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Friday, November 8, 2024
7:30 pm

Brentano String Quartet

A Chinese Cultural Celebration

2312 San Gabriel St, Austin, TX 78705,

Experience an evening with the renowned Brentano String Quartet that promises to reconnect you with your origins and enrich your sense of home through the universal language of music.

Before the concert, all ticket holders are invited to enjoy a Chinese cultural fair with artworks from Lotus Gallery, Chinese dances, calligraphy, music, and other offerings! Food and Asian-inspired cocktails by modern Chinese restaurant Zoe Tong will be available for purchase or included with a VIP ticket. Children under the age of five are welcome to attend the event for free.

Evocations of Home:

This concert offers a rich tapestry of cultural, intellectual, emotional, and geographical perspectives on the concept of home. Highlights include a new work by Lei Liang, dedicated to his mentor, the esteemed composer Chou Wen-chung, celebrating the spiritual home created through artistic inspiration and mentorship. The program also features a movement by Chou Wen-chung, rooted in the artistic traditions of Chinese calligraphy and poetry, and an earlier piece by Lei Liang influenced by Mongolian music. Additionally, movements by Dvořák, Schubert, Bartók, and Monteverdi will be performed, each evoking a deep sense of place, identity, and heritage.

This program also draws inspiration from Ayurveda, the ancient Indian medical system, which emphasizes the harmony between one’s native state (prakriti) and current state (vikriti). Just as health is found by realigning with our original constitution, self-knowledge and the hero’s journey are deeply connected to the idea of returning home and rediscovering our origins.

Together, these works explore our sense of ancestry, both literal and metaphorical, and how it shapes our understanding and emotional landscape.

 

Event Itinerary:

Doors, cocktail lounge, and Chinese Cultural Celebration: 5:30 PM

Concert begins: 7:30 PM

Lounge and fair end: 11 PM

Dress code: Cocktail chic, with the option for elevated elegance

Program:

Antonín Dvořák Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51, II. Dumka

Franz Schubert Quartet in G Major, D887, III. Scherzo

Claudio Monteverdi “Lamento della ninfa” (arr. Lei Liang)

Lei Liang “Gobi Gloria”

Béla Bartók Quartet No. 5, III. Scherzo: alla bulgarese

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1, II. Andante cantabile

Alberto Ginastera Quartet No. 1, IV. Allegramente rustico

– intermission–

Chou Wen-chung Quartet No. 1, “Clouds”, III. Larghetto nostalgico

Lei LIang “Where is our home?”*

*Austin, TX Premiere

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