Renowned Eybler, Parker, and JACK Quartets present a program anchored by the brilliant Mozart, and further complemented by contemporary luminaries Liza Lim and visiting composer Felipe Lara. Featuring the world premier of Lara’s Sonore and a special preview of Lim’s String Creatures.
These three esteemed quartets are faculty from the Evolution: Quartet program and we are honored to have them join us on stage in Banff!
(Approx. 90 minutes and an intermission)
String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 | Wolfgang Amadè Mozart (1756-1791) — Eybler Quartet; Julia Wedman, violin; Patricia Ahern, violin; Patrick Jordan, viola; Margaret Gay, violoncello
i) Allegro moderato
ii) Andante
iii) Menuetto - Allegretto. Trio
iv) Allegro ma non troppo
Three Madrigals (1947) | Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959) — Daniel Chong, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola
i) Poco allegro
Divertimento in E flat major, K. 563 | Wolfgang Amadè Mozart (1756-1791) — Julia Wedman, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
i) Allegro
ii) Adagio
iv) Andante
INTERMISSION
String Creatures (2022) | Liza Lim (b.1966) Preview Performance — JACK Quartet; Christopher Otto, violin; Austin Wulliman, violin; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
1. Cat's Cradle (3 diagrams of grief)
2. Untethered
3. A nest is woven from the inside out
String Creatures is co-commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, Miller Theatre at Columbia University and the Melbourne Recital Centre dedicated to the JACK Quartet.
**Premiere: August 14, 2022, KKL Luzern, Lucerne Festival
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