Winners of the 2024 Concert Artists Guild Competition and one of the most exciting young ensembles on the national scene, the Poeisis Quartet brings their radiant energy and “extraordinary, honeyed group sound” (Cleveland Classical) to Noe Music in their San Francisco debut. This captivating program traverses bold sonic landscapes—from Brian Raphael Nabors’ rhythmically charged celebration of vitality to the lyrical depths of a brand-new commission by Kevin Lau. After intermission, Sky Macklay’s Many Many Cadences turns classical tradition on its head with wit and invention, before the journey concludes with Prokofiev’s Second String Quartet, a vibrant wartime work steeped in the folk melodies of the Caucasus.
Presented in collaboration with the Emerging String Quartet Program at Stanford University.