A program of works created during the World War II period from three distinct nationalities: Irish-English, Soviet and German. The evening closes with a rare performance of Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings written during the waning months of WWII and widely regarded as an elegy for Germany’s destruction during the war. Elizabeth Maconchy: […]
Brahms, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67
Brahms, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67
This short program features the second (2021-22) round of commissions in the Ciompi Quartet’s “Portfolio Project”. The Quartet performs Works by Duke Graduate Composers Huijuan Ling, Brooks Frederickson, and Dayton Kinney, as well as “Soleil Noir”, the 2020 work by Duke Faculty Composer John Supko.
An exhilarating journey across time, place, and vastly different artistic sensibilities. Duke composer John Supko’s 2020 quartet, commissioned by the Ciompi, receives its first live performance; pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute joins the quartet for a major work by the Soviet composer Miecyslaw Weinberg; and the Quartet revives a favorite piece by mid-century American, William Grant Still. […]