Arianna String Quartet

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Music and movies go together so seamlessly, that we sometimes can’t tell which medium is leading the drama and expression; is it the sound or the imagery? In an evening dedicated to three composers whose work has influenced and appeared in movies, the ASQ invites you on a journey of spectacular music conjuring story, characters, and mood.  Heard as part of the sizzling soundtrack to 1988’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”, Janacek’s Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” depicts a story of one man’s love, passion, and obsessive devotion to the woman of his dreams.  Next, American composer Caroline Shaw’s distinctive sound has taken the musical world by storm, both on stage and in film offering a unique blend of complexity and hope through the colorful imagery that her music evokes.   Erich Korngold’s luscious musical scores for movies from the 1930’s and 1940’s were some of the first to bring true compositional genius into partnership with cinema.  To close their 2024-25 St. Louis season, the ASQ welcomes celebrated pianist Judith Gordon back to the series for a performance of Korngold’s seldom heard Piano Quintet, Op.15, a sensational work that promises to take you on a journey guided by your own imagination!

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A “Visionary” is someone whose raw talent, inspired brilliance, and creative fortitude combine to create a new vision for what might be possible. The ASQ celebrates three of these special musical creators in tonight’s performance. The program opens with Beethoven’s Quartet in F Major, the first work in his revolutionary set of Opus 18 quartets that balances elegance, lyricism, wit and power.  Beethoven sent a thunderbolt through classical music in 1801, and the aftershocks are still being felt.  John Corigliano’s poignant “Snapshot: Circa 1909” captures a momentary image in sound, a musical reflection of a photograph of his father and uncle, giving us the opportunity to contemplate our own past, present and future in a new way.  In closing, the ASQ is thrilled to join forces for the first time with virtuoso pianist Nina Ferrigno for a performance of Amy Beach’s marvelous Piano Quintet, Op.67, a tour de force work by one of America’s greatest composers and trailblazers of the early 20th century.