/concert/ Shimmering Substance
Schedule
Wed Oct 30 2024 at 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Bohemian National Hall | Manhattan, NY
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Cremona Quartet presents Schumann Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 and Ravel String Quartet in F major, M.35. Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson.If one views music as painting in tones, then its canvas is time. The form of music is never present in a single moment: we have to infer it from what we’ve already heard. Sometimes the form we hear seems static, like the structure of a building or a Mondrian abstract painting. At other times it’s like hearing a story told in sounds, always adding up to more than the sum of its parts. Robert Schumann, the image of wild, eccentric, volatile German Romanticism and Maurice Ravel, the epitome of elegant Gallic containment and fine manners, seem to embody opposite extremes here. Schumann’s Op. 41 No. 1 is so wildly lateral it can feel like two very different quartets have somehow become entangled together. Ravel’s Quartet, despite presenting an image of ordered, balanced perfection, is haunted by ghostly voices that whisper of something else – something more enigmatic.
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This event is organized by the Aspect Chamber Music Series.
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Where is it happening?
Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd St,New York,NY,United States, ManhattanEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
