Streaming events on June 21 - 26!

Virtual Momenta Festival and Brahms G Minor Piano Quartet:
June 21-25 and Saturday, June 26

The official first day of summer is almost here - and you can celebrate it indoors in front of a computer screen with the Momenta Quartet! Four video concerts and a live Zoom chat with Momenta and the composers: June 21 - 25 at 7pm EDT each night. The live Zoom chat is on Wednesday, June 23, if you would like to interact with us in real time.

Please help us ring in the Summer Solstice with our Virtual Momenta Festival:
Virtual Momenta Festival
co-produced by Americas Society

EVERY NIGHT AT 7PM:

From Monday, June 21 through Friday, June 25

FREE ADMISSION

Broadcast links will be shared on this event page right before each show:
https://www.as-coa.org/events/music-americas-momenta-festival-june-21-25

Monday, June 21, 7 pm EDT: "Forward to the Past,” curated by Alex Shiozaki

• Pablo Furman (b. 1955): Sureña: Memorias Australes, for violin and electronics (2005)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (1826)

Tuesday, June 22, 7 pm EDT: “Secret Desires,” curated by Stephanie Griffin

• Alvin Singleton (b. 1941): Secret Desire to be Black (1988) for string quartet
• Alba Potes (b. 1954): Apacible for solo viola (2004)
• Julián Carrillo (1875–1965): String Quartet no. 6 (1937)

​Wednesday, June 23, 7 pm EDT: 
A conversation with Momenta Quartet and the composers on Zoom 
(live action!)

Thursday, June 24, 7 pm EDT: “Endings and Beginnings,” curated by Emilie-Anne Gendron

• Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (ca. 1590–1664): Velum templi scissum est (ca. 1628), motet adapted for string quartet
• José Luis Greco (b. 1953): String Quartet No. 4 “The Intruder” (2020) (world premiere)
• Francisco López Capillas (ca. 1615–1673): Cui luna, sol et omnia (ca. 1650s), motet adapted for string quartet
• Alejandro García Caturla (1906–1940): Piezas para cuarteto de cuerdas (1926–1927)
  • I. Preludio
  • II. Gigue
  • III. Pieza en Forma de Vals
  • IV. Danza a la Cubana

Friday, June 25, 7 pm EDT:  “Snapshots,” curated by Michael Haas

• John Patitucci (b. 1959): Snapshots for string quartet (2002)
• Mario Lavista (b. 1943): cuaderno de viaje (1989/rev. 2002) for solo cello
  • I. Come un canto in lontananza, flessible
  • II. Volatil, sempre delicato e come da lontano
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953): String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92 “Kabardinian” (1941)
  • I. Allegro sostenuto
  • II. Adagio
  • III. Allegro

 Watch these events here:
 https://www.as-coa.org/events/music-americas-momenta-festival-june-21-25
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For those of you who are fully vaccinated and living in NYC, there may still be two spots available to hear three of us in person with pianist Melody Fader on Saturday, June 26 at 4pm EDT at Greenwich House Music School.
 
TO RESERVE ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING SPOTS FOR THE LIVE CONCERT, PLEASE EMAIL MELODY DIRECTLY AT [email protected]

​Saturday, June 26 at 4pm EDT:
Program:
 
Mozart: Sonata no. 26 in B flat major, K. 378 (Emilie and Melody)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in g minor, Op. 25
 
Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street
New York, NY 10014

​OR...

Book a ticket for the live-streamed event through:

Konnectclub.

(If you attend live, suggested donation is $20 minimum, and you can do that with a konnectclub ticket, or cash at the concert.)