JOHN ADAMS: Absolute Jest
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Conductor: MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Program: Adams - "Absolute Jest" with St. Lawrence String Quartet
HAYDN DISCOVERY
The "father" of the string quartet, Haydn is too often regarded as an opening act; pleasant music before the "meat" of the program. In Haydn Discovery, Geoff Nuttall and his St. Lawrence String Quartet colleagues will reveal Haydn's genius by unpacking this masterpiece via "active listening."
The '90's
The St. Lawrence String Quartet performs Scherzo. Directed by Patrick Bonaldi and produced by Liam Romalis, this video was filed on location at the Opera House in Toronto, Canada.
Spring 2021 HAydn festival
Airing Friday May 28, 2:30pm PT:
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 “Sunrise”
Watch this space for livestreamed concerts from iconic venues on the Stanford campus. The concerts will feature exclusive tours of Bing Concert Hall, Denning House, and Memorial Church, and performances of Joseph Haydn’s crowning achievement for chamber music: his Opus 76 quartets.
Performances will be available on-demand for three days after each livestream.
Livestream schedule:
April 9, 2:30pm, String Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5 “Largo”
April 16, 2:30pm, String Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
April 30, 2:30pm, String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 “Quinten”
May 7, 2:30pm, String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”
May 14, 2:30pm, String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 76, No. 6
May 28, 2:30pm, String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”
Performances will also be viewable on our YouTube and Facebook channels at the same time.
The complete HAYDN Opus 20 string quartets have arrived
Stream, or download the high-resolution (96/24) digital album for free,
and buy the special limited edition Double CD and the Triple Vinyl LP, all available at slsq.bandcamp.com
All physical media is autographed by the SLSQ
Also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal, Google Play, Napster, Deezer, and the iTunes Store
released Aug 31, 2019
recordings
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“They’ve broken out beyond Canada’s borders like no other artist since Glenn Gould. Their irreverent, spontaneous approach to the classics, as well as their devotion to new music, has made them a model for what the modern-day string quartet should be. This Schumann disc — their debut — won them a Juno and was one of Canada’s most prominent classical music offerings to the world.”