Brooklyn Rider, a talented string quartet well known for its creative programming and efforts to bring music to audiences in new ways, will perform Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. Memorial Chapel.
During their upcoming Chamber Concert Series appearance, violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, and violist Nicholas Cords and cellist Eric Jacobsen, will present quartets by Debussy and Philip Glass. They will also play a new work by Colin Jacobsen.
Brooklyn Rider members are devoted to both the interpretation of existing quartet literature and to extending the borders of conventional quartet programming through the creation of new pieces. They have worked with composers such as Chen Yi, Osvaldo Golijov and Dimitry Yanov-Yanovsky, while simultaneously engaging in innovative collaborations with contemporaries in various artistic areas. Some examples include programs with Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man, Syrian/Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad and traditional and technology-based Japanese shakuhachi player Kojiro Umezaki.
The group is a longstanding participant in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, which is dedicated to exploring the cultural intersections of the peoples along this ancient trade route.
Brooklyn Rider’s performance is free to members of the Union community. General admission tickets cost $20, though area students may attend for $8. For additional information on this or other Chamber Series concerts, click here.