BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:360@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T160000 DTSTAMP:20220630T143541Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/21-schumann-quartet/ SUMMARY:Schumann Quartet\, Chamber Music at the Clark DESCRIPTION:Please note this concert will be held on Saturday\, November 20 \n(instead of the normal Sunday afternoon time).\n\nChamber Music at the C lark concert seating is determined via lottery. Concert pricing is $35 pe r person for general admission\, and $10 each for UCLA students with ID. T he booking-by-lottery entry form for Schumann Quartet concert seats posts here on Thursday\, September 23\, 2021. Lottery registration closes Thursd ay\, October 14\, 2021.\n\nLearn more about the booking-by-lottery syste m for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats.\n\n\nPer Los Angeles Ci ty ordinance\, effective November 4\, 2021\, the following is required to enter this event:\n\n\n UCLA Venue Clearance Certificate\n\nOR\n\n\n Pro of of COVID-19 Full Vaccination AND Valid Photo ID\n\nOR\n\n\n Self-attes tation of qualifying medical or religious exemption\, AND Proof of Negativ e COVID-19 test within 72 hours\, AND Valid Photo ID\n\nExamples of accept able Photo ID\, Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test\, and Proof of Vaccination can be found on page 5 of Los Angeles City Ordinance No.187219: https://c lkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2021/21-0878_ord_187219_11-08-21.pdf\nAdvance registration is required to attend\, and face masks are required to be wor n by all attendees at indoor events.\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\nFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)\nString Quartet No. 2 in A Minor\, op. 13\nAdagio–Allegro vivace\nAdagio non lento\nIntermezzo. Allegretto con moto–Allegro di mo lto\nPresto–Adagio non lento\nMaurice Ravel (1875–1937)\nString Quarte t in F Major\nAllegro moderato–très doux\nAssez vif–très rythmé\nTr ès lent\nVif et agité\nIntermission\n\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1 791)\nString Quartet No. 19 in C Major\, K. 465 “Dissonance”\nAdagio –Allegro\nAndante cantabile\nMenuetto. Allegro\nAllegro molto\nProgram n otes by Bruce Whiteman.\n\nSchumann Quartet\nErik Schumann\, violin\nKen S chumann\, violin\nLiisa Randalu\, viola\nMark Schumann\, cello\n\nThe Schu mann Quartet has reached a stage where anything is possible because it has dispensed with certainties. This has consequences for audiences\, who fro m one concert to the next have to be prepared for any eventuality: “A wo rk really develops only in a live performance\,” the Quartet says. “Th at is 'the real thing\,' because we ourselves never know what will happen. On the stage all imitation disappears and you automatically become honest with yourself. Then you can create a bond with the audience–communicate with it in music.” This live situation gains new energy as the Quartet partners with new and forthcoming collaborators including\, Albrecht Mayer \, Menahem Pressler\, Kit Armstrong\, Anna Vinnitskaya\, and Anna Lucia Ri chter.\n\nRecent season highlights include an invitation to perform in Tok yo at Suntory Hall. The Quartet has also toured North America and Asia\, g iven guest performances at festivals in Germany\, Switzerland\, the Nether lands\, and held concerts in the musical metropolises of London\, Zurich\, Madrid\, Hamburg\, and Berlin. Furthermore\, the ensemble engaged in two special programs in Barcelona and Madrid together with the soprano Kathari na Konradi.\n\nMost recently the Schumann Quartet expanded its discography with Fragment (2020)\, an examination of one of the masters of the string quartet\, Franz Schubert. The Quartet’s album Intermezzo (2018\,  Schu mann\, Reimann with Anna-Lucia Richter and Mendelssohn Bartholdy) has been hailed enthusiastically both at home and abroad and received the award “Opus Klassik”. These albums are celebrated as a worthy successors to the Schumann’s award-winning Landscapes album\, in which the Quartet tra ces its own roots by combining works of Haydn\, Bartók\, Takemitsu\, and Pärt. Among other prizes\, the earlier album received the “Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik\,” five “Diapason d'Or de l'Année ” awards\,  and was selected as Editor's Choice by BBC Music Magazine. For its previous CD\, Mozart Ives Verdi\, the Schumann Quartet was accorde d the 2016 “Newcomer Award” at the BBC Music Magazine Awards in London .\n\nBrothers Mark\, Erik\, and Ken Schumann have been playing together si nce early childhood. In 2012 they were joined by violist Liisa Randalu. Ra ndalu was born in the Estonian capital\, Tallinn\, and grew up in Karlsruh e\, Germany. The strong connection between the Quartet’s members is ofte n remarked upon by audiences. The four musicians enjoy wordless communicat ion\, a single look conveys how a particular member wants to play a partic ular passage. Although individual personalities clearly manifest themselve s\, a common space arises in every musical performance through a process o f spiritual metamorphosis. The Quartet's openness and curiosity may\, in p art\, be the result of the formative influence of teachers such as Eberhar d Feltz\, the Alban Berg Quartet or musical partners such as Menahem Press ler.\n\nTeachers\, musical partners\, prestigious prizes\, CD releases–i t is always tempting to speculate on what factors lead many to view the Sc humann Quartet as world class. However\, the four Schumann musicians regar d such milestones as mere encounters\, as confirmation of the path they ha ve taken. They feel that their musical development in recent years represe nts a quantum leap. “We really want to take things to extremes\, to see how far the excitement\, and our spontaneity as a group\, take[s] us\,” says Ken Schumann\, the middle of the three Schumann brothers. They charmi ngly sidestep any attempt to categorize their sound\, approach or style\, and simply let the concerts speak for themselves.\n\nCritics approve\, Har ald Eggebrecht in Süddeutsche Zeitung says of the Quartet: “Fire and en ergy. The Schumann Quartet plays staggeringly well [...] without doubt one of the very best formations among today’s abundance of quartets\, […] with sparkling virtuosity and a willingness to astonish”\n\nQuotes take n from an interview with journalists from the classical music magazine VAN (van-magazin.de)\n\nhttp://www.schumannquartett.de/eng\n\nThe Schumann Qu artet is represented in the United States by Arts Management Group: https: //www.artsmg.com/\n\nClick here for more information about our chamber mus ic programs.\n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possible by the genero us support of The Ahmanson Foundation\; The Colburn Foundation\; Martha Ba rdach\; Catherine Glynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Barbara Timmer\; Dr. Marla C. Berns\; Dr. Rogers Brubaker\; Patricia Chock\; Regina and Bruce Drucker\; Beth S. Farb\; Susan Harris\; Judy and Sam Hellinger\; Henry J. Bruman End owment for Chamber Music\; Dr. Sheldon H. Kardener and Monika Olofsson Kar dener\; Carol Krause\; Mari and Edmund D. Edelman Foundation for Music and Public Service\; Elaine and Bernie Mendes\; Janet and Henry Minami\; Bett e I. and Jeffrey L. Nagin\; Joyce Perry\; Jeanne Robson\; Jackie and Charl es Schwartz\; Dr. Patricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial F und\; Patricia Waldron\, M.D.\, and Richard Waldron\; Roberta and Robert Y oung and Friends of the Clark Library.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08 /Schumann-Quartet-screen-grab-from-their-website-_website.jpg CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States GEO:34.033012;-118.314487 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UC LA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:geo:34.033012,-118.314487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR