This Lisa Arnhold Memorial Recital features the Katarina String Quartet, Juilliard’s graduate resident string quartet, in a program of works by Haydn, Vivian Fung, and Beethoven.

Program
Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2
Fung, String Quartet No. 3
Beethoven, String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2, “Razumovsky”

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From Juilliard to Medicine Hat: The Katarina String Quartet

One of Canada’s leading young string quartets is performing at Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church on December 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

The concert is suitable for listeners of all ages with works by Haydn, Beethoven and living Canadian composer, Vivian Fung. “The program invites participants to tap into the present musical moment. Evocative silences in each work draw our ear to what is both around and within us.”

The Katarina String Quartet is currently the “Graduate String Quartet in Residence” at the Juilliard School of Music. Formed in 2022 at the Schulich School of Music in Montreal, KSQ are recent Gold Medal winners of the 2024 St. Paul Chamber Music Competition and first-prize winners of the 2023 Canadian Music Competition. As one of the members grew up in Calgary, the quartet is undertaking a mini tour of Alberta with performances in Camrose, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

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The concert is suitable for listeners of all ages with works by Haydn, Beethoven and living Canadian composer, Vivian Fung. “The program invites participants to tap into the present musical moment. Evocative silences in each work draw our ear to what is both around and within us.”

The Katarina String Quartet is currently the “Graduate String Quartet in Residence” at the Juilliard School of Music. Formed in 2022 at the Schulich School of Music in Montreal, KSQ are recent Gold Medal winners of the 2024 St. Paul Chamber Music Competition and first-prize winners of the 2023 Canadian Music Competition. As one of the members grew up in Calgary, the quartet is undertaking a mini tour of Alberta with performances in Camrose, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

The concert is suitable for listeners of all ages with works by Haydn, Beethoven and living Canadian composer, Vivian Fung. “The program invites participants to tap into the present musical moment. Evocative silences in each work draw our ear to what is both around and within us.”

The Katarina String Quartet is currently the “Graduate String Quartet in Residence” at the Juilliard School of Music. Formed in 2022 at the Schulich School of Music in Montreal, KSQ are recent Gold Medal winners of the 2024 St. Paul Chamber Music Competition and first-prize winners of the 2023 Canadian Music Competition. As one of the members grew up in Calgary, the quartet is undertaking a mini tour of Alberta with performances in Camrose, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

The concert is suitable for listeners of all ages with works by Haydn, Beethoven and living Canadian composer, Vivian Fung. “The program invites participants to tap into the present musical moment. Evocative silences in each work draw our ear to what is both around and within us.”

The Katarina String Quartet is currently the “Graduate String Quartet in Residence” at the Juilliard School of Music. Formed in 2022 at the Schulich School of Music in Montreal, KSQ are recent Gold Medal winners of the 2024 St. Paul Chamber Music Competition and first-prize winners of the 2023 Canadian Music Competition. As one of the members grew up in Calgary, the quartet is undertaking a mini tour of Alberta with performances in Camrose, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

Performance details>>>

The concert is suitable for listeners of all ages with works by Haydn, Beethoven and living Canadian composer, Vivian Fung. “The program invites participants to tap into the present musical moment. Evocative silences in each work draw our ear to what is both around and within us.”

The Katarina String Quartet is currently the “Graduate String Quartet in Residence” at the Juilliard School of Music. Formed in 2022 at the Schulich School of Music in Montreal, KSQ are recent Gold Medal winners of the 2024 St. Paul Chamber Music Competition and first-prize winners of the 2023 Canadian Music Competition. As one of the members grew up in Calgary, the quartet is undertaking a mini tour of Alberta with performances in Camrose, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

The Jasper String Quartet has included Fung Quartets throughout many tour seasons and this upcoming October 2023, JSQ will be releasing their next album, showcasing Vivian Fung’s first four string quartets. Recorded on the Sono Luminus label, this album continues to build the relationship the quartet has with Fung.

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Here and Now Series  

Complete String Quartets by Vivien Fung – all four quartets performed for the first time in one concert

• String Quartet No. 1

  I. Animato

  II. Interludium

  III. Pizzicato (may be performed as a separate work for string quartet)

  IV. Moto Perpetuo – Presto Possible

• String Quartet No. 2

  I. Introduction

  II. Of the Wind

  III. Of Birds and Insects

  IV. Interlude – With Calmness: “Klangfarbenmelodie”

  V. Of Tribes and Villages

  VI. Postlude: Of Ghosts and Memories

• String Quartet No. 3

• String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”

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New Music Ensemble Concert

REPERTOIRE

• STUCKY Rain Shadow (2012)

• BERIO Selections from Duetti per due Violini (1979-83)

• TAKEMITSU Stanza II (1971)

• FUNG String Quartet No. 3 (2013)

PERFORMED BY

• New Music Ensemble

• Keith Fitch, director

This concert is part of the 2020-21 Kulas Virtual Artist Series, which is generously supported by the Kulas Foundation.

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