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Parker Quartet & Fleur Barron

Parker Quartet & Fleur Barron
  • Commission
  • New Work
  • Collaboration
Parker Quartet & Fleur Barron

The Parker Quartet and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron collaborate with composer Anthony Cheung on a newly commissioned 18–20 minute work for string quartet and mezzo-soprano exploring Asian-American identity and representation. The premiere program frames the commission with arrangements of Brahms and Mahler alongside John Luther Adams and Brahms's Third Quartet.

Program

  • Brahms (arr. Parker Quartet): Im Herbst from Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104
  • John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places
  • Anthony Cheung: New Work (PCMS Co-Commission)
  • Intermission
  • Mahler (arr. Cheung): Der Einsame im Herbst from Das Lied von der Erde
  • Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67