Pacifica Quartet & Karen Slack | James Lee III: A Double Standard
The Pacifica Quartet and soprano Karen Slack are offering a new song cycle by James Lee III commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Detroit, and the Shriver Hall Concert Series. “A Double Standard” is based on the poem of the same name by the prolific Baltimore poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, who was a free black woman from Baltimore in the 19th century.
Pacifica Quartet | James Lee III New Work for Children’s Choir and String Quartet
The Pacifica Quartet teams up with James Lee III on a new 10-minute work for children’s choir and string quartet. James is going to be centering the work around the theme of hunger and food insecurity with text coming from a poem called “Pitch In” by Sylvia Dianne Beverly.
Pacifica Quartet | The American Anniversary Collection
In 2026, America celebrates its semiquincentennial (250th) anniversary, an important historic milestone that provides a unique opportunity to explore different facets of the American experience while highlighting America’s significant domestic and international achievements, remember the grief caused by national tragedy and injustice, and inspire its citizens to look ahead to create “a more perfect Union” for future generations.
Pacifica Quartet | The Korngold Collection
The Korngold Collection is a concert and recording project celebrating the Pacifica Quartet's 30th anniversary (1994-2024). This offering presents the complete string quartets of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, taking listeners on a unique musical journey through his development as a composer, from his earliest years in Vienna as a burgeoning teenage prodigy to his assured and mature style in Hollywood as a distinguished film composer.
Pacifica Quartet & Sharon Isbin | Songs and Dances “From the New World”
After first teaming up at the Aspen Music Festival, the Pacifica Quartet and iconic guitarist Sharon Isbin – who has been called “one of the best guitarists in the world” (Boston Globe) – have been thrilling audiences ever since. Following their success on the road, these Grammy Award-winning artists recorded the Souvenirs of Italy for Cedille Records in 2019, featuring works by Turina, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, and Boccherini.