• Info

  "If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing"

  We can all do it and we all love it, so join us in celebrating songs and dances from around the world. In this program curated by Mitso Floor, Friction Quartet presents a joyous and diverse selection of songs, from beautiful and delightful songs written by Carlos Paredes, Antonín Dvořák, and Kenji Bunch to whirlwind dances written by Astor Piazzolla and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.

  Also included are two pop songs you might be familiar with that show off the arranging skills of Friction's own Mitso Floor and Doug Machiz.

• Program

  Carlos Paredes arr. Osvaldo Golijov - Canção Verdes Anos

  Antonín Dvořák - Cypresses

          I. Moderato

          II. Allegro ma non troppo

          VI. Andante moderato

          VII. Andante con moto

          XI. Allegro scherzando

          XII. Allegro animato

  Weezer arr. Doug Machiz - Say it Ain't So

  Queen arr. Mitso Floor - Killer Queen

  Kenji Bunch - Apocryphal Dances

  Astor Piazzolla - Four for Tango

  Franghiz Ali-Zadeh - Rəqs

• Performers

  Friction Quartet

  Otis Harriel, violin

  Kevin Rogers, violin

  Mitso Floor, viola

  Doug Machiz, cello