BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Music Center (BMC) welcomes the Portland String Quartet for the first time Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m.
The program, titled “Point of Departure,” explores “moments when composers stepped beyond the familiar to chart new artistic territory,” explained organizers in a news release. Each performed piece “reflects a turning point — a departure from the expected — inviting listeners to experience the spirit of creative risk and reinvention.”
On the program will be Anton Webern’s “Langsamer Satz,” which is in a “lyrical, late-Romantic voice rarely associated with this composer’s later atonal work,” said organizers. Ken Benshoof’s “sweeter than wine” blends classical form with American folk and jazz, creating music that “feels both intimate and fresh.” Eleanor Alberga’s String Quartet No. 2 “bursts with rhythmic drive and bold contrasts, drawing on African-Caribbean roots.” Finally, Sergei Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F major, written during wartime exile, “transforms folk melodies into something strikingly original.”
The Portland String Quartet includes Callie Brennan, Sophia Szokolay, violins; Brianna Fischler, viola; and Kelly Knox, cello.
Tickets are $20 general admission in advance, $25 at the door. They are available from bmcvt.org, 802-257-4523, and info@bmcvt.org.
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