Music at Kohl Mansion's international chamber music season continues on Sunday, November 19 with the Kohl Mansion debut of the nationally acclaimed Jupiter String Quartet. For their auspicious engagement, the ensemble will present "Upheaval", a timely program of music reflective of great social political upheaval from the past to the present.
About this program, the ensemble offered up the following commentary:
"Music can provide a profound lifeline for those struggling through times of unrest. The composers in this program grapple with the realities of a world full of upheaval and uncertainty, attempting to provide a path to greater understanding. The Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy was an avowed socialist who supported the Republican forces fighting off Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Her hauntingly beautiful third quartet emerged out of the shadows of 1930s Europe. Carlos Simon's heartbreaking Elegy memorializes the Black American victims of police violence, while Nathan Shield's new quartet, Medusa, written for the Jupiter Quartet for the composer's Guggenheim Fellowship, uses the paintings of Caravaggio as an inspiration for exploring the effects of various types of political and social violence. Beethoven's epic eighth quartet is one of the many works he wrote during a time of immense political turmoil."
Music at Kohl debut
PROGRAM: "UPHEAVAL"
Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3
Carlos Simon: Elegy
Nathan Shields: Medusa
William Bolcom: The Graceful Ghost - Just Added
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No.2
$25-$58.
Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
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About this program, the ensemble offered up the following commentary:
"Music can provide a profound lifeline for those struggling through times of unrest. The composers in this program grapple with the realities of a world full of upheaval and uncertainty, attempting to provide a path to greater understanding. The Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy was an avowed socialist who supported the Republican forces fighting off Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Her hauntingly beautiful third quartet emerged out of the shadows of 1930s Europe. Carlos Simon's heartbreaking Elegy memorializes the Black American victims of police violence, while Nathan Shield's new quartet, Medusa, written for the Jupiter Quartet for the composer's Guggenheim Fellowship, uses the paintings of Caravaggio as an inspiration for exploring the effects of various types of political and social violence. Beethoven's epic eighth quartet is one of the many works he wrote during a time of immense political turmoil."
Music at Kohl debut
PROGRAM: "UPHEAVAL"
Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3
Carlos Simon: Elegy
Nathan Shields: Medusa
William Bolcom: The Graceful Ghost - Just Added
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No.2
$25-$58.
Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
Music at Kohl Mansion's international chamber music season continues on Sunday, November 19 with the Kohl Mansion debut of the nationally acclaimed Jupiter String Quartet. For their auspicious engagement, the ensemble will present "Upheaval", a timely program of music reflective of great social political upheaval from the past to the present.
About this program, the ensemble offered up the following commentary:
"Music can provide a profound lifeline for those struggling through times of unrest. The composers in this program grapple with the realities of a world full of upheaval and uncertainty, attempting to provide a path to greater understanding. The Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy was an avowed socialist who supported the Republican forces fighting off Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Her hauntingly beautiful third quartet emerged out of the shadows of 1930s Europe. Carlos Simon's heartbreaking Elegy memorializes the Black American victims of police violence, while Nathan Shield's new quartet, Medusa, written for the Jupiter Quartet for the composer's Guggenheim Fellowship, uses the paintings of Caravaggio as an inspiration for exploring the effects of various types of political and social violence. Beethoven's epic eighth quartet is one of the many works he wrote during a time of immense political turmoil."
Music at Kohl debut
PROGRAM: "UPHEAVAL"
Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3
Carlos Simon: Elegy
Nathan Shields: Medusa
William Bolcom: The Graceful Ghost - Just Added
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No.2
$25-$58.
Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
read more
About this program, the ensemble offered up the following commentary:
"Music can provide a profound lifeline for those struggling through times of unrest. The composers in this program grapple with the realities of a world full of upheaval and uncertainty, attempting to provide a path to greater understanding. The Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy was an avowed socialist who supported the Republican forces fighting off Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Her hauntingly beautiful third quartet emerged out of the shadows of 1930s Europe. Carlos Simon's heartbreaking Elegy memorializes the Black American victims of police violence, while Nathan Shield's new quartet, Medusa, written for the Jupiter Quartet for the composer's Guggenheim Fellowship, uses the paintings of Caravaggio as an inspiration for exploring the effects of various types of political and social violence. Beethoven's epic eighth quartet is one of the many works he wrote during a time of immense political turmoil."
Music at Kohl debut
PROGRAM: "UPHEAVAL"
Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3
Carlos Simon: Elegy
Nathan Shields: Medusa
William Bolcom: The Graceful Ghost - Just Added
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No.2
$25-$58.
Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
show less
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