White Light Festival: Haas

By Rebecca Lentjes, 21 November 2013

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Clark Studio Theater, New York City on 19 November 2013

Haas, String Quartet no. 3 "In iij. Noct"

JACK Quartet

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****1

JACK Quartet puts Boulez in broader context

Kurt Gottschalk, 12th March

The JACK Quartet frames its recital at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side around the Pierre Boulez centennial.

*****

David Wolfson, 10th November

The JACK Quartet give an immaculate performance of a disastrously programmed concert at the 92nd St Y.

*1111

The JACK Quartet’s thing with strings could launch a revolution

Christopher Woodley, 11th May

At Wigmore Hall, the JACK Quartet's sonic mastery gives a lift to Liza Lim and threatens to start a carrot revolution.

****1

A Feldmanesque meditation by Tyshawn Sorey

Kurt Gottschalk, 16th December

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.

*****

Spirit of Delight: Iannis Xenakis celebrated at the Southbank Centre

Christopher Woodley, 8th October

The Greek composer's centenary is marked by the London Sinfonietta, Colin Currie Group and the JACK Quartet.

*****

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.

Lights out at White Light Festival: JACK Quartet plays G.F. Haas