PROGRAM

FOUR QUARTETS
Featuring Awadagin Pratt, piano

Friday, November 17, 2023 at 8pm | Jordan Hall

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1, arr. Jesse Irons for A Far Cry (10’)
I. Allegro con brio

ALVIN SINGLETON (b. 1940)
Time Past, Time Future (13’)

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 arr. Annie Rabbat for A Far Cry (10’)
II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

JESSIE MONTGOMERY (b. 1981)
Rounds (15’)

INTERMISSION

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, arr. A Far Cry (6’) IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro

PAOLA PRESTINI (b. 1975)
Code (Version for Piano and Strings) arr. Prestini (20’)

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, arr. A Far Cry (17’) III. “Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart”. Molto adagio - Andante

A Far Cry’s Jordan Hall Series is generously supported by grants from The Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.