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:399@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230226T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230226T160000 DTSTAMP:20230524T160241Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/22-cuarteto-casals/ SUMMARY:Cuarteto Casals\, Chamber Music at the Clark DESCRIPTION:NEW!\nChamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distribu ted via lottery.\nTickets for the Cuarteto Casals concert will go on sale at\nhttps://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS\nat 12 noon on Tuesday \, January 10\, 2023.\nTickets sales are limited to 2 per person.\n\n\n\n\ nFace masks are not required but are strongly recommended at all indoor ca mpus events.\n\n\n\nProgram\n\nJoseph Haydn  (1732–1809)\nQuartet in A Major\, op. 20 no. 6\nI. Allegro di molto e scherzando\nII. Adagio\nIII. M inuet–Trio\nIV. Fuga con 3 soggetti\nGyörgy Ligeti (1923–2006)\nStrin g Quartet No. 1\, Métamorphoses nocturnes\nI. Allegro grazioso\nII. Vivac e\, capriccioso\nIII. Adagio\, mesto\nIV. Presto\nV. Andante tranquillo\nV I. Tempo di Valse\, moderato\, con eleganza\, un poco capriccioso\nVII. Al legretto\, un poco gioviale\nVIII. Prestissimo\nIntermission\n\nJohannes B rahms (1833–1897)\nString Quartet No. 2 in A Minor\, op. 51\nI. Allegro non troppo\nII. Andante moderato\nIII. Quasi Minuetto\, moderato\nIV. Fina le. Allegro non assai\nCuarteto Casals\nVera Martinez\, violin\nAbel Tomà s\, violin\nJonathan Brown\, viola\nArnau Tomàs\, cello\n\nFounded in 199 7 at the Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid\, Cuarteto Casals’ 25th annivers ary will be celebrated in the 2022–23 season. Highlights of the 2021–2 2 season include the opening concert at the String Quartet Week at Boulez Saal in Berlin in May 2022\, performances at the String Quartet Biennales in Paris and Lisbon\, and at the Quartet Weekend in Lugano in January 202 2\, as well as a US tour in February 2022. Additionally\, some concerts wi th orchestra are planned: e.g. in Barcelona with the Orquestra Simfónica and in Amsterdam with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Other highlights include concerts at Flagey in Brussels\, at the Schwetzinger SWR Festpiele\, and a t L’Auditori in Barcelona.\n\nSince winning First Prizes at the London a nd Brahms-Hamburg competitions\, Cuarteto Casals has been a repeated guest at the world’s most prestigious concert halls including Carnegie Hall\, Philharmonie Cologne\, Cité de la Musique Paris\, Schubertiade in Schwar zenberg and Concertgebouw Amsterdam\, among many others around the world. Since September 2020 the quartet has been  Artistic Director of the Strin g Quartet Biennale Barcelona.\n\nThe quartet has compiled a substantial di scography with the harmonia mundi label\, including to date 15 CDs\, with repertoire ranging from lesser known Spanish composers Arriaga and Toldrá to Viennese classics Mozart\, Haydn\, Schubert and Brahms\, through 20th century greats Debussy\, Ravel and Zemlinsky\, as well as a live Blu-ray r ecording of the complete Schubert quartets for Neu Records. In May 2020\, to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth\, the third box set of a three-volume recording of his quartets was released on the ha rmonia mundi label\; all three volumes received great critical acclaim.\n\ nA prize from the prestigious Burletti-Buitoni Trust in London enabled the quartet to begin a collection of matching Baroque and Classical period bo ws which it uses for works from Purcell through Schubert\, refining its ab ility to distinguish between diverse musical styles. In addition\, the qua rtet has been profoundly influenced by its work with living composers\, es pecially György Kurtág\, and has given the world premiere of quartets wr itten by leading Spanish composers\, including a new concerto for string q uartet and orchestra by Francisco Coll\, premiered with the Orquesta Nacio nal de España.\n\nIn recognition of its unique contributions to the cultu ral life within Catalunya and throughout Spain\, Cuarteto Casals has been acknowledged as cultural ambassadors by the Generalitat of Catalunya and t he Institut Ramon Lull\, as well as the Ministerio de Cultura. Past awards include the Premio Nacional de Música\, the Premi Nacional de Cultura de Catalunya\, and the Premi Ciutat Barcelona. The quartet performs yearly o n the extraordinary collection of decorated Stradivarius instruments in th e Royal Palace in Madrid.\n\nCuarteto Casals often appears on television a nd radio throughout Europe and North America\, and in addition to giving m uch sought-after masterclasses is quartet in residence at the Koninklijk C onservatorium Den Haag\, and at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona\, where all four members reside.\n\nhttps://cuartetocasals.c om/\n\nCuarteto Casals is represented by Arts Management Group: https://ww w.artsmg.com/\n\nClick here for more information about our chamber music p rograms.\n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possible by The Ahmanson F oundation\; The Colburn Foundation\; Martha Bardach\; Catherine Glynn Benk aim\, Ph.D. and Barbara Timmer\; Dr. Rogers Brubaker\; Patricia N. Chock\; Dr. Susan Harris and Mark Harris\; Judy Hellinger\; Henry J. Bruman Endow ment for Chamber Music\; Dr. Sheldon H. Kardener and Monika Olofsson Karde ner\; Elaine and Bernie Mendes\; Janet Minami\; Bette I. and Jeffrey L. Na gin\; Dr. Jeanne Robson\; Carol E. Sandberg\; Jackie Schwartz\; Dr. Patric ia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund\; Patricia Waldron\, M.D.\, and Richard Waldron\; and Roberta and Robert Young.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08 /Cuarteto-Casals-_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:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR