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SUMMARY:Chamber Music Conversations from the Clark: Ying Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Presented online via Zoom webinar on 2-21-21\n\nhttps://youtu.b
 e/alwAhPA8_2M\n\nJoin us for an exclusive online event featuring a concert
  performed by the Ying Quartet just for our audience\, followed by a live 
 Q &amp\; A with the musicians moderated by Bruce Whiteman\, Clark Libraria
 n Emeritus. Audience members will have the opportunity to pose questions v
 ia Zoom Group Chat.\n\nTo learn more about Chamber Music Conversations fro
 m the Clark and view videos from the series\, visit: http://1718.ucla.edu/
 events/categories/music/\n\nProgram\n\n(Franz) Josef Haydn (1732–1809)\n
 String Quartet in A Major\, op. 20\, no. 6\nAllegro di molto e scherzando\
 nAdagio cantabile\nMenuetto: Allegretto\nFuga a 3 soggetti: Allegro\nAnton
 in Dvořák (1841–1904)\nString Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major\, op. 51\
 , B. 92\, "Slavonic"\nAllegro ma non troppo\nDumka: Andante con moto–Vi
 vace\nRomanza: Andante con moto\nFinale: Allegro assai\nProgram notes by B
 ruce Whiteman\n\nYing Quartet\n\nRobin Scott\, violin\nJanet Ying\, viol
 in\nPhillip Ying\, viola\nDavid Ying\, cello \n\nThe Grammy Award-winning
  Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical mu
 sic world\, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearle
 ssly imaginative view of Chamber Music in today's world. Now in its third 
 decade\, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest 
 musical qualifications. Their performances regularly take place in many of
  the world's most important concert halls\; at the same time\, the Quartet
 's belief that concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday lif
 e has drawn the foursome to perform in settings as diverse as the workplac
 e\, schools\, juvenile prisons\, and the White House. In fact\, the Ying Q
 uartet's constant quest to explore the creative possibilities of the strin
 g quartet has led it to an unusually diverse array of musical projects and
  interests.\n\nThe Ying's ongoing LifeMusic commissioning project\, create
 d in response to their commitment to expanding the rich string quartet rep
 ertoire\, has already achieved an impressive history. Supported by the Ins
 titute for American Music\, the Ying Quartet commissions both established 
 and emerging composers to create music that reflects contemporary American
  life. Recent works include Billy Childs’ Awakening\; Lera Auerbach’s 
 Sylvia’s Diary\; Lowell Liebermann’s String Quartet No. 3\, To the Vic
 tims of War\; Sebastian Currier’s Next Atlantis\; and John Novacek’s T
 hree Rags for String Quartet. In August 2016 the Ying Quartet released a n
 ew Schumann/ Beethoven recording on Sono Luminus with the cellist Zuill Ba
 iley\; and in 2016–17 the five musicians toured with the Schumann Cello 
 Concerto transcribed for cello and string quartet along with Beethoven’s
  Kreutzer Sonata\, also reimagined for cello quintet.\n\nThe Quartet’s 2
 018–19 season featured performances with the jazz pianist Billy Childs\,
  a tour of China\, performances for the Philadelphia and Phoenix Chamber M
 usic Societies\, and performances in the group’s role as quartet-in-resi
 dence at the Bowdoin International Music Festival.\n\nThe Ying Quartet's m
 any other recordings reflect many of the group's wide-ranging musical inte
 rests and have generated consistent\, enthusiastic acclaim. The group’s 
 CD “American Anthem” (Sono Luminus)\, heralding the music of Randall T
 hompson\, Samuel Barber\, and Howard Hanson\, was released in 2013 to rave
  reviews\; their 2007 Telarc release of the three Tchaikovsky Quartets and
  the Souvenir de Florence (with James Dunham and Paul Katz) was nominated 
 for a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category.\n\nThe 
 Ying Quartet first came to professional prominence in the early 1990s duri
 ng their years as resident quartet of Jesup\, Iowa\, a farm town of 2000 p
 eople. Playing before audiences of six to six hundred in homes\, schools\,
  churches\, and banks\, the Quartet had its earliest opportunities to enab
 le music and creative endeavor as integral parts of community life. The Qu
 artet considers its time in Jesup the foundation of its present musical li
 fe and goals.\n\nAs quartet-in-residence at the prestigious Eastman School
  of Music in Rochester\, NY\, the Ying Quartet teaches in the string depar
 tment and leads a rigorous\, sequentially designed chamber music program. 
 One cornerstone of chamber music activity at Eastman is the noted “Music
  for All” program\, in which all students have the opportunity to perfor
 m in community settings beyond the concert hall. The Quartet is currently 
 the ensemble-in-residence at the Bowdoin International Music Festival\, an
 d from 2001–2008\, the members of the Ying Quartet were the Blodgett Art
 ists-in-Residence at Harvard University.\n\nhttp://www.ying4.com/\n\nYing 
 Quartet is represented by MKI Artists: https://mkiartists.com/\n\n\n\nCha
 mber Music at the Clark is made possible by the generous support of The Ah
 manson Foundation\; The Colburn Foundation\; Martha Bardach\; Catherine Gl
 ynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Barbara Timmer\; Dr. Marla C. Berns\; Dr. Rogers B
 rubaker\; Patricia Chock\; Regina and Bruce Drucker\; Beth S. Farb\; Susan
  Harris\; Judy and Sam Hellinger\; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber M
 usic\; Dr. Sheldon H. Kardener and Monika Olofsson Kardener\; Carol Krause
 \; Mari and Edmund D. Edelman Foundation for Music and Public Service\; El
 aine and Bernie Mendes\; Janet and Henry Minami\; Bette I. and Jeffrey L. 
 Nagin\; Joyce Perry\; Jeanne Robson\; Jackie and Charles Schwartz\; Dr. Pa
 tricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund\; Patricia Waldr
 on\, M.D.\, and Richard Waldron\; and Roberta and Robert Young.\n\nImage: 
 Ying Quartet by Todd Maturazzo
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CATEGORIES:Music
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