Calder Quartet
Intimate Letters
Benjamin Jacobson, violin
Andrew Bulbrook, violin
Jonathan Moerschel, viola
Eric Byers, cello
Inspired by innovative American visual artist Alexander Calder, the Calder Quartet challenges the conventions of chamber music. Their insightful pairings of the traditional and the contemporary are designed to foster a broad understanding of chamber music. Janá ek’s Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”) is an expression of the composer’s impassioned correspondence with his own “immortal beloved,” a young married woman named Kamila. Its phrases have a spoken quality, rendering Janá ek’s inner obsessions in unsparing, vivid detail. The program also will feature Stravinsky’s “Three Pieces” and Schubert’s Quartet in G Major.
Estimated Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes, including an intermissionNOTE: There will be an informal Talk Back with the artists following the performance.
Free Shows: Unless otherwise noted, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Priced Shows: For tickets please call 301-405-ARTS or click here to order online. (Web sales end two hours prior to a performance.)
