Friction Presents: Collections

Name: Friction Presents: Collections
Start: 2024-12-13T19:30:00-08:00
Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto

Schedule

Fri Dec 13 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto | Palo Alto, CA

Form follows function, or function follows form?
Curated by Doug Machiz, Friction Quartet presents three colorful, creative and monumental collections that defy classification. John Adams’Book of Alleged Dances bursts with zany grooves and shocking virtuosity. Clarice Assad’s Canções da America shimmers and hypnotizes as it tactfully weaves South American folk music with traditional string quartet writing. Piers Hellawell’s Family Group with Aliens (a Friction commission) is a mind blowing set of nested pieces - like a Russian Doll, each successive movement is a miniaturized version of the main movement.
You may want to come to both performances as the order and form of the movements is left up to us; it will be unique each time!

Program:
John Adams - John's Book of Alleged Dances
Judah to Ocean
Toot Nipple
Dogjam
Pavane: She's So Fine
Rag the Bone
Habanera
Stubble Crotchet
Hammer & Chisel
Alligator Escalator
Ständchen: The Little Serenade

Clarice Assad - Canções da America
I. Dança
II. Choro-Canção
III. Tango
IV. Intermezzo
V. Melodia Andina
VI. Purahéi

Piers Hellawell - Family Group with Aliens
Short
Medium
Long
Reflectaphor a
Reflectaphor b
Reflectaphor c

Performers:
Friction Quartet
Otis Harriel, violin
Kevin Rogers, violin
Mitso Floor, viola
Doug Machiz, cello