Concord String Quartet

Concord String Quartet

The Concord String Quartet was an American string quartet established in 1971. The members of the quartet were Mark Sokol and Andrew Jennings, violins; John Kochánowski, viola; Norman Fischer, cello. They gave their last regular concert on May 15, 1987. An anniversary concert was given in December of 1996 at the Naumburg Foundation.[1]

Selected recording

  • American String Quartets 1950-1970
Works:
Stefan Wolpe: String Quartet, C. 170
Earle Brown: String Quartet
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts
Leon Kirchner: String Quartet No. 3 for strings & tape
Christian Wolff: Summer for string quartet
George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet
Lejaren Hiller: String quartet No.5 (In Quarter-Tones)
Jacob Druckman: String Quartet No. 2
Morton Feldman: Structures, for string quartet
Label and catalog number: VOXBOX CDX 5143 (ADD; two discs: 74:11, 74:33; issued 1995).
Recording date: 1972.
Critical reaction: Selected by Fanfare Magazine as a "Hall of Fame" recording.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Concord String Quartet homepage
  2. ^ Fanfare Magazine 19:5 (May/June 1996). Subscription required. Accessed 23 August 2009.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • String Quartet No. 3 (Rochberg) — George Rochberg’s String Quartet No. 3 is an important piece in American contemporary music literature. Written in 1971 and premiered on May 15, 1972, by the Concord String Quartet, the third string quartet was an important move away from… …   Wikipedia

  • quartet — Synonyms and related words: German band, Little Joe, Philharmonic, band, big band, bipartisanship, biquadrate, brass, brass band, brass choir, brass quintet, brass section, brasses, callithumpian band, chamber orchestra, coaction, coadjuvancy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • George Rochberg — George Rochberg, (July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey ndash; May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.LifeRochberg attended the Mannes College of Music, where his teachers included George… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Streichquartette — A Acies Quartett (Kärnten) Aeolian String Quartet (London) Alban Berg Quartett (Wien) Allegri String Quartet (London) Amadeus Quartett (London) Amar Quartett (Zürich) Amati Quartett (Zürich) Arcanto Quartett (Berlin) Arditti String Quartet… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste von Streichquartett-Ensembles — Die Liste von Streichquartett Ensembles führt bestehende und ehemalige Streichquartett Ensembles auf. Die Liste ist nicht vollständig. Gründe für die Aufnahme in die Liste können sein: eine besondere historische Tradition, vom Ensemble… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • George Rochberg — (Paterson, New Jersey, 5 de julio de 1918 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 29 de mayo de 2005), fue un compositor estadounidense de música clásica contemporánea. Contenido 1 Biografía 2 Música 3 Catálogo de obras …   Wikipedia Español

  • Vox Records — is a budget classical record label founded by George Mendelssohn, a distant descendant of the composer Felix Mendelssohn, in 1945. [Vox website] HistoryThe company began with 78 rpm discs and continued into the LP era in the 1950s, specializing… …   Wikipedia

  • Ellsworth Milburn — (* 1938 in Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania; † 3. Mai 2007) war ein US amerikanischer Komponist, Musikpädagoge und Pianist. Milborn begann als Kind Klavier zu spielen und trat während seiner Studienzeit an der University of California, Los Angeles als …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Charles Ives — For the New Zealand international football (soccer) player, see Charles Ives (footballer). Charles Ives This photo from around 1913 shows Ives in his day job. He was the director of a successful insurance agency. Background information …   Wikipedia

  • Tone cluster — Example of piano tone clusters. The clusters in the upper staff C♯ D♯ F♯ G♯ are four successive black keys …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”