Friction Presents: Inspiration - April 19th

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April 19th @ 4:00pm

Berkeley Piano Club, Berkeley

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  Every great piece has a spark; what inspires it?

  This concert traces the hidden threads between sound and inspiration, from medieval poetry to pandemic resilience, beams of light in the dark, and a Russian novel’s fiery drama. Loren Loiacono’s Besides reimagines the lone surviving song of a 12th-century female troubadour, while Isaac Schankler’s Unveiling (written for Friction Quartet) captures the collective tension and tenderness of lockdown. Juhi Bansal’s Cathedrals of Light transforms shimmering imagery into sound, and Janáček’s quartet no. 1“Kreutzer Sonata” channels Tolstoy’s tragic tale—itself inspired by Beethoven’s violin sonata.

  - Curated by Otis Harriel

• Program

  Juhi Bansal - Cathedrals of Light

  Loren Loiacono - Besides

  I. Nocturne

          II. Scherzo

  III. “A Chantar M’er”

  Isaac Schankler - Unveiling

  i. ideation

          ii. agitation

  iii. congregation

  iv. capitulation

  Leoš Janáček' - String Quartet no. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”

  I. Adagio - Con moto

  II. Con moto

  III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante

  IV. Con moto - (Adagio) - Più mosso

• Performers

  Friction Quartet

  Otis Harriel, violin

  Kevin Rogers, violin

  Mitso Floor, viola

  Doug Machiz, cello