The Ciompi Quartet

Brahms, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67

Brahms, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67

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. […]

The beauty, drama, and heartbreak of real life are woven into this program, which spans 250 years of the string quartet’s history. The Ciompi Quartet’s final Baldwin program this season is animated by the distinctive naturalism of three composers: Haydn, Janacek, and. Christopher Theofanidis. Poet Melissa Studdard and Theofanidis take Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar’s […]

William Grant Still: Lyric Quartette (1960) Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet #4 (1942) The Ciompi inaugurates two new series of free one-hour concerts featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. Student ensembles from the Duke Chamber Music Program will be featured on these programs.

William Grant Still: Lyric Quartette (1960) Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet #4 (1942) The Ciompi inaugurates two new series of free one-hour concerts featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. Student ensembles from the Duke Chamber Music Program will be featured on these programs.

The first concert of the Ciompi Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series is presented by Caroline Stinson, cellist, performing with the Lydian String Quartet. The program, titled Invention and Discovery, includes Andrew Waggoner’s fifth quartet, Invention and Sinfonia by John Harbison, a quintet based on a theme by Shakespeare, and the great Schubert Cello Quintet – three works that open vast, immersive vistas of sound. Enhanced Musical Reality, no goggles needed.

The second concert of the Ciompi Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series will feature Jonathan Bagg, violist with the Ciompi String Quartet, performing with Laura Gilbert (flute), Nicholas DiEugenio (violin), Raman Ramakrishnan (cello) and Mimi Solomon (piano). Program: Brahms' Piano Quartet Op. 60, a new flute quartet by Duke faculty composer Scott Lindroth, and works by David Kirkland Garner and Tatiana Nikolaeva.

Presented by Caroline Stinson with Nurit Pacht (violin), Emi Ferguson (flute), Stephanie Vial (cello) and Paolo Bordignon, (harpsichord). Program: Sonatas by Bach, Couperin and Veracini, and Telemann “Paris” Quartet.

The final concert of the Ciompi Quartet Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series features violinist Eric Pritchard performing with Elizabeth Anderson (cello) and Brandt Fredriksen (piano). The program includes trios of Shostakovich, Bill Robinson, and Dvořák's "Dumky."

Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-Flat Major (1834).

Florence Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor (1935) Selected movements.

Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-Flat Major (1834).

Florence Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor (1935) Selected movements.

Anthony Kelley: Sidelines Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-flat major Florence Price: Second String Quartet

Florence Price’s unique voice ranges easily through the stylistic territory of late-romantic and mid-20th century classical music, while confidently incorporating ideas and idioms from Black American music.

Premier performances of works by Duke graduate composers Ethan Foote and Chris Williams.

Bartok: String Quartet #4.

Bartok: String Quartet #4

George Crumb said that Black Angels “was conceived as a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world.”

Exact venue T. B.D., at University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Anthony Kelley: Sidelines Caplet: Conte Fantastique Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children

The Ciompi Quartet with Jacquelyn Bartett, Harp. Exact venue T.B.D., at North Carolina Central University.

John Luther Adams: Above Sunset Pass (2007); Dvorak: Silent Woods; Arranged for string quartet by Andrew Waggoner; A Forest Unfolding (2018): a collaborative work by multiple creators.