New Music with the JACK Quartet
In their highly anticipated Festival debut, the JACK Quartet plays two exciting 21st-century works (including one they recently commissioned and premiered in New York City), and premieres Festival-commissioned string quartets by Tyson Gholston Davis and Ania Vu, the two up-and-coming talents participating in the Festival’s 12th annual Young Composers String Quartet Project.
Program:
Anthony Chueng: Twice Removed
Ania Vu: New Work for String Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
Tyson Gholston Davis: New Work for String Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
Helmut Lachenmann: String Quartet No. 3, Grido
Anthony Cheung’s Twice Removed was commissioned by JACK Quartet with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, 92nd Street Y, and Wigmore Hall.