A Far Cry with Awadagin Pratt presents: Four Quartets

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Dates:	Friday, November 17, 2023 - Friday, November 17, 2023
Hours:	8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Three new works inspired by poet T.S. Eliot’s lyrical meditations on time and humanity’s relationship to it are presented alongside four movements from Beethoven’s exquisite and profound string quartets (the very same which were said to have inspired Eliot to write his Four Quartets).

Through the Art of the Piano Foundation, acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt commissioned seven composers—including Montgomery, Singleton, and Prestini—to create works for piano and string orchestra or piano, string orchestra and vocal ensemble, based on Eliot’s Four Quartets.

Pratt, A Far Cry, and Roomful of Teeth recorded these works in Summer 2022 which will be released on the upcoming album Stillpoint, from New Amsterdam Records.

Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: I. Allegro con brio, arr. Jesse Irons

Alvin Singleton | Time Past, Time Future

Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95: III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso, arr. A Far Cry

Jessie Montgomery | Rounds

Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1: II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando, arr. Annie Rabbat

Paola Prestini | Code for String Orchestra, arr. Prestini

Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132: III. “Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart.” Molto adagio – Andante, arr. A Far Cry

COST

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$27

WEBSITE

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www.afarcry.org/all/four-quartets-concert

LOCATION

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30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA, 02115 map