The second in a series of three concerts featuring the two-time Grammy(R) Award-winning Attacca Quartet, a true quartet for modern times. Gliding through traditional classical repertoire to electronica, video game music, and a who's who of contemporary collaborations, they are one of the world's most innovative and respected ensembles.
The Quartet pairs up with highly acclaimed multi-Grammy(R) nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann for this performance.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang has combined and reimagined three texts by iconic Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Rashomon) in note to a friend. Originally commissioned as a one-person opera by the Japan Society in New York and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan center in Japan, this haunting monodrama addresses eternal human fascinations with death, love, family, and suicide.
Program
DAVID LANG: note to a friend (West Coast Premiere)
$65/55/45.