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JACK slows time at Time:Spans with works by Eric Wubbels and Catherine Lamb

JACK Quartet
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JACK Quartet at Time:Spans
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By Kurt Gottschalk, 28 August 2022
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“it was that JACK-ness that carried the premiere of Eric Wubbels’s phrēn”
Reviewed at DiMenna Center for Classical Music: Mary Flagler Cary Hall, New York City on 25 August 2022
Programme
Wubbels, phrēn (World premiere)
Lamb, String Quartet "Two blooms"
Performers
JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto, Violin
Austin Wulliman, Violin
John Pickford Richards, Viola
Jay Campbell, Cello
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The JACK Quartet give an immaculate performance of a disastrously programmed concert at the 92nd St Y. 

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It was like a quiet day in a sunny room. The air was still, shadows and colors changed as the sun moved across the sky, but nothing inside the room ever actually moved.
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Kurt Gottschalk
Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.