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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
Registration for this concert is now closed but walk-ins are welcome as seats are still available!
Americas Society members will get to sit early in reserved seating for this event.
Contact membership@as-coa.org with any questions.
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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
- Julián Carrillo (1875-1965): String Quartet #8
- Poco mosso
- Lentamente
- Scherzo, allegretto
- Final, allegro
- Charles Ives (1874-1954): Piano Trio (1911)
- Moderato
- TSIAJ ("This scherzo is a joke")
- Presto Moderato con moto
Intermission
- 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
Momenta Quartet
Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki, violins
Stephanie Griffin, viola
Michael Haas, cello
with Nana Shi, piano
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The 2024-2025 series is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and Mid Atlantic Arts.