Jupiter Quartet Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society in Folk Encounters
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The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society in Folk Encounters
Performing Music by Su Lian Tan,
Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák
Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:15pm
Trinity Baptist Church | 319 E. Mulberry Avenue | San Antonio, TX
Tickets and Information at: www.sacms.org/concert-4/
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” – The New Yorker
San Antonio, TX – The Jupiter String Quartet –– the internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition, who are known for their “compelling” performances (BBC Music Magazine) –– will be presented in concert by San Antonio Chamber Music Society at Trinity Baptist Church (319 E. Mulberry Avenue) on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:15pm.
The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program of works that spans more than a century and highlights a range of musical styles, including excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis (1995), Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B. 193, and Su Lian Tan’s “Life in Wayang” (2002).
The first half of this globally-inspired program pairs Su Lian Tan’s evocation of traditional South Asian puppet theater with Wynton Marsalis’ exploration of the complicated American Creole experience through the lens of a New Orleans ball. The program finishes with folk-inspired chamber music by Dvořák. Dvořák’s exuberant and expansive A-flat Major quartet reflects the composer’s delight in finding kinship between the folk music of America and his beloved homeland of Czechoslovakia
The Jupiter Quartet says of performing this historically diverse program:
“We are looking forward very much to performing this challenging and vibrant program for the audience in San Antonio. These three works really show the range of what a string quartet can do, from the wild frenzy of Marsalis’s “Hellbound Highball” and the clanging gamelan-like tones throughout Tan’s work, to the beautiful romanticism of Dvorak’s late quartets.”
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together for 23 years. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign who are described by The New Yorker as having “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society for a performance at Trinity Baptist Church, (319 E. Mulberry Avenue). The ensemble will perform a stylistically diverse, collaborative program that includes excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, and Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang. and Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B. 193 (1895).
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as having an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society for a performance featuring the music of Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan, and Antonin Dvořák.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society
What: Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák.
When: Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:15pm
Where: Trinity Baptist Church, 319 E. Mulberry Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78212
Tickets and information: www.sacms.org/concert-4/