Robert Blocker, Dean
ysm ensembles
Argus Quartet
February 12, 2017 • Sunday at 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall
YSM Ensembles
Argus Quartet jason issokson, violin • clara kim, violin dana kelley, viola • joann whang, cello
Christopher Cerrone b. 1984
How to Breathe Underwater (2011) for string quartet and electronics
Augusta Read Thomas b. 1964
Sun Threads (1999–2002) II. Invocations IV. Rise Chanting
Jacob Cooper b. 1980
Bad black bottom kind (2011) for amplified and processed string quartet intermission
Robert Schumann 1756–1791
String Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3 I. Andante espressivo — Allegro molto moderato II. Assai agitato III. Adagio molto IV. Finale: Allegro molto vivace
As a courtesy to the performers and audience, silence electronic devices. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.
Artist Profile
The Argus Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 and is receiving invitations from concert series throughout the United States and abroad. Recent performances include appearances at Carnegie Hall, Laguna Beach Live!, the Hear Now Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, the Birdfoot Festival, and the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam. This season also includes performances with the Brentano String Quartet and clarinetist David Shifrin at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Oneppo Chamber Series at the Yale School of Music, and Carnegie Hall. The Argus Quartet will serve as the Ernst Stiefel Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts during the 2016–17 season. Argus is dedicated to reinvigorating the audience-performer relationship through innovative concerts and diverse repertoire — connecting with and building up a community of engaged listeners is at the core of the quartet’s mission. The quartet also believes that today’s ensembles can honor the storied chamber music traditions of our past while forging a new path forward. In that spirit, their repertoire includes not just staples of the chamber music canon but also a large number of pieces by living composers. Through Chamber Music America and the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, the Argus Quartet has commissioned a number of new works including quartets by Donald Crockett, composer and Grammy Award nominee Eric Guinivan, and the 2014 Hermitage Prize winner, Thomas Kotcheff. Argus served as the quartet-inresidence at New Music on the Point under the guidance of the JACK Quartet,
and was also selected as one of three ensembles to perform works from Kronos Quartet’s “Fifty for the Future” commissioning project at Carnegie Hall. The quartet recently began an appointment as the Yale School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence and is the first ensemble to be mentored by the Brentano String Quartet in that capacity. In addition to their teaching responsibilities at Yale, the members of the Argus Quartet have worked with students through residencies and master classes at James Madison University, Rockport Music, the Milken School, the Young Musicians Foundation, California State University Long Beach, and the Birdfoot Festival.
Upcoming Events Wai Yin Wong, piano february 13 Artist Diploma Recital Music by Liszt, Beethoven, Debussy, and Scriabin Morse Recital Hall | Monday | 7:30 pm Free Admission Imani Winds february 14 Oneppo Chamber Music Series The Imani Winds return to Yale for a performance with YSM faculty pianist Wei-Yi Yang, featuring music by flutist Valerie Coleman, Stravinsky, Poulenc, and more Morse Recital Hall | Tuesday | 7:30 pm Tickets start at $26 • Students $13 Lunchtime Chamber Music february 15 School of Music students perform a lunchtime chamber music concert Wendy Sharp, director Joseph Slifka Center | Wednesday | 12:30 pm Free Admission Hannah Lash, harp/composer february 15 Faculty Artist Series Harpist and School of Music faculty composer Hannah Lash performs new music for and with harp. Morse Recital Hall | Wednesday | 7:30 pm Free Admission
Ettore Causa, viola & Boris Berman, piano february 16 Faculty Artist Series Faculty violist Ettore Causa and faculty pianist Boris Berman perform works by Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin Morse Recital Hall | Thursday | 7:30 pm Free Admission Così fan tutte february 17-19 Yale Opera The Yale Opera presents Mozart’s ever-popular comedy Così fan tutte Shubert Theater Friday & Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday, 2 pm Tickets from $19, available online, at the Shubert Theater Box Office (247 College St.), and by calling 203-562-5666 Student tickets from $14 available at the Shubert Theater Box Office with ID Yale Brass Trio february 19 Faculty Artist Series Pianist Mihae Lee joins the Yale Brass Trio for a program that honors Robert E. Nagel Jr. with performances of Nagel’s Choral Prelude, Paul Lansky’s Pieces of Advice, Pierre Gabaye’s Récréation, and more Morse Recital Hall | Sunday | 7:30 pm Free Admission
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