Podcast appearances and mentions of jasper string quartet

On this week's episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,' composer Tina Davidson touches the earth with vulnerability on her latest album, ‘Barefoot,' featuring the Jasper String Quartet along with pianist Natalie Zhu. Listen now!

Chamber Music Circle releases 2024-25 schedule Akiko Sasaki, the music director at the Howland Chamber Music Circle, always tries to book top talent for the nonprofit's annual concert series. This year, she worked her connections and pulled off a huge coup by bringing pianist Emanuel Ax to Beacon for a solo recital. One of the biggest names in classical music, Ax just played with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Luxembourg and is performing Mozart's Piano Concerto 14 with the New York Philharmonic on Sept. 13 and 15. "When I tell people, their jaws drop," she says. That show is scheduled for Oct. 1, a Tuesday. Nearly all the others are on Sundays at 4 p.m., like the kickoff on Sept. 15 with the Brentano String Quartet, which will perform quartets by Haydn and Beethoven and the world premiere of Madrigal Mongolia by Chinese American composer Lei Liang. The series' fall session includes six concerts through the Ulysses Quartet on Nov. 17. A piano festival with four performances begins Jan. 12 with the Cann Duo and ends with Shai Wosner on March 2. The spring session opens with the Daedalus Quartet on March 23 and concludes on May 18 with Imani Winds, a quintet that pushes the musical envelope, says Sasaki, who likes to book at least one wind ensemble each year. Another boundary-stretcher is ArcoStrum (Oct. 6), with Strauss Shi (violin) and TY Zhang (guitar). The duo met at The Juilliard School and perform a jumble of styles from traditional Chinese instrumental music, progressive rock and what they call "original transcriptions of classical repertoire." There is no rock on their program, which includes Baroque (Vivaldi, Scarlatti), Spanish influences (Astor Piazzolla, Manuel de Falla), three Asian composers (Li Zhihul, Haihuai Huang, Choi Jun Young) and the theme of Schindler's List. Sasaki admires their "virtuosic energy." A first this year is an appearance by four singers from the Metropolitan Opera (May 4) who will perform "aria hits we might know and some we might not know," says Sasaki. "Sometimes we have solo vocal recitals, but it's nice to provide a taste of opera." To cultivate a generation of classical musicians and people who appreciate them, the circle collaborates with Arlington High School in Lagrangeville and the Jasper String Quartet to provide a chamber music experience for string students. So Percussion Imani Winds Brentano String Quartet (Photo by Juergen Frank) ArcoStrum (Photo by Karina Rodriguez) Emanuel Ax (Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco) In November, the innovative So Percussion will perform at Beacon High School for music students in the fifth grade and higher. "They use everyday items to make their sounds, not just percussion instruments," says Sasaki. The Brooklyn-based quartet will perform a Classics for Kids concert at 1 p.m. on Nov. 3. Later that afternoon, they'll play a program geared toward adults. Three more shows for the wee ones are planned this season. Sasaki contracts some acts so far in advance that no music programs are available for performers in 2025. She also has fun with pop-up concerts booked a month ahead and held where "people wouldn't normally expect to find classical music," such as the Howland Public Library, an art gallery, churches and the outdoor space across from Hudson Beach Glass. "People will have to stay on their toes to find out when it's happening," she says.

Ambient Discourses // Episode 2.14 A conversation with composer Tina Davidson, giving us a deeper dive into her new album "Barefoot", out July 16, 2024. It was a delightful conversation getting a deeper dive on all that inspired her compositions in Barefoot — a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet and pianist Natalie Zhu. Plus we covered other topics like collaborating with the audience and the performance hall, the connection we feel with the music and the artist, and other stimulating topics of conversation. The Jasper String Quartet is: J. Freivogel, violin Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello Andrew Gonzalez, viola Karen Kim, violin Links: https://tinadavidson.com https://jasperstringquartet.com https://newfocusrecordings.com STØLACE is the project of Michael Tangen, a multi-instrumentalist and multi-disciplined artist that creates original ambient, neoclassical, electronic, and other music that inspires mindfulness. STOLACE is also the producer of the weekly ambient music program on YouTube called The Relay Station, plus the host of Ambient Discourses, a long-form podcast that features composers and musicians from around the world, talking about the deeper side of creating music. CONNECT WITH STOLACE // https://stolace.com⁠ ⁠https://youtube.com/stolace⁠ https://instagram.com/stolacemusic⁠ https://twitter.com/stolacemusic⁠ ⁠https://facebook.com/stolace⁠

Hello! Today's episode is on the Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat major! Here is a link to a performance of the entire work by the Jasper String Quartet perfectscore.fm

A homegrown, now, international chamber music festival is celebrating a major milestone. New Orleans' own Birdfoot Festival is turning 10 and plucking its strings with a virtual season devoted to its signature Backstage Performances. Birdfoot artistic director and violinist Jenna Sherry joins us by phone. Birdfoot Festival kicks off its 10th Anniversary Season on Sunday, March 14th with Philadelphia's renowned Jasper String Quartet. For more information and a full schedule of events visit the website birdfootfestival.org

BRANDON'S DEBUT ALBUM IS OUT NOW ON ALL PLATFORMS- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/j-s-bach-boulez-aho-prokofiev-flute-sonatas-solo-works/1529663533 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1PjM7pLn3o2kDum6jP6Xqs?si=jmkyXVBnRriWGnPX0HnQ8Q Amazon (hard copy) : https://www.amazon.com/Flute-Sonatas-Brandon-Patrick-George/dp/B08DSZ33WM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S4MBANWJHRJ8&dchild=1&keywords=brandon+patrick+george&qid=1600750237&sprefix=Brandon+Patrick+%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1 Brandon Patrick George is the flutist of the Grammy®-nominated Imani Winds, and has performed with many of the world's leading ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). He has appeared at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Elbphilharmonie, the Kennedy Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dresden Music Festival, and the Prague Spring Festival. An avid chamber musician, Brandon has collaborated with members of the Gryphon Trio, New York Philharmonic, Jasper String Quartet, and has performed live on New York's WQXR with harpist Bridget Kibbey. He has been hailed by The New York Times as “the elegant Brandon Patrick George”, as a “virtuoso” by The Washington Post, and called a “knockout musician with a gorgeous sound” by The Philadelphia Inquirer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thefortepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefortepodcast/support

Final part of the best and most frequently played music from 2017 on Free Association. Om Shanti, Alice ColtraneWorld Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Luaka Bop   Swimming with Stina, Thor & FriendsThe Subversive Nature of Kindness LM Dupli-cation   Spindrift, Colin Stetson All This I Do For Glory   Forestwall Timewalk, Nicole MitchellMandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds FPE Records   Venga Jaleo, BarbezFor Those Who Came After   Pushpulling, Jasper String QuartetUnbound New Amsterdam   Island 4, Glenn Jones & Matthew Azevedo Waterworks Thrill Jockey Records   Hibernal, Arve HenriksenTowards Language Rune Grammofon   You Don’t Know What Love Is, Diamanda GalásAll the Way Intravenal Sound Operations   You’re My Thrill, Cécile McLorin SalvantDreams and Daggers Justin Time / Fontana North   back there benjamin, The CaretakerThe Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 3 History Always Favours The Winners   Ohio Bell Mystery, Raymond ScottThree Willow Park (Electronic Music from Inner Space 1961–1971) Basta Music   Domino Sugar (Demo), Raymond ScottRaymond Scott - Three Willow Park: Electronic Music From Inner Space, 1961–1971 Basta   The Land Whale Choir Sinks the Albert Hall, Sxip ShireyA Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees VIA Records   Sublime beyond loss, The CaretakerThe Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 3 History Always Favours The Winners

Listen to rhythmic music, whether for percussion, string quartet or vocal duet for this New Sounds. Hear works from percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum, Kelly Moran, and the Jasper String Quartet, and a vocal duet from Meredith Monk and Robert Een. From the recent record, Unbound, by the Jasper String Quartet, hear a non-stop motoring work by Judd Greenstein, “Four on the Floor.” Usually the term applies to thumping dance-club bangers, but in this work, pairs of instruments work “with and against each other, until they settle their differences and combine into a shared groove,” according to the composer. Hear music with rhythmic intensity, for prepared piano, with and without electronics from Kelly Moran, and her record, Bloodroot, which is where minimalism and black metal collide. Then, listen to music from Hauschka, who layers player piano with prepared piano. Also, listen to Inuit-style breathing games from Meredith Monk and cellist/vocalist Robert Een, from her long-form work, "Facing North," inspired by the Canadian wilderness.  Then, listen to increasingly tricky and complex rhythms in a work by David Crowell for percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum. Plus, hear a work –"Redwood"- involving saxophone and interlocking guitar parts from Empyrean Atlas, the band of composer/multi-instrumentalist David Crowell. And more.  PROGRAM #3960, We've Got Rhythms (First Aired: 3/15/2017)   ARTIST: Ian David RosenbaumWORK: David Crowell: Celestial Sphere, excerpt [1:00]RECORDING: Memory PalaceSOURCE: Vision Into ArtINFO: naxosdirect.com ARTIST: Jasper String QuartetWORK: Judd Greenstein: Four on the Floor [10:45]RECORDING: UnboundSOURCE: Sono Luminus/New AmsterdamINFO: jasperstringquartet.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Kelly MoranWORK: Celandine [3:06]RECORDING: BloodrootSOURCE: Telegraph Harp TH 011INFO: kellymoran.bandcamp.com ARTIST: HauschkaWORK: Constant Growth Fails [4:08]RECORDING: What IfSOURCE: Temporary Residence RecordsINFO: hauschka.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Christian Frederickson, Jason Noble, Ryan RumeryWORK: To Be One Of Them [1:00]RECORDING: The Painted Bird: AmidstSOURCE/INFO: christianfrederickson.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Ian David RosenbaumWORK: David Crowell: Celestial Sphere [9:50]RECORDING: Memory PalaceSOURCE: Vision Into ArtINFO: naxosdirect.com ARTIST: Empyrean AtlasWORK: Redwood  [5:11]RECORDING: Empyrean AtlasSOURCE/INFO: empyreanatlas.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Christian Frederickson, Jason Noble, Ryan RumeryWORK: To Be One Of Them [1:00]RECORDING: The Painted Bird: AmidstSOURCE/INFO: christianfrederickson.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Bang on a Can All-StarsWORK: Michael Gordon: Gene Takes a Drink [5:57]RECORDING: Field RecordingsSOURCE: Cantaloupe MusicINFO: bangonacan.org ARTIST: Meredith Monk & Robert EenWORK: Keeping Warm & Arctic Bar [8:45]RECORDING: Facing NorthSOURCE: ECM #1482 INFO: ecmrecords.com

New music from Wire on their 40th anniversary, a new piece by Caroline Shaw for the Jasper String Quartet, plus two tracks from the Tuxedomoon 1981 masterpiece Desire, and more. Original air date: July 14, 2017 Big Lazy “Black Sheep” from Don’t Cross Myrtle (2014) Cerberus Shoal “Change” from Cerberus Shoal (North East Indie www.northeastindie.com 2004) E “Silo” from E (Thrill Jockey www.thrilljockey.com/ 2016) The Monochrome Set “Eine Symphonie des Grauns” from Fin (1986) Wire “Short Elevated Period” from Silver / Lead (Pinkflag 2017) Announcement break Ennio Morricone “Without Apparent Motive” from A Fistful of Film Music (1990) John Zorn “Kol Nidre” from Cartoon S&M Jasper String Quartet “Valencia (by Caroline Shaw)” from Unbound (New Amsterdam 2017) Announcement break JG Thirlwell “Flourescent Radiation” from Manorexia: The Mesopelagic Waters CD ALBUM (Tzadik 2010) Tuxedomoon “East/Jinx” from Desire LP SINGLE (Ralph 1981)

Renowned pianist, conductor, and teacher Leon Fleisher led 16 young musicians in a weeklong exploration of the chamber music of Johannes Brahms for piano trio, piano quartet, and piano quintet May 3–9, 2010. Mr. Fleisher was joined by special guest faculty cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Pamela Frank providing a rare opportunity to see three masters coaching and playing together. The workshop culminated in two performances in Weill Recital Hall on Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9, 2010 featuring the Vox Piano Trio, The Jasper String Quartet with pianist Kyung Wha Chu, The Amici Piano Quartet, and the Hill Piano Quartet.