Piatti Quartet: Glass and Company
Soundbites
| Philip Glass | String Quartet No. 2 Company |
|---|---|
| Joseph Phibbs | String Quartet No. 4 (London premiere, a Piatti Qt & RTF commission) |
| Sophia Jani | Fall, Glow, Dissolve |
| Caroline Shaw | Valencia |
| Grace Evangeline-Mason | A Winter Carol (arrangement commissioned by Piatti Qt– world premiere) |
| Lucy Walker | There is No Rose |
| John Adams | Fellow Traveller |
| Michael Trainor | violin |
|---|---|
| Emily Holland | violin |
| Miguel Sobrinho | viola |
| Jessie Ann Richardson | cello |
Kings Place welcomes you to an hour of transportive music with its resident quartet, Piatti. Come and unwind and get a taste of classical music and all its variety in this Soundbites series, with minimalist icon Philip Glass, and fellow American star composers, Caroline Shaw and John Adams.
Originally starting out as an accompaniment for a theatre work as part of an adaption of Samuel Beckett’s novella Company, Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 2 has a feeling of a thread running through the whole work whilst encompassed within Glass’s inimitable and trademark style. After this performance, a whole host of works follow from a range of incredible living composers, either minimalist in style or with relatable characteristics to the evergreen Glass. A London premiere of Joseph Phibbs’ Quartet No. 4 (in his 50th birthday year) and world premiere arrangements of songs by composer Grace Evangeline-Mason and by ‘Classic FM’s 2024 Rising Star’ Lucy Walker follow. American celebrated composers Caroline Shaw and John Adams complete this remarkable lineup ending with Adams’ virtuosic and mind boggling Fellow Traveller.
The performance will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.