Four distinctively themed programs, each curated by a different member of Momenta Quartet.
Sunday, October 1 (7 pm) Air from Another Planet
Dixon Place Theater, 161 A Chrystie Street
Curated by Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin
With Elizabeth Brown, theremin, and video art by Lothar Osterburg
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Rosary Passacaglia for solo violin in g minor, C. 105 (“Guardian Angel,” ca. 1676)
Alyssa Weinberg: Unstrung (2017) for solo violin NY Premiere
Kee Yong Chong: Silence Cosmos (2005) for string quartet
Michael Small: White Space – Meditation on Saenredam (2015) for solo violin US Premiere
Elizabeth Brown: Piranesi (2007/12) for theremin and string quartet; video by Lothar Osterburg
Arnold Schoenberg: IV. Entrückung (“Rapture”) from String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 for soprano and string quartet (1907-08); world premiere version for theremin and string quartet
Monday, October 2 (7 pm) Tyrants and Liberators
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue
Curated by Stephanie Griffin, violist
With Telmary Diaz, reciter, Christopher Oldfather, piano, and Hilliard Greene, jazz bassist and composer
Alvin Singleton: Somehow We Can for String Quartet (1994)
Agustín Fernández: String Quartet No 2, Sin tiempo (2013, commissioned for Momenta by the Koussevitzky Foundation)
Griffin/Greene: Improvised duo based on Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Arnold Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon (1942) for string quartet, reciter and piano
Tuesday, October 3 (7 pm) A Room with a View
The Italian Academy at Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Curated by Michael Haas, cello
With guests Samuel Rhodes, viola, and Marcy Rosen, cello
Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94 (1975)
Claude Baker: Années de Pèlerinage: Italie (“Years of Pilgrimage: Italy”) (2016-17) world premiere, commissioned by the Barlow Foundation for Momenta Quartet
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence Op. 70 for string sextet (1890)
Wednesday, October 4 (7 pm) Forces of Creation
The Center at West Park, 165 W.86th Street (West Park Presbyterian Church)
Curated by Alex Shiozaki, violinist
With guest Nana Shi, pianist
Hiroya Miura: Singularity (2012, rev. 2017) world premiere of revised version
Per Nørgård: String Quartet No. 8 “Night Descending Like Smoke” (1995-97)
João Pedro Oliveira: Magma, for violin and electronics (2014)
Darius Milhaud: La création du monde, op. 81b for piano quintet (1923)
Free concerts, all at 7pm
More information at http://www.momentaquartet.com/mf3/