The
Juilliard String Quartet Will Present The World Premiere of Ralph Shapey's
Quartet No. 10 at the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center For The Arts on
Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 8 PM
Program also to include
Mozart String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589
and Schubert Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887
On
February 27, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. at the Perelman Theater, Kimmel
Center for the Arts, the Juilliard String Quartet will present the world
premiere of a new work by Philadelphia native Ralph Shapey, whose String
Quartet No. 10 will have its world premiere at the new arts center.
Ralph
Shapey's influence in American music has been felt for over half a century.
His many honors include the first prize in the Kennedy Center Friedheim
Competition, and his election both to the American Academy of Arts and
Letters in 1989 and to the American Academy of Arts and Science in 1994.
At 81, Mr. Shapey continues to influence deeply the shape of the international
musical community. At his 80th birthday celebration, Ted Shen of the Chicago
Tribune wrote, "Shapey came from the '50s New York scene that
favored Schoenberg's later 12-tone method, yet he chose to use dissonance
to express tension, even fury, while setting up bold sound blocks that
clash their way toward resolution…[Even currently] Shapey is insisting
to us that this lion in winter hasn't lost his roar. And he even purrs
now."
This
program embodies the unique skill and passion of the Juilliard Quartet,
which, as James Oestreich of The New York Times has said, ".
. . in its more than 50 years, has made it a point of honor to approach
contemporary pieces with the same care and respect as it would established
classics, and to approach antique masterworks with the sense of excitement
and adventure it would the newly minted."
A
resident teaching and performing ensemble at the Juilliard School for
over 50 years, the Juilliard String Quartet has established, and maintains
a reputation as one of the world's greatest chamber ensembles. The Quartet,
consisting of first violinist Joel Smirnoff, second violinist Ronald Copes,
violist Samuel Rhodes, and cellist Joel Krosnick, has performed throughout
the world in recitals, at music festivals, and with major symphony orchestras
as concerto quartet-soloist. In 1961 it became the first American quartet
to visit the Soviet Union. This year it will celebrate the 40th Anniversary
of its continuing residency at the Library of Congress where it performs
on the Library's matched set of Stradivarius instruments.
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