brentano String Quartet – A Tribute to Stravinsky
Ticket price TBA
Igor Stravinsky — Three Pieces for String Quartet
John Cage — String Quartet in Four Parts
Dmitri Shostakovich — Two Pieces for String Quartet
Igor Stravinsky — Concertino for String Quartet
Guillaume de Machaut — Quant en moy
Igor Stravinsky — Anthem – “The Dove Descending Breaks the Air”
Giuseppe Verdi — Quattro pezzi sacri
Carlo Gesualdo — Selected works
Mark Steinberg, violin
Serena Canin, violin
Misha Amory, viola
Nina Lee, cello
John Cage – "I. Quietly Flowing Along" from String Quartet in Four Parts
Igor Stravinsky – Concertino for String Quartet
John Cage – " IV. Quodlibet" from String Quartet in Four Parts
Guillaume de Machaut – Quant en moy, M1
Amy Lowell poetry reading: Stravinsky’s Three Pieces Grotesques for String Quartet, Movement I, recorded by Barbara Sukowa
Igor Stravinsky – "I. Danse" from Three Pieces for String Quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich – "II. Polka" from Two Pieces for String Quartet
Amy Lowell poetry reading: Stravinsky’s Three Pieces Grotesques for String Quartet, Movement II, recorded by Barbara Sukowa
Igor Stravinsky – "II. Excentrique" from Three Pieces for String Quartet
Giuseppe Verdi – “Ave Maria” from Quattro pezzi sacri
Amy Lowell poetry reading: Stravinsky’s Three Pieces Grotesques for String Quartet, Movement III, recorded by Barbara Sukowa
Igor Stravinsky – "III. Cantique" from Three Pieces for String Quartet
Igor Stravinsky – Anthem – “The Dove Descending Breaks the Air”
Carlo Gesualdo – 3 madrigals TBA
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
The “fiercely intelligent and expressively pristine” (The New Yorker) Brentano String Quartet, CMNW’s 2021-22 Artists-in-Residence, unleash an immersive program in celebration of Stravinsky through the medium of quartet and beyond. Interlacing the legendary 20th-century composer’s beautifully idiomatic compositions with poetry and works from his contemporaries and acolytes, you’ll first go on an eclectic journey deep into the world of Stravinsky. That immersive investigation will be followed by masterpieces that influenced Stravinsky including 16th-century madrigals and Beethoven’s epic final quartet with its wild, kaleidoscopic finale that could almost be mistaken for Stravinsky himself.
The broadcast will become available at 7:30pm Pacific. On demand through December 25.
Ticket information for this virtual event is forthcoming. Check here for updates: https://cmnw.secure.force.com/ticket/?_ga=2.74725265.265359081.1634761395-899633898.1634761395#/events/a0S6T00000sg5N1UAI
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