Cassatt String Quartet with trombonist Haim Avistur
$18 (students free)
- Muneko Otani, violin
- Jennifer Leshnower, violin
- Rosemary Nelis, viola
- Gwen Krosnick, cello
- Haim Avitsur, trombone
Victoria Bond — Blue and Green Music
Joan Tower — Elegy for Trombone and String Quartet
Adolphus Hailstork — Monuments (version for trombone & string quartet)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Fresh from the world premiere of Adolphus Hailstork's Monuments for trombone and string quartet in Texas, the Cassatt String Quartet brings the work to the Northeast for a performance at the Mandell JCC in West Hartford, CT. The program features performs Hailstork's profound tribute to 9/11, featuring Israeli-American trombonist Haim Avistur, alongside music by Beethoven, Victoria Bond, and Joan Tower at the Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, NY.
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/