Cassatt String Quartet: World Premiere by Adolphus Hailstork
Free
- Muneko Otani, violin
- Jennifer Leshnower, violin
- Rosemary Nelis, viola
- Gwen Krosnick, cello
- David Jackson, trombone
- Shari Santorelli, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven — Selected works
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Selected works
Adolphus Hailstork — Monuments (world premiere of version for trombone & string quartet)
Daniela Candillari — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
The New York-based Cassatt String Quartet brings a special program to West Texas, performing works by Zhou Long, Beethoven, Fanny Mendelssohn, and the world premiere of Adolphus Hailstork's Monuments for trombone and string quartet with guest trombonist David Jackson. Jackson will also perform works by Daniela Candillari and H.T. Burleigh with pianist Shari Santorelli.
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 includes 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/