Podcast appearances and mentions of ulysses quartet

Playlist: Edmund Finnis, 12 Ensemble - Hymn (After Byrd)Bryce Dessner, Ulysses Quartet, Benjamin Verdery - Quintet for High StringsBryce Dessner - WallsKathleen Allan, Luminos Ensemble - Al Pittman SuiteMassimo De Lillo, Ada Witczyk - E Sempre Sara FuocoAnna Clyne, The Knights - ShorthandMarie Dare, Alexandra MacKenzie, Ingrid Sawers - Hebridean SuiteAndy Panayi, Neoteric Ensemble - Pandemic 19-20Carlos Simon, National Symphony Orchestra - Wake Up!Matt Brubeck, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra - The Simple Life

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.

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They receive about as much training as olympic athletes, and yet very few people have a sense of what life looks like for classical musicians today. This interview with Chilean-American violist Georgina Rossi covers a lot of ground: the nuts and bolts of a career in classical music, how society defines and compensates artistic labor, and simple things we as listeners can do to support the musicians that we love. Interwoven throughout the interview are excerpts from Georgina’s new album Mobili: Music for Viola and Piano from Chile. Enjoy! WORKS CITED Stone, Russell Dean. “‘He’s Got A Point, It’s Just That His Point Sucks’ – Artists React to Spotify CEO Saying They Need to Work Harder.” Vice, August 7, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dzje3/daniel-ek-spotify-artists-pay-interview. Wark, McKenzie. Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse? Verso, 2019. MUSIC Interlude 1: Rafael Díaz, Al fondo de mi distancia se asoma tu casa (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrWhxGd6TZNb-u1n7Yqjwmw) Interlude 2: Carlos Botto, Fantasia Interlude 3: Juan Orrego-Salas, Mobili Interlude 4: David Cortes, Tololo (http://davidcortes.cl) Interlude 5: Rafael Díaz, ¿Habrá alguien que en sus manos sostenga este caer? All music from the album: Mobili: Music for Viola and Piano from Chile: https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/georgina-isabel-rossi-mobili-music-for-viola-and-piano-from-chile/ Viola: Georgina Rossi (www.georginarossi.com) Piano: Silvie Cheng (www.silviecheng.com) Released by: New Focus Recordings (https://www.newfocusrecordings.com) Recorded at: Oktaven audiO (http://www.oktavenaudio.com/) WHERE TO HIRE CLASSICAL MUSICIANS Hire Juilliard Performers (www.juilliard.edu/stage-beyond/hire-juilliard-performers) WHERE TO STREAM MUSIC Bandcamp (bandcamp.com) A SELECTION OF MUSICIAN-LED COLLECTIVES & ENSEMBLES TO SUPPORT ACRONYM (www.acronymensemble.com/albums) American Composers Orchestra (americancomposers.org) American Stories Podcast ‎(podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-stories/id1512423110) Argus Quartet (fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/argus-quartet) Cheng2Duo (https://www.cheng2duo.com) Digital Camerata (digitalcamerata.org/#support) Kettle Corn New Music (kettlecornnewmusic.com/support) Music for Food (musicforfood.net) New Focus Recordings (www.newfocusrecordings.com) Oktaven AudiO (http://www.oktavenaudio.com/) Project Music Heals Us (www.pmhu.org) Shouthouse (www.shouthousemusic.com) Switch Ensemble (www.switchensemble.com) Tak Ensemble (www.takensemble.com) Tenet Vocal Artists (https://tenet.nyc/support) The Crossing (www.crossingchoir.org) The Westerlies (www.westerliesmusic.com) Ulysses Quartet (www.ulyssesquartet.com) Versoi Ensemble (www.versoiensemble.org) Not included in this list are dozens of regional orchestras and summer music festivals across the country. Look up your local symphony, chamber orchestra, or music festival, and make a point of buying tickets and attending concerts! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/capital-a/message

The String Quartet in B Minor (Op. 33, No. 1) was the first of six quartets composed in 1781 by Franz Josef Haydn and popularly known as the "Russian" quartets. By this point in his career Haydn was a master of his craft, and with that confidence he began to experiment with the sonata form. This quartet is one of two that Haydn set in the key of B minor, a rare key for both Haydn and the string repertoire, and it has an uncharacteristically adventurous, questing quality. It moves from B minor through several keys, restlessly exploring rhythms, melodies, and modulations before "landing" back upon its home key in the breathless, virtuosic final movement. This piece amply demonstrates why Mozart held Haydn in high esteem. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 33220]

The String Quartet in B Minor (Op. 33, No. 1) was the first of six quartets composed in 1781 by Franz Josef Haydn and popularly known as the "Russian" quartets. By this point in his career Haydn was a master of his craft, and with that confidence he began to experiment with the sonata form. This quartet is one of two that Haydn set in the key of B minor, a rare key for both Haydn and the string repertoire, and it has an uncharacteristically adventurous, questing quality. It moves from B minor through several keys, restlessly exploring rhythms, melodies, and modulations before "landing" back upon its home key in the breathless, virtuosic final movement. This piece amply demonstrates why Mozart held Haydn in high esteem. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 33220]

The String Quartet in B Minor (Op. 33, No. 1) was the first of six quartets composed in 1781 by Franz Josef Haydn and popularly known as the "Russian" quartets. By this point in his career Haydn was a master of his craft, and with that confidence he began to experiment with the sonata form. This quartet is one of two that Haydn set in the key of B minor, a rare key for both Haydn and the string repertoire, and it has an uncharacteristically adventurous, questing quality. It moves from B minor through several keys, restlessly exploring rhythms, melodies, and modulations before "landing" back upon its home key in the breathless, virtuosic final movement. This piece amply demonstrates why Mozart held Haydn in high esteem. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 33220]

The String Quartet in B Minor (Op. 33, No. 1) was the first of six quartets composed in 1781 by Franz Josef Haydn and popularly known as the "Russian" quartets. By this point in his career Haydn was a master of his craft, and with that confidence he began to experiment with the sonata form. This quartet is one of two that Haydn set in the key of B minor, a rare key for both Haydn and the string repertoire, and it has an uncharacteristically adventurous, questing quality. It moves from B minor through several keys, restlessly exploring rhythms, melodies, and modulations before "landing" back upon its home key in the breathless, virtuosic final movement. This piece amply demonstrates why Mozart held Haydn in high esteem. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 33220]

Franz Schubert's String Quartet in C minor, D. 703 from 1820 is popularly known as the "Quartettsatz" because only a single movement of the piece was finished. The "Quartettsatz" marked something of a coming of age for Schubert, as he began to find ways to combine the rich Viennese heritage he absorbed during his student years with his own evolving dramatic ambitions. Structurally the piece dips and swells as it progresses through a series of dramatic extremes, assuming the shape of an advanced sonata design while avoiding the limitations of that form. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 33219]

Franz Schubert's String Quartet in C minor, D. 703 from 1820 is popularly known as the "Quartettsatz" because only a single movement of the piece was finished. The "Quartettsatz" marked something of a coming of age for Schubert, as he began to find ways to combine the rich Viennese heritage he absorbed during his student years with his own evolving dramatic ambitions. Structurally the piece dips and swells as it progresses through a series of dramatic extremes, assuming the shape of an advanced sonata design while avoiding the limitations of that form. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 33219]

In today's episode, CMS Resident Lecturer, Bruce Adolphe, discusses the chamber music of Franz Joseph Haydn with a focus on the composer's String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob III:44, Op. 50, No. 1. Featuring the Ulysses Quartet.