Weekend Concert Series
Attacca String Quartet
Sunday
November 7, 2021
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall
Program:
Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No 2 (1788)
Caroline Shaw, Evergreen (2020) Boston premiere
Paul Wiancko, Benkei’s Standing Death (2020) Boston premiere<
Flying Lotus (arr. Schram) , Three-Song Suite Boston premiere
The Grammy-winning Attacca String Quartet returns to the Gardner with a program that celebrates both the earliest and the most recent writing for string quartet. Having performed all 68 string quartets by Haydn—founding father of the genre—Attacca is without par as interpreters of his quartets. Three works written very recently show new directions the string quartet has taken since the 18th century. Pulitzer-prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s latest work for string quartet draws on the rich textures of landscape; Paul Wiancko looks towards a Japanese folktale for inspiration; and violist Nathan Schram arranges three works by producer, DJ, and rapper Flying Lotus.
Hemenway & Barnes LLP is the lead corporate sponsor of the Weekend Concert Series. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; Marie Louise and David Scudder Concert; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
