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Update: Joshua Roman’s Seattle TownMusic Series
It’s been a long time coming but we’re in the final scheduling stages of this year’s TownMusic chamber music season. The four concert series kicks off with cellist Joshua Roman (playing the complete Bach Cello Suites over two concerts with a dinner break, November 27); Brooklyn Rider (members of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road ensemble, returning to Town Hall with a program of Beethoven and Zorn January 29); Alarm Will Sound (acclaimed 18 piece ensemble in a concert of John Adams and Aphex Twin, April 26) and Joshua Roman and an All Cello Ensemble (performing works by Mason Bates, Astor Piazzolla, and Strauss, June TBA).
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A Primal Experience – In The Dark
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
If JACK Quartet is playing Georg Friedrich Haas’ String Quartet no. 3 “In iij. Noct” anywhere within a six-hour drive from your location, this is something that should not be missed. In early May, the Quartet (JACK is John, Ari, Chris, and Kevin) joined me out in Seattle to perform on my chamber music series, TownMusic. For the concert we continued this season’s composer/performer theme, and had several works by members of the quartet played along with pieces that have inspired them – such as Ligeti’s Second String Quartet and Xenakis’ Tetras. I was lucky enough to join them and premiere Ari’s arrangement of five-voice madrigals by 16th Century composer Gesualdo. As expected, the concert was dynamic, powerful, and even polarizing. I’ve seen the group perform several times in the last couple of years, and from the first minute I knew they had something unique.
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