American Journey with the Cassatt Quartet

(Past) Thu, Feb 25 at 7:30 pm Leonard Nimoy Thalia $25; Day of Show $30; Members $20

Muneko Otani, violin
Jennifer Leshnower, violin
Michiko Oshima, viola
Nicole Johnson, cello

The ever-adventurous Cassatt Quartet offers Pulitzer prize-winner Steve Reich's groundbreaking work, Different Trains (1988), which, using recorded interviews with Reich's governess, a Pullman porter and Holocaust survivors, juxtaposes memories of Reich's cross-country train trips as a child with those of Jews traversing Europe during WWII. The program will also feature two world premieres: John Duffy's We Want Mark Twain, with guest narrator Isaiah Sheffer; and Andy Teirstein's Restless Nation, inspired by a year traveling the country in a camper, living in the national parks.

This event is a part of Composers Now, a festival celebrating the music of our time at venues throughout the city Feb 22–28. ComposersNow.org

Cassatt Quartet: Quiet Time 1. Antiphon (From Sebastian Currier: Quarterset/Quiet Time)

The Smith Quartet performs Steve Reich's Different Trains "America - Before the war"

Andy Teirstein's "Limberjack"