String quartet – Upcoming Concerts

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Alvin Singleton — Somehow We Can
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13

Claude Debussy — Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun") (trans. Graeme Steele Johnson)
Charles Martin Loeffler — Octet for two clarinets, harp, string quartet, and double bass
Franz Schubert — Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803, Op. 166

The Rhythm Method’s annual mini-festival, Broad Statements, will take place on May 23.

The festival will feature sets by improviser and Gaya…

Michelle Shocked / Kathleen Supové — Shocking Red (world premiere arrangement by Randy Woolf)

Augusta Read Thomas — Helix Spirals
Harrison Birtwistle — Duo for Eight Strings
Sky Macklay — FastLowHighSlow
Steven Mackey — Repeated Notes

Jessie Montgomery — Strum
Mikhail Glinka — String Quartet No. 2 in F major
Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"

Ludwig van Beethoven — Selected works
Florence Price — String Quartet No. 1 in G major
Daniel Strong Godfrey / Traditional — Amazing Grace (from Three Encores for String Quartet)

Damien Geter — Neo-Soul for string quartet
Damien Geter — I Said What I Said
Louise Farrenc — Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 38

Program includes works by Pérotin, Billy Childs, Paul Wiancko, Kaija Saariaho, John Cage, Joni Mitchell, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Gabriella Smith.

Elliott Sharp — Die Grösste Fuge ("The Greatest Fugue") (U.S. premiere)

Grażyna Bacewicz — String Quartet No. 4 (1951)
Grażyna Bacewicz — String Quartet No. 5 (1955)

Caroline Shaw — Plan and Elevation
Krzysztof Penderecki — Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass
Stephen Hartke — Netsuke

Program includes works by Hale Smith, Traditional, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Giacomo Puccini, Damien Sneed, George Gershwin, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Richard Strauss, Aaron Copland, Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh, Margaret Bonds, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.