CHAMBER MUSIC: THE CATALYST QUARTET

Sun‌day, Janu‌ary 2‌9 at 2:‌00 P‌M
New World Center

Celebrated by The New York Times as “invariably energetic and finely burnished,” the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet is building unity through music. Don’t miss the quartet’s NWS debut as they join Fellows forMax Bruch’s Octet, the composer’s final work.

Program
Tillis: Mvt. II (Wade in the Water) from Spiritual Fantasy
R. Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Sierra: Concierto de Cámara
Sheng: Hot Pepper
Bruch: String Octet

Featuring NWS alumna Karla Donehew Perez, the Quartet joins Fellows for an intimate afternoon of chamber music. Frederick Tillis penned his Spiritual FantasyNo. 12 to pay “tribute to the essence of the musical expressions of pathos and triumph over worldly obstacles.” Lush melodies saturate Richard Strauss’ and Max Bruch’s romantic works for strings, while Roberto Sierra mashes two popular genres—string quartet and wind quintet—into one. Marimba and violin are fiery partners in Hot Pepper, Bright Sheng’s ode to China’s Sichuan province.