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.

Modern Medieval with the JACK Quartet

In this uniquely eclectic program, the JACK Quartet plays their own realizations of Renaissance and Medieval works as well as a recent work by longtime collaborator Caleb Burhans and Renaissance-flavored pieces the JACK commissioned from Juri Seo and Keir GoGwilt through their acclaimed JACK Studio, which supports a wide range of emerging artists.

Program:
Christopher Otto (after Rodericus): Angelorum Psalat 
Juri Seo: Three Imaginary Chansons 
Christopher Otto (after Saloge): Fumeux par fumée 
Keir Gogwilt: Treatise on Limited Freedoms: Future Mode 1 
Christopher Otto (after Nathaniel Giles) Miserere 
Caleb Burhans: Contritus