MetLiveArts presents
Catalyst Quartet Plays Met Instruments
2023-24 Quartet in Residence
Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Catalyst Quartet
Karla Donehew Perez, violin
Abi Fayette, violin
Paul Laraia, viola
Karlos Rodriguez, cello
Performing on a string quartet by A. Gemünder & Sons, constructed for the World's Columbian Expo, 1893. Gift of A. Gemünder & Sons, 1945.
Quartet in Residence programming is made possible by the Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund.
This performance is presented in collaboration with The Met's Department of Musical Instruments.
Remarks: Jayson Kerr Dobney, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge, Department of Musical Instruments
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4, "Sunrise" (1796–7)
Allegro con spirito
Adagio
Menuetto. Allegro
Finale. Allegro, ma non troppo
Discussion: Jayson Kerr Dobney and Catalyst Quartet
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Lullaby for String Quartet (1919)
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Five Folksongs in Counterpoint (1951)
Clementine. Tempo moderato
Remarks and Demonstration: Catalyst Quartet
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
String Quartet No. 3, "Mishima" (1985)
Mishima/Closing
Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
Strum (2006, rev. 2012)
Leadership support for MetLiveArts provided by:
The Adrienne Arsht Fund for Resilience through Art
Jody and John Arnhold, Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, Betsy and Edward Cohen / Areté Foundation, the Director’s Fund, Kathryn O. Greenberg, The Kaplen Brothers Fund, New York State Council on the Arts, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky, The Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation, the estate of Katherine Walter Stein, Douglas Dockery Thomas, Barbara Tober
Additional major supporters:
Sarah Arison, The David Berg Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Fund, the Adbul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives Fund, the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Fund, the Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund, Peter Steinberg and Kathrine Gehring, Helen Lee Warren and David Warren, William H. Wright II
Firebird Fellows and Firebirds:
Jenny Gerard Brown and Barry L. Brown, Magda Dvir, Constance Emmerich, Kenneth Koen, Deborah Paul, Barbara A. Pelson, Rajika and Anupam Puri, Douglas and Jean Renfield-Miller, Meryl Rosofsky and Stuart H. Coleman, Bonnie J. Sacerdote, Melanie Shorin and Greg S. Feldman, Beatrice Stern, Douglas Dockery Thomas, Lulu C. and Anthony W. Wang
Produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Live Arts
Limor Tomer, Lulu C. and Anthony W. Wang General Manager of Live Arts
Art Priromprintr, Senior Administrator
Nunally Kersh, Senior Producer
Harrison Corthell, Production Manager
Madyson Barnfield, Production Associate
Emery Kerekes, Program Coordinator
Audrey Rosenblith, Associate for Administration
Ricardo V. Barton, Associate for Administration
Emma Claire Gibson, Artist Management Associate
Nancy Handelman, Artist Management Associate
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