Momenta Festival IX: Concert 3

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Momenta Quartet (Emilie-Anne Gendron, Alex Shiozaki, Stephanie Griffin, and Michael Haas) is back on our Americas Society stage for two of the four concerts that make up this year's Momenta Festival, with this third concert on October 22 and the fourth on October 24. Visit Momenta's website for info about the festival's first and second concerts on October 18 and 20.

This year, the festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of iconic composer Charles Ives and the quartet's 20th anniversary. This third concert is curated by violinist Alex Shiozaki with guest artist Nana Shi on piano. 

Program

• Julián Carrillo (1875-1965): String Quartet #8
  • Poco mosso
  • Lentamente
  • Scherzo, allegretto
  • Final, allegro
• Charles Ives (1874-1954): Piano Trio (1911) 
  • Moderato 
  • TSIAJ ("This scherzo is a joke") 
  • Presto Moderato con moto

Intermission 

• Florence Price (1887-1953): Piano Quintet in A minor (1935)
  • Allegro non troppo – Più mosso – Allegro – Andante – Adagio – Presto
  • Andante con moto – Meno mosso – [Tempo I] – Coda
  • Juba. Allegro – Più mosso
  • Scherzo. Allegro – Coda

Momenta Quartet
Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki, violins 
Stephanie Griffin, viola 
Michael Haas, cello 

with Nana Shi, piano