JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C major “The Bird”, op. 33 no. 3
CLAUDE DEBUSSY String Quartet

JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3 (“The Bird”)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY String Quartet
CESAR FRANCK Piano Quintet
with pianist Jiayan Sun

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Between Two Worlds | Beethoven & Romanticism

Lydian String Quartet
Clara Lyon, violin 1
Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin 2
Mark Berger, viola
Joshua Gordon, cello

Scott Burnham, speaker

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135

Beethoven’s last five string quartets hold a special place in Western music history. Though Beethoven is quite fittingly imagined to be the composer who bridged the Classical and Romantic periods, these works seem to operate from some different cultural geography altogether. Timeless, enigmatic, existential, deadly serious and bluntly humorous, full of extreme contrasts, the late quartets are quite unlike anything that came before or after. This group of works is often held up as the quintessential expression of artistic “lateness,” of that which happens to artistic expression toward the end of an artist’s life. Beethoven scholar Scott Burnham discusses the special qualities of Beethoven’s late style as demonstrated through a performance by the acclaimed Boston-based Lydian String Quartet of his final string quartet, Op. 135, with our dear friend and guest artist Miki-Sophia Cloud.

Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 6:00pm EST

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NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS

A concert of new compositions for string quartet by our Music Department’s PhD candidates and other student composers

JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3 (“The Bird”)
LEMBIT BEECHER Juniper and Birch (2024, commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet)
KURT ROHDE seeking all that’s still unsung (2023-2024, commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet)

*This Lydian commission of Kurt Rohde’s work has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Free concert, more information here

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JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3 (“The Bird”)
LEMBIT BEECHER Juniper and Birch (2024, world premiere, commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet)
JOHANNES BRAHMS String Quintet no. 2 in G major, op. 111

With guest artist Steven Ansell, principal viola of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: $20/$15/$5/free available online, more info here

Mandel Center atrium

JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3 (“The Bird”)
LEMBIT BEECHER Juniper and Birch (2024, world premiere, commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet)

Free admission

The 2023 annual Henri Lazarof Chamber Concert at Brandeis University

HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 8
other works TBA

The Henri Lazarof Living Legacy at Brandeis University celebrates the life and impact of Henri Lazarof, the world-renowned composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.

Music For The Senses
presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (info here)

7pm / Panel Discussion: Composing the Future of Health

Tod Machover, moderator (composer, Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music & Media, MIT Media Lab)
Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D. (Picower Professor of Neuroscience & Director of Picower Institute for Learning & Memory, MIT)
Psyché Loui (Northeastern University, Music Neuroscience Researcher)

Civilizations have used music for millennia to modulate mood and promote health, but science and technology are only now starting to uncover the secrets of how and why sound affects us so deeply. This panel will discuss the latest research into how music can treat disease, how specific frequencies may reverse degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, how innovative compositions might be created that maximize the impact of these new discoveries, and how a new field of Music Medicine is being increasingly discussed as an imminent reality by musicians, physicians, researchers, and government funding agencies.

8pm / Free Concert

Samy Rachid and Stephen Drury, conductors
Callithumpian Consort
[nec]shivaree
Joseph Vasconi, piano
Carduus
 Holly Druckman, director
Lydian String Quartet

TOD MACHOVER Gammified, for string quartet and electronics
MARTI EPSTEIN Troubled Queen
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Catalogue d’oiseaux, No. 3: ‘Le Merle Bleu’
MORTON FELDMAN Rothko Chapel

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor, op. 95
ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet

Free concert, first come first serve; more information here

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor, op. 95
KURT ROHDE seeking all that’s still unsung (2023-2024, world premiere*)
MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet

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*This commission of Kurt Rohde’s new work has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

BEETHOVEN String Quartet In F Minor, Op. 95
KURT ROHDE seeking all that’s still unsung (2023-2024, world premiere*)

Free admission

*This commission of Kurt Rohde’s new work has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet
JOHANNES BRAHMS String Quintet in G major, op. 111
with Michael Schulte, guest viola

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NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS

A concert of new compositions by our Music Department’s PhD candidates and other student composers

An Evening with John Harbison
In Honor of John's 85th Birthday

JOHN HARBISON “Presences” for solo cello, string quartet, and bass, commissioned to honor the young cellist, David Anderson (1978-1998)
with guests Caroline Stinson, solo cello; Rachel Calin, double bass

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ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 11
DAVID RAKOWSKI “And Antigone Needed to Do Something With Her Hands And She Did It.”

ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 11
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
with Lois Shapiro, guest pianist

(Due to unforeseen circumstances, guest violist Steven Ansell will not be able to play in this concert)

Brandeis Music Department annual Irving Fine Tribute Concert
Slosberg Music Center

IRVING FINE String Quartet (1952)
DAVID RAKOWSKI String Quartet “And Antigone Needed to Do Something With Her Hands And She Did It (2022, world premiere)

plus woodwind quintets by Fine and Shapero played by the Chameleon Arts Ensemble

Free admission

ELEANOR ALBERGA AND THE MUSIC OF THE JAMAICAN NIGHTS
Eleanor Alberga will join us via videoconference at 2pm to talk about Home and Belonging in her music, and to allow us to get to know her and her music better, in preparation for our performance of her String Quartet No. 2 at Music Mountain. Questions from the audience are welcome. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Eleanor Alberga is a highly-regarded mainstream British composer with commissions from the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. With a substantial output ranging from solo instrumental works to full-scale symphonic works and operas, her music is performed all over the world. Eleanor Alberga’s music is being presented at Music Mountain for the first time. Our 3pm concert also features music by Mozart and Brahms with our special guest pianist Victoria Schwartzman! Website link here

Eleanor ALBERGA String Quartet #2
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 10 #3, K. 428, "Haydn"
Johannes BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major

Music For Peace Concert

including
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet no. 2 (1994)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major

More information at https://masspeaceaction.org/event/music-for-peace-big-bad-dawg/

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428
RICARDO ZOHN-MULDOON Alebrijes (world premiere, Lydian Quartet commission prize winner)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major

The 2023 annual Henri Lazarof Chamber Concert at Brandeis University

HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 6
other works TBA

The Henri Lazarof Living Legacy at Brandeis University celebrates the life and impact of Henri Lazarof, the world-renowned composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet no. 2 (1994)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major

Brandeis University Spring concert

POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS

New performance date will be posted soon!

NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS

New works for string quartet by Brandeis undergraduate and graduate student composers Grace DeRoche, Jingmian Gong, Mariel Mayz, Brandon Qi, and Ezzie Stone

With special guest violinist Clara Lyon

Free admission

If you can’t attend in person, watch our livestream here!

Winter concert!

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor, op. 9 no. 3
ERIC CHASALOW String Quartet no. 2 (world premiere)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

With special guest violinist Clara Lyon

Tickets $20/$15, free for Brandeis students with ID
Brandeis Tickets link here

If you can’t attend in person, watch our livestream here!

JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in E Flat major, op 76 no. 6

ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet No. 2 (1994)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op. 135

With guest violinist Elizabeth Chang

Due to unforeseen circumstances, first violinist Andrea Segar will not perform this week and the world premiere of Eric Chasalow’s String Quartet no. 2 has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date! Our new second violinist Julia Glenn, violist Mark Berger and cellist Joshua Gordon will now be joined by internationally renowned violinist Elizabeth Chang.

JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in E Flat major, op 76 no. 6

ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet No. 2 (1994)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op. 135

(preconcert talk, 7 p.m.)

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