Brentano Quartet

Steve Mackey discussing his new composition, One Red Rose (string quartet)

mishaamory — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:28:09 +0000

We are now learning a brand new piece written for us by our friend, the fantastic composer Steve Mackey. Here’s a video we did where he talks about the piece. Come hear the world premiere in Carnegie Hall on February 12! Other performances in Yellow Barn and the Nasher Center in Dallas in November to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK.

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Vijay Iyer Discusses his Piano Quintet

mishaamory — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 06:29:45 +0000

Brilliant composer and jazz pianist Vijay Iyer is writing a piano quintet for us to play with him. We’re really excited about this project! Here’s a video we made where Vijay talks about it.

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Brentano hits the silver screen

mishaamory — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:32:51 +0000

The Brentano Quartet is now on (or at least behind) the silver screen! The critically acclaimed film “A Late Quartet”, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener, and directed by Yaron Zilberman, opened on November 2.

Based on Beethoven’s late quartet, opus 131, the film uses our new recording of this work as the basis of its soundtrack. Our cellist Nina, complete with glamorous hairdo, has a walk-on role (appearing as herself, a role she is perfectly suited for), and best of all gets to hear her name said, several times, by some of her favorite actors!

Check out the film’s website here: alatequartet.com

or go to the movies and see it today.

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Concert Performance: Beethoven Op. 130, 1st movement

mishaamory — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:24:44 +0000

Here’s a live concert recording from Princeton University — a beautiful concert hall and also our school!

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An Introduction to the Brentano String Quartet’s Fragments Project

mishaamory — Sat, 28 May 2011 01:22:36 +0000

Our first violinist Mark Steinberg introduces the Fragments Project: the Quartet has commissioned several composers (Charles Wuorinen, Sofia Gubaidulina, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, Bruce Adolphe, and Stephen Hartke) to write pieces related to fragmentary works by earlier composers (Dufay, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Shostakovich)

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