JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto (violin) ∙ Austin Wulliman (violin) ∙ John Pickford Richards (viola) ∙ Jay Campbell (cello)
“One of the most eye-opening and exhilarating concerts I’ve heard all season.” —The New York Times
Through intimate relationships with today’s most creative voices, JACK embraces close collaboration with the composers they perform, leading to a radical embodiment of the technical, musical, and emotional aspects of their work.
The quartet has worked with artists such as Julia Wolfe, George Lewis, Helmut Lachenmann, and Caroline Shaw, with upcoming and recent premieres including works by John Luther Adams, Catherine Lamb, Liza Lim, Tyshawn Sorey, Wadada Leo Smith, Amy Williams, and John Zorn.
Special Projects
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Chamber Music
Sample Program
Morton Feldman
Structures
Caleb Burhans
Contritus
Philip Glass
Quartet No. 5
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Caroline Shaw
Entr’acte
John Zorn
Remedy of Fortune
Correspondences:
Boulez at 100
Pierre Boulez
Selections from Livre pour cordes
John Cage
String Quartet in Four Parts
Anthony Cheung
New Work (commissioned by JACK Quartet)
Modern/Medieval
The neglected, though not forgotten, rites of the Medieval musical arts illuminate the musical manuscript anew as JACK explores the connections of musicality and thought between European composers of the past and the voices of American music today.
Programs are constructed from the following repertoire
Medieval works
Austin Wulliman
Hoquetus David on Guillaume de Machaut
Christopher Otto
Miserere (after Nathaniel Giles)
Christopher Otto
Angelorum Psalat (after Rodericus)
Nicola Vicentino (arr. Christopher Otto)
Madonna, il poco dolce
Nicola Vicentino (arr. Christopher Otto)
Musica Prisca Caput
With Shai Wosner, piano
Henry Purcell
Fantasy Upon One Note (piano quintet)
Ruth Crawford Seeger
String Quartet 1931
Wolfgang Rihm
Interscriptum
Christopher Otto
Miserere, after Nathaniel Giles
Amy Williams
Cineshape 2
George Benjamin
Relativity Rag
Thomas Adés
Piano Quintet
John Luther Adams Portrait
John Luther Adams
untouched
The Wind in High Places
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Lines Made by Walking
20th Century masterpieces
Elliott Carter
String Quartet No. 1
George Crumb
Black Angels
Morton Feldman
Structures
Ruth Crawford Seeger
String Quartet 1931
Music of today
Amy Williams
New Work (2024)
Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
Cenk Ergün
Sonare
Gabriella Smith
Carrot Revolution
John Zorn
The Remedy of Fortune
Johnny Macmillan
Songs From the Seventh Floor
Juri Seo
New Work (2024)
Vicente Atria
New Work (2024)
Concerts from Library of Congress Presents
JACK Quartet with Conrad Tao, piano
Rodericus: Angelorum Psalat (arranged by Christopher Otto)
Elliott Carter: Duo for Violin and Piano with Conrad Tao
Tyshawn Sorey: Everything Changes, Nothing Changes
Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet
Tyshawn Sorey: For Conrad Tao
Elliott Carter: String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 1 by Catherine Lamb
Presented by the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program in collaboration with the Center for New Music. Live-streamed on December 2, 2020 from Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Hall in New York City.
Concerto Grosso
by Allan Gravgaard Madsen
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft, conductor