2027-28 Programs
Ludwig van Beethoven | Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 (25’)
Lili Boulanger | Nocturne for String Quartet (4’)
Joan Tower | Wild Summer (9’)
Edvard Grieg | String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27 (35’)
Wild Summer
Josef Haydn | Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5 "Lark" (21’)
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate | Abokkoli' Taloowa' (Woodland Songs) (22’)
Jean Sibelius | Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, "Voces intimae" (Intimate Voices) (32’)
Inner Animal
Lili Boulanger | Nocturne for String Quartet (4’))
Germaine Tailleferre | String Quartet (11’)
Arthur Honegger | Quartet No. 3, H . 114 (20’)
Maurice Ravel | Quartet in F Major (30’)
Très Vif
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K. 589 (24’)
Tōru Takemitsu | A Way a lone (14’)
Benjamin Britten | String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op.25 (27’)
The Wandering Line
“My music is like a garden—there is no beginning and no end, only the continual flow of time.” -Tōru Takemitsu
A singular voice of the 20th century, Tōru Takemitsu redefined musical aesthetics through both his compositions and writings. A way a lone is a work that defies traditional musical narratives, yet captures a holistic experience in a world of alluring color, gesture, and silence. Mozart’s ingenious and subtle wit is exemplified in the unexpected, sublimely balanced melodic turns of his String Quartet in B-Flat Major, K. 589, and Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 1 takes the listener on an unexpected and thrilling journey through worlds of fragility, rustic abandon, introspection, and whimsy.