Momenta Quartet. (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)
Momenta Festival IX: Concert 3
Music of the Americas hosts the third concert of this year's festival on October 22 and the fourth two days later.
Overview
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Momenta Quartet (Emilie-Anne Gendron, Alex Shiozaki, Stephanie Griffin, and Michael Haas) is back on our Americas Society stage for two of the four concerts that make up this year's Momenta Festival, with this third concert on October 22 and the fourth on October 24. Visit Momenta's website for info about the festival's first and second concerts on October 18 and 20.
This year, the festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of iconic composer Charles Ives and the quartet's 20th anniversary. This third concert is curated by violinist Alex Shiozaki with guest artist Nana Shi on piano.
Program
- Charles Ives (1874-1954): Piano Trio (1911)
- Moderato
- TSIAJ ("This scherzo is a joke")
- Presto Moderato con moto
- Florence Price (1887-1953): Piano Quintet in A minor (1935)
- Allegro non troppo – Più mosso – Allegro – Andante – Adagio – Presto
- Andante con moto – Meno mosso – [Tempo I] – Coda
- Juba. Allegro – Più mosso
- Scherzo. Allegro – Coda
- Julián Carrillo (1875-1965): String Quartet #8
- Poco mosso
- Lentamente
- Scherzo, allegretto
- Final, allegro
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The Fall 2024 Music program is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.