Hey, Kronos and Arditti, there’s a new kid on the block. JACK was recently described as ‘our leading new-music foursome’ by a New York Times critic. Like the aforementioned quartets, with whom JACK members apprenticed, the ensemble takes on the role of advocates for classical music today. With ‘The Wind in High Places’ by John Luther Adams, the quartet turns into a large aeolian harp, in which an ethereal play of natural harmonics and open strings emerges. Clara Iannotta’s ‘Dead Wasps’ has a similar atmospheric approach, although the textures cut more into the skin than the gentle breeze that preceded it. All expressive registers are ultimately opened in Wolfgang’s Rihm’s famous 3rd String Quartet, mildly seasoned with a few nostalgic glances towards the music of Gustav Mahler.
Christopher Otto viool
Austin Wulliman viool
John Pickford Richards altviool
Jay Campbell, cello
Rodericus (14e eeuw)
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Angelorum Psalat
J. L. Adams (1953)
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The Wind in High Places
C. Iannotta (1983)
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Dead wasps in the jam-jar (iii)
W. Rihm (1952)
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Strijkkwartet nr. 3