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Giant Tiny Steps

  • Berkeley Piano Club 2724 Haste Street Berkeley, CA, 94704 United States (map)
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  • A vibrant snapshot of today’s string quartet - fresh, bold, and boundary-defying.

    A program of works all written in the last decade, each offering a distinct lens on modern composition. Longtime collaborator Sam Adams’ String Quartet No. 3 (US Premeire) glows with minimalist ferocity and serenity. Taylor Rankin’s electroacoustic pieces, originally recorded by Friction for his film Snow Leopard, blur the lines between acoustic and electronic soundscapes. Juri Seo’s Just Intonation Etudes unfold hidden harmonies waiting to be heard, and bassoonist Jamael Smith joins for a world premiere arrangement of Marcelo Nisinman’s Rui’s Tango - tango like you’ve never experienced before.

    - Curated by Doug Machiz

  • Juri Seo - Just Intonation Etudes

    I. 3-Limit - Pythagoras’ Lament

    II. 5-Limit - Sarabande in Giant Tiny Steps

    III. 7-Limit - The Well-Tuned Blues

    IV. 11-Limit - An End to Suffering

    V. 13-Limit - Gigue in 13

    VI. 17-Limit - 17 Farewells (Epilogue)

    Marcelo Nisinman - Rui’s Tango for string quartet and bassoon (world premiere arrangement)

    Jamael Smith, Bassoon

    Taylor Joshua Rankin - Selections from Sun, Will Grow

    I. The snow leopard

    II. Face of another

    Samuel Adams - String Quartet No. 3

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    II.

    III.

    IV.

  • Friction Quartet

    Otis Harriel, violin

    Kevin Rogers, violin

    Mitso Floor, viola

    Doug Machiz, cello

    Jamael Smith, Basoon

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