Isidore String Quartet
\nAdrian Steele, violin
\nPhoenix Avalon, violin
\nDevin Moore, viola
\nJoshua McClendon, cello<\/p>\n
J.S. Bach: Selections from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
\nAida Shirazi: umbra
\nDinuk Wijeratne: Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini
\nBeethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132<\/p>\n
As 2022 Winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, these up-and-coming artists are on track for worldwide success on the concert hall stage. In tribute to the legendary Juilliard String Quartet, the Isidore String Quartet is \u201capproaching the established as if it were new, and the new as if it were firmly established\u201d with an electrifying program.<\/p>\n
The Isidore String Quartet offers selections by two cornerstone composers: excerpts from one of Bach\u2019s final works, in which he demonstrated his unequalled genius in the fugue, and one of Beethoven\u2019s visionary \u201cLate\u201d String Quartets; his final compositions, in which he summarizes the genre\u2019s past and points ahead to its future. Beethoven is said to have considered using the main theme of Op. 132\u2019s finale in the last movement of his Ninth Symphony in early drafts.<\/p>\n
These fine musicians also explore contemporary examples of the repertoire: Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini was inspired by the theft of the famous painting, the Mona Lisa, from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911. Sri Lankan born Canadian\u202fcomposer Dinuk Wijeratne\u202fis a JUNO award-winning composer, conductor, and pianist who has been described in the New York\u202fTimes as \u201cexuberantly creative.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rounding out the program is a sublime work by Aida Shirazi, whose work has been hailed as \u201cwell-made and affecting\u201d in the New Yorker. In umbra, she describes creating a \u201cshadow-like quality; a sonic umbra.\u202fThe work emerges from a dark and quiet state and after several dynamic and textural swells and contractions fades\u202finto the void.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertoire, the Isidore String Quartet is not to be missed in their highly anticipated Toronto debut.<\/p>\n
This concert is presented in honour of the late Geoff Nuttall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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