Sunnier, Rainier: A String Quartet for Seattle
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Description
The Serendipity Quartet presents the world premiere of Adam Stern's newest string quartet, "Crossroads," which explores the dynamic nature of Seattle. The composer asserts that the piece "is simultaneously an objective musical portrait of Seattle, and a series of subjective impressions of the city's effect on me since I took up residence here in 1992." Unique to this piece are its interchangeable movements. The quartet will call upon the audience to determine the order in which they are played! Rounding out the program are two audience favorites: Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 and Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 ("American").
Admission is FREE! Doors open at 6:00pm.
Partial funding is provided by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
Organizer Serendipity Quartet
Organizer of Sunnier, Rainier: A String Quartet for Seattle
The Serendipity Quartet strives to share its love of classical music by bringing professional-quality performances to the Puget Sound community at low to zero cost. It was born in 2015, when two Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra violinists "serendipitously" reunited after discovering they had attended the same elementary school. To learn more, visit serendipityquartet.org
Adam Stern is the conductor of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra. He was the associate conductor of the Seattle Symphony. Stern was a recording producer for the majority of recordings made by Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony, and he won a 1990 Grammy Award for "Classical Producer of the Year." His most recent string quartet was premiered at the Seattle Chamber Music Society in February 2014. Visit his webpage at www.adamsternconductor.com
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