Upcoming programS AND PROJECTS
LYDIAN STRING QUARTET - PROGRAM OFFERINGS
Lydian String Quartet concerts tell compelling stories. Thematic concerts tackle issues of love, life and death, the environment, and the vast richness of human experience. Warmly embracing cross-cultural collaborations with composers and performers of diverse musical traditions, the Lydian Quartet has premiered and recorded new works by leading composers throughout their career. As we approach our 40th anniversary season in 2020, the Lydians invite you to experience our upcoming programs and new projects. Current touring program repertoire is negotiable, we will make efforts to accommodate presenter requests.
Current program offerings include:
Arioso interrotto
Schumann String Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3
Kurtag Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervansky, Op. 28
Brahms String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 no. 2 / or Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87 with guest violist
seeking all that’s still unsung (click here for more information on this program dedicated to nature and our place in it)
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise,” 1st movement
Kurt Rohde seeking all that’s still unsung (world premiere)
John Luther Adams The Wind in High Places (2011)
Pēteris Vasks String Quartet no. 2, “Songs of Summer” (1984)
Fugal States
Jörg Widmann Fifth String Quartet with Soprano, Versuch über die Fuge (Attempt at the Fugue), with guest Tony Arnold
Beethoven String Quartet in B flat major with the Grosse Fugue, op. 130
David Krakauer collaboration, Vijay Iyer premiere
Osvaldo Golijov K’vakarat
Vijay Iyer world premiere
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
All Beethoven
String Quartet in D major, op. 18 no. 3
String Quartet in F major, op. 135
String Quartet in F major, Op. 59 no. 1
Special Projects For the Lydians’ 40th anniversary:
Vijay Iyer Premiere (beginning Spring 2021)
Our newest commission from composer and MacArthur Genius Vijay Iyer, brings together “ebullient clarinet wizard” David Krakauer (Time Out New York) and the Lydian String Quartet for the world premiere of a new clarinet quintet.
Beethoven Cycle (beginning Fall 2020)
In celebration of our 40th anniversary season, the Lydians will present a cycle of Beethoven’s string quartets, available in two versions:
Beethoven 2020: Our project will invite you to experience Beethoven from a new perspective, bringing his masterpieces into the present through dialogue with the music of today. Our first program pairs Beethoven’s op. 130 (including the Grosse Fugue) with Jörg Widmann’s “Versuch über die Fuge (Attempt at the Fugue)” Fifth String Quartet with Soprano with Tony Arnold (2005, rev. 2009)
All Beethoven: The Lydians offer all-Beethoven programs traversing the full cycle
Intersections: Gugak and the String Quartet (beginning Spring 2020)
Gamin Kang (stage name “gamin”) is a visuja (master) of South Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46 (piri and daechita), and is one of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary performers on piri (oboe). This provocative project is a multimedia collaboration between composer, videographer, piri virtuoso gamin, and the Lydian String Quartet.
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