• Info

  Classical Music - deconstructed.

  Remember playing with your first instrument-like toy? That sense of discovery is exactly what Friction brings to this concert. This unforgettable concert reimagines classical music through play, curiosity, and sound itself. Nicole Lizée's Another Living Soul  -"stop motion in string quartet form" - unleashes a sandbox of textures and zany invention. Mauricio Kagel's String Quartet No. 1 strips the ensemble to its barest bones, daring your imagination to fill the space. Paul Novak's Impossible Inventions answers with a virtuosic, wildly imaginative journey through every color a string quartet can conjure.

  Tying it all together: Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 2, a serious masterpiece with a joyfully playful heart hiding inside.

  - Curated by Kevin Rogers

• Program

  Program

  Nicole Lizée - Another Living Soul

  Mauricio Kagel - String Quartet No. 1

  Paul Novak - impossible inventions for string quartet (2024) 
  ‍ i. faster – than – light – machine
  ii. quantum – clockwork
  iii. anti – gravity – machine
  iv. cyborg – falling – in – love

  Pyotr Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22

  I. Adagio - Moderato assai

  II. Scherzo. Allegro giusto

  III. Andante ma non tanto

  IV. Finale. Allegro con moto.

• Performers

  Friction Quartet

  Otis Harriel, violin

  Kevin Rogers, violin

  Mitso Floor, viola

  Doug Machiz, cello