String Quartet... more or less...
Saturday May 8th, 2010, 8:00pm
SONOS Chamber Orchestra presents:
Music for String Quartet and Shakuhachi, "more or less..."
Principal string players join Shakuhachi master James Nyoraku Schlefer in a concert at the Tenri Cultural Institute.
Composers featured: Carl Nielsen (Denmark), Akira Nishimura (Japan), Isang Yun (Korea), Marty Regan (Texas), and Charles Porter (New York).
Musicians will perform two quintets for shakuhachi and string quartet, a solo piece for cello, a solo piece for viola, a duet for 2 violins and one string quartet!
These extraordinary players will show their virtuosic skills in not-often heard repertoire ranging from Denmark to Japan, from China to Texas!
| Marty Regan (b. 1972) |
Voyage for shakuhachi and string quartet (2008) - New York Premiere |
| Akira Nishimura (b. 1953) |
Threnody for solo cello (1998) |
| Isang Yun (1917-1995) |
Sonatina for two violins (1983) |
| Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) |
At the Bier of a Young Artist. FS 58 (1910) |
-intermission- |
| Charles Porter (b. 1952) |
Moon Sky for shakuhachi and string quartet
(2009) - World Premiere |
| Akira Nishimura (b. 1953) |
Fantasia on Song of the Birds solo viola (2005) |
| Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) |
String Quartet in f minor. FS 11, Op. 5 (1890) |
 Gabriel Schaff and Shih-Hung Young, violins
Junah Chung, viola
Sean Katsuyama, cello
James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi
Erik E. Ochsner, music director & conductor
Tenri Cultural Institue of New York
43A West 13th Street, New York , New York 10011
Tickets: $25.00 General,
$20.00 Student/Senior
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