Isidore String Quartet
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, No. 4, Hob. III: 78 ("The Sunrise")
Billy Childs: String Quartet No. 4
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44
In Haydn's music, the sun rises: The audience of classic.Esterhazy enjoys it anew every time. In the case of his String Quartet op. 76/4, the upward gesture of the first violin has even literally led to the nickname "The Sunrise." The star of the Isidore String Quartet is also on the rise: Founded in 2019 in New York at the Juilliard School and named after Isidore Cohen, the great American chamber musician and member of the Juilliard String Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio, this multiple award-winning ensemble has made it their mission to approach the well-known repertoire as if it were new and the new as if it were long established. It is fitting that jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs has now written a new work specifically for the Isidore String Quartet, his already fourth string quartet. Together with the young Italian pianist Martina Consonni, a master student of Sir András Schiff, the four also interpret Schumann's Piano Quintet op. 44: the sound document of a happy time, "full of strength and freshness," as Schumann's wife Clara raved, "extremely brilliant and effective."
- Adrian Steele, Violin
- Phoenix Avalon, Violin
- Devin Moore, Viola
- Joshua McClendon, Cello
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, No. 4, Hob. III: 78 ("The Sunrise")
Billy Childs: String Quartet No. 4
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44
In Haydn's music, the sun rises: The audience of classic.Esterhazy enjoys it anew every time. In the case of his String Quartet op. 76/4, the upward gesture of the first violin has even literally led to the nickname "The Sunrise." The star of the Isidore String Quartet is also on the rise: Founded in 2019 in New York at the Juilliard School and named after Isidore Cohen, the great American chamber musician and member of the Juilliard String Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio, this multiple award-winning ensemble has made it their mission to approach the well-known repertoire as if it were new and the new as if it were long established. It is fitting that jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs has now written a new work specifically for the Isidore String Quartet, his already fourth string quartet. Together with the young Italian pianist Martina Consonni, a master student of Sir András Schiff, the four also interpret Schumann's Piano Quintet op. 44: the sound document of a happy time, "full of strength and freshness," as Schumann's wife Clara raved, "extremely brilliant and effective."