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CYPRESS STRING QUARTET
92Y CONCERTS AT SUBCULTURE
Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 PM
SubCulture - 45 Bleecker Street (downstairs)
Making its 92Y debut at the underground, intimate venue SubCulture, the Cypress String Quartet** presents the New York premiere of George Tsontakis’ Sixth String Quartet alongside selections from Dvorák’s Cypresses and Schubert’s String Quartet in G major, D. 887. In this exclusive New York performance for the season, the Quartet’s program marks its second premiere of a work by Tsontakis, after having the pleasure of commissioning his fifth string quartet in 2006. To date, the Cypress Quartet has commissioned and premiered over thirty pieces, four of which were chosen for Chamber Music America’s list of “101 Great American Ensemble Works.” Gramophone magazine has praised the Quartet’s discography by writing, “intoxicating and lyrical” playing and “sheer instrumental mastery.” The Quartet’s most recent album includes their namesake work, Dvorák’s Cypresses on the Avie Label.
Cypress String Quartet
Cecily Ward, violin
Tom Stone, violin
Ethan Filner, viola
Jenifer Kloetzel, cello
DVORÁK: Selections from Cypresses
TSONTAKIS: String Quartet No. 6 (New York premiere)
SCHUBERT: String Quartet in G major, D. 887
Tickets $30, $35
Artist Website: Cypress String Quartet
**Cypress String Quartet also appears Sunday, March 30, 3 PM as part of 92Y’s Family Music Series in Buttenweiser Hall. Tickets are available from $18.
BRENTANO STRING QUARTET &
VIOLIST HSIN-YUN HUANG
Saturday, April 12, 8:00 PM
92Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim and in 2012 provided the key music for the film A Late Quartet. Brentano appears at 92Y for a three-concert series this season in which each concert features a newly commissioned work. In addition to Mozart’s String Quartet in D major, K. 575, the Quartet will be joined by prominent violist Hsin-Yun Huang for a program of Mozart’s String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 alongside the New York premiere and 92Y co-commission of Brazilian-American composer Felipe Lara’s viola quintet, Archi Elastici. Mr. Lara writes, “The piece is a study on elasticity. All musical elements are stretched and compressed to achieve an enhanced perception of time and an ever-changing musical kaleidoscope.” As a soloist, Ms. Huang has appeared with Berlin Radio Symphony, the City of London Sinfonia, Russian State Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic and at the age of seventeen was the youngest-ever winner of the gold medal at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition.
Brentano String Quartet
Mark Steinberg, violin
Serena Canin, violin
Misha Amory, viola
Nina Lee, cello
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
MOZART: String Quartet in D major, K. 575
LARA: Archi Elastici for String Quintet (New York premiere, 92Y co-commission)
MOZART: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
Tickets $25 (age 35 & under), $35, $52, $62
Artist Website: Brentano String Quartet, Hsin-Yun Huang
SOPRANO DEBORAH VOIGT
IN CONVERSATION WITH
FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
MUSIC TALKS
Wednesday, April 23, 8:15 PM
92Y - Buttenwieser Hall
Renowned soprano Deborah Voigt and opera and theater director Francesca Zambello, friends for over twenty-five years, join to discuss opera, inspiration, artistry and friendship. Zambello and Voigt have challenged stereotypes while building brilliant careers and navigating the high-flying demands of an international opera profession. Join them for a behind-the-scenes, intimate discussion in 92Y’s Buttenwieser Hall and live streamed at www.92Y.org.
Tickets $15 (age 35 & under), $29, $36
Artist Website: Deborah Voigt, Francesca Zambello
GUITARISTS ELIOT FISK & PACO PEÑA
ART OF THE GUITAR
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 PM
92Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall
Two of the world’s finest guitar virtuosos, Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña, have been named “the king of the American classical guitar,” by The New Yorker (Fisk) and described as having “technical abilities beyond the frets of mortal man,” by The New York Times (Peña). The pair returns to 92Y for an adventurous recital featuring the artists' transcriptions of works by Bach, Scarlatti and Mendelssohn as well as flamenco pieces and additional solo performances to be announced from the stage. This concert marks the start of an American tour and supports a future groundbreaking crossover project of the launch of their first duo recording with works spanning both classical and flamenco styles.
Eliot Fisk, guitar
Paco Peña, guitar
Solo pieces to be announced
SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, K. 33 (trans. Fisk/Peña)
SCARLATTI: Sonata in C major, K. 461 (trans. Fisk/Peña)
MENDELSSOHN: Lied ohne Worte in G major, Op. 62, No. 1 (trans. Fisk/Peña)
BACH: Prelude in D minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 875(trans. Fisk/Peña)
BACH: Praeambulum in F major from Clavier-Büchlein for W.F. Bach, BWV 927(trans. Fisk/Peña)
Selected Farrucas
Selected Colombianas
Tickets $25 (age 35 & under), $35, $52, $60
Artist Website: Eliot Fisk, Paco Peña
CELLIST STEVEN ISSERLIS &
PIANIST JEREMY DENK
DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS IN RECITAL
Saturday, April 26, 8:00 PM
92Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall
Acclaimed worldwide for his technique and musicianship, British cellist Steven Isserlisenjoys a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. With performances throughout Europe and at the Kennedy Center, Mr. Isserlis makes his exclusive New York engagement for the season at 92Y. He is joined by Musical America’s 2014 Instrumentalist of the Year and 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, pianist Jeremy Denk, for a program of Hahn, Chopin, Martinu, Liszt and Franck -- all émigré composers who spent significant parts of their career in Paris. Mr. Denk’s recent Nonesuch Records album, Bach: Goldberg Variations, reached number one on Billboard’s Classical Chart and was featured in “Best of 2013” lists by the New Yorker and The New York Times.
Steven Isserlis, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
HAHN: Variations chantantes for Cello and Piano
CHOPIN: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65
MARTINU: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1
LISZT: Romance oubliée for Cello and Piano
FRANCK: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major
Tickets $25 (age 35 & under), $35, $52, $57
Artist Website: Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk
Tickets are available at www.92Y.org/concerts or 212-415-5500.
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