THE JACK QUARTET
Friday, March 16 • 7:30 p.m. • Fletcher Recital Hall • General admission seating
A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall, School of Music, ECU Campus
The JACK QUARTET electrifies audiences worldwide with “explosive virtuosity” (Boston Globe) and “viscerally exciting performances” (New York Times). David Patrick Stevens (The Philadelphia Inquirer) proclaimed their performance as being “among the most stimulating new-music concerts of my experience,” and NPR listed their performance as one of “The Best New York Alt-Classical Concerts of 2010.” The Washington Post commented, “The string quartet may be a 250-year-old contraption, but young, brilliant groups like the JACK Quartet are keeping it thrillingly vital.” Alex Ross (New Yorker) hailed their performance of Iannis Xenakis’ complete string quartets as being “exceptional” and “beautifully harsh” and Mark Swed (Los Angeles Times) called their sold-out performance “mind-blowingly good.” The quartet’s recording of Xenakis’ complete string quartets appeared on “Best Of” lists from the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, New Yorker, NPR, and as “one of 2009’s most impressive recordings” from Time Out New York.
This performance is cosponsored by the NewMusic@ECU Festival and generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. The program, subject to change, is slated to include Julia Wolfe’s
Dig Deep, Iannis Xenakis’
Tetras, selections from Bach’s
The Art of the Fugue arranged in just intonation, and the North Carolina premiere of a new work by Jason Eckardt, commissioned for the quartet by Chamber Music America. General admission seating in A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall. A post-performance reception will be offered so that you may meet the artists.
