Rhythm; one of the most basic and compelling attributes of music.

Curated by Kevin Rogers, every piece on this program has some blend of the most difficult, challenging, and delightful rhythmic play inside of it. From Thomas Adés’s brilliant use of irrational time signatures (you read that right!) to the high octane music of Trevor Weston that Friction Quartet cuts it's teeth on. Also featured is the imaginative music of Vivian Fung, merging machinary and biology, and a series of arrangements of tunes written by Tigran Hamasyan, one of the greatest Jazz pianists alive today.

Come see the full breadth of rhythmic expression and experience some Hard Times!

Program:

Thomas Adès - Four Quarters 
i - Nightfalls
ii - Morning Dew
iii - Days
iv - The Twenty-fifth Hour
Trevor Weston - Fudo Myoo
Vivian Fung - String Quartet no. 4 “Insects and Machines”
Tigran Hamasyan arr. Kevin Rogers -
Song for Melan and Rafik
Vortex

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Rhythm; one of the most basic and compelling attributes of music.

Curated by Kevin Rogers, every piece on this program has some blend of the most difficult, challenging, and delightful rhythmic play inside of it. From Thomas Adés’s brilliant use of irrational time signatures (you read that right!) to the high octane music of Trevor Weston that Friction Quartet cuts it's teeth on. Also featured is the imaginative music of Vivian Fung, merging machinary and biology, and a series of arrangements of tunes written by Tigran Hamasyan, one of the greatest Jazz pianists alive today.

Come see the full breadth of rhythmic expression and experience some Hard Times!

Program:

Thomas Adès - Four Quarters 
i - Nightfalls
ii - Morning Dew
iii - Days
iv - The Twenty-fifth Hour
Trevor Weston - Fudo Myoo
Vivian Fung - String Quartet no. 4 “Insects and Machines”
Tigran Hamasyan arr. Kevin Rogers -
Song for Melan and Rafik
Vortex

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Joseph Petric X Penderecki String Quartet Part II

Program

String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines,” Vivian Fung
New Work, Kevin Day
Concertante, Boyd McDonald
String Quartet No. 1 “Bogusławów,” Tyler Versluis
String Quartet No. 4, Krzysztof Penderecki
A Letter from the After-life, Dinuk Wijeratne

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The Jasper String Quartet has included Fung Quartets throughout many tour seasons and this upcoming October 2023, JSQ will be releasing their next album, showcasing Vivian Fung’s first four string quartets. Recorded on the Sono Luminus label, this album continues to build the relationship the quartet has with Fung.

Tickets are free, but register online to reserve a seat!

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Program

Carmen Braden – The Seed Knows

Dorothy Chang (CA) – Beautiful Things           

Vivian Fung (CA) – Quartet No. 4

Nicole Lizée (CA)  – Urbexploitation            

Anna Pidgorna (CA) – Obsessive Circularity of Thought                                   

Veronique Vaka (CA) – Flowen

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The Terra String Quartet is the 49th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Senior Strings Division Gold Medal and Grand Prize winner. The emerging ensemble based in New York City comprises graduates of the Juilliard School's prestigious Honors Program and the Manhattan School of Music. Hailing from five continents, these four musicians are a stellar lead off to the Presenting Series' LaBar Recital Hall chamber music events.

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Program

String Quartet No. 1 (2001–03, rev. 2011)

I. Animato

Vivian Fung (b. 1975)

String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” (2019)

Vivian Fung

Intonations for String Quartet (2015)

III. Hustle

Derek Bermel (b. 1967)

- brief pause -

String Quartet No. 2 (2010)

Zhou Tian (b. 1981)

String Quartet No. 3 (2013)

Vivian Fung

LIFT Part III (2016, rev. 2021)

Paul Wiancko (b. 1983)

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Here and Now Series  

Complete String Quartets by Vivien Fung – all four quartets performed for the first time in one concert

• String Quartet No. 1

  I. Animato

  II. Interludium

  III. Pizzicato (may be performed as a separate work for string quartet)

  IV. Moto Perpetuo – Presto Possible

• String Quartet No. 2

  I. Introduction

  II. Of the Wind

  III. Of Birds and Insects

  IV. Interlude – With Calmness: “Klangfarbenmelodie”

  V. Of Tribes and Villages

  VI. Postlude: Of Ghosts and Memories

• String Quartet No. 3

• String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”

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Two quartets perform a complete work by Franz Joseph Haydn and a quartet written in 2000 or later.

Karski Quartet (Belgium/Poland)
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76. No. 1
Prach Boondiskulchok: Ritus 

Intermission

Terra String Quartet (USA/Venezuela/Iceland/Australia)
Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 No. 1
Vivian Fung: String Quartet No. 4, Insects and Machines
 

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Harriet Langley and Amelia Dietrich, violins
Ramón Carrero Martínez, viola
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello

Vivian Fung – String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”

Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet Op. 77 No. 1 in G Major

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Program:

Derek Bermel - A Short History of the Universe
Patrick Castillo - Through the Panic

Bermel - Thracian Sketches

Vivian Fung - String Quartet no. 4
Bermel - Intonations
Andreia Pinto Correia: Cantos y Danças

Castillo - Le jour qui luit...
Paquito D’Rivera - Preludio y Merengue

With Derek Bermel, clarinet

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Program:

Felix Mendelssohn    String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12

Vivian Fung                String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”

Robert Schumann      Fantasiestucke, Op.73 for clarinet and piano

Inessa Zaretsky          String Quartet No.3 “Thoughts of Summers”

George Gershwin       Rhapsody in Blue for clarinet, string quartet and piano

With Inessa Zaretsky, piano, and Jo-Ann Steinberg, clarinet

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Program:

Felix Mendelssohn    String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12

Vivian Fung                String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”

Robert Schumann      Fantasiestucke, Op.73 for clarinet and piano

Inessa Zaretsky          String Quartet No.3 “Thoughts of Summers”

George Gershwin       Rhapsody in Blue for clarinet, string quartet and piano

With Inessa Zaretsky, piano, and Jo-Ann Steinberg, clarinet

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MSM Artists In Residence: American String Quartet

Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violin

Daniel Avshalomov, viola

Wolfram Koessel, cello

ELLIOT ROMAN (BM ’21) TBA (World premiere)

FRANZ SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 29, D. 804

VIVIAN FUNG String Quartet No. 4 (“Insects and Machines”)

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