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JACK Quartet
12+ albums
contemporary classicalinstrumentalAvant-GardeClassicalviolin
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Praised for its "powerhouse playing" by the Chicago Sun-Times and its "extraordinary precision" by the Boston Globe, the JACK Quartet has quickly established a reputation for giving high-energy performances of today's most demanding works for string quartet. The New York Times called the quartet's performance of Iannis Xenakis' complete string quartets one of the "most memorable classical music presentations of 2008," and in 2009, the quartet received an ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Kevin McFarland, the quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall (USA), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (Germany), and the Festival Internacional Chihuahua (Mexico) with future appearances at the Miller Theatre (USA), the Library of Congress (USA) and the Donaueschinger Musiktage (Germany). The commissioning and performance of new works for string quartet is integral to the JACK Quartet's mission, leading them to work closely with composers Helmut Lachenmann, György Kurtág, Matthias Pintscher, Wolfgang Rihm, Elliott Sharp, Samuel Adler, and Aaron Cassidy. Upcoming premieres include works by Caleb Burhans, Peter Ablinger, and Alan Hilario. The quartet has lead workshops with young composers at Columbia University, New York University, Northwestern University, the Univers
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3312String Quartet No. 2: Allegro nervoso
1713The Wind in High Places: Above Sunset Pass
1574Dream of the Canyon Wren
1435The Wind in High Places: Maclaren Summit
1306The Wind in High Places: Looking Toward Hope
1167String Quartet in Four Parts: Slowly Rocking
1128String Quartet No. 2: Sostenuto, molto calmo
1129Dead Wasps in the Jam-Jar (iii)
10810String Quartet No. 2: Come un meccanismo di precisione
105albums
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Ligeti, Pintscher, Cage & Xenakis (Wigmore Hall Live)
JACK Quartet: Ligeti / Pintscher / Cage / Xenakis - Wigmore Hall Live
Xenakis: Complete String Quartets
The Wind in High Places
John Luther Adams: Lines Made by Walking
Clara Iannotta: Earthing
Ligeti / Pintscher / Cage / Xenakis
Bracing Change
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Kevin Keller: Pure Expressionism - Music for Modern Dance Vol. II
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John Luther Adams: Waves & Particles
John Luther Adams: Everything That Rises
Kevin Keller: Riding the Purple Twilight