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U.S. Premiere by Emerson Quartet of Lawrence Dillon’s String Quartet No. 5
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Lawrence Dillon’s String Quartet No. 5: Through the Night, will be given its U.S. Premiere performances by the internationally renowned Emerson Quartet on Saturday, April 10 – 7:30 PM at Watson Chamber Music Hall of University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 1533 S. Main Street in Winston-Salem and on Wednesday, April 14 at Meany Hall of the University of Washington, 15th Ave, NE and NE 40th St. in Seattle. The programs will also include works by Schubert, Barber, Ives and Dvorak.
From the Invisible Cities String Quartet Cycle, String Quartet No. 5 combines elements of chaconne, passacaglia and theme-and-variations. The piece takes the Welsh tune All Through the Night through, as the composer writes, “a dizzying and dazzling journey from twilight to twilight.” The movements are Twilight – Variations; Dream – Chaconne; Dream – Passacaglia and Variations – Twilight. The piece was commissioned by the Emerson String Quartet and an anonymous donor in honor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. More about the Invisible Cities Cycle at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/invisible.php.
Future Emerson performances of Quartet No. 5 are scheduled for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Tickets for the April 10 concert are $12 adults / $10 seniors and students. For more information, call 336-721-1945 or visit http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/boxoffice.htm. Tickets for the April 14 concert are $36. For more information, call 206-543-4880 or visit http://www.meany.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3262.
The Emerson String Quartet has an unparalleled list of international performances and achievements over three decades: thirty acclaimed recordings produced with Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, nine Grammy Awards (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize and cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets. Visit them at http://www.emersonquartet.com/.
Lawrence Dillon is Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and currently has commissions from the Mansfield Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the Salt Lake City Symphony, the Daedalus String Quartet, the University of Utah Philharmonia and the Idyllwild Symphony Orchestra. He has won awards from ASCAP, The Juilliard School, the Ravinia Festival, the International Horn Society, the American Music Center, CRS and many other organizations. His music is published by American Composers Editions. Read his latest Infinite Curves newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/jan10/LD_nws_010810.pdf and his Sequenza 21 blog An Infinite Number of Curves at http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon.Lawrence Dillon’s music is published by American Composers Alliance. His latest digital CD release is on the Naxos label - http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559644. Visit his website at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/.
He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting - 516-586-3433 - to whom inquiries about his music can be directed.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Lawrence Dillon’s String Quartet No. 5: Through the Night, will be given its U.S. Premiere performances by the internationally renowned Emerson Quartet on Saturday, April 10 – 7:30 PM at Watson Chamber Music Hall of University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 1533 S. Main Street in Winston-Salem and on Wednesday, April 14 at Meany Hall of the University of Washington, 15th Ave, NE and NE 40th St. in Seattle. The programs will also include works by Schubert, Barber, Ives and Dvorak.
From the Invisible Cities String Quartet Cycle, String Quartet No. 5 combines elements of chaconne, passacaglia and theme-and-variations. The piece takes the Welsh tune All Through the Night through, as the composer writes, “a dizzying and dazzling journey from twilight to twilight.” The movements are Twilight – Variations; Dream – Chaconne; Dream – Passacaglia and Variations – Twilight. The piece was commissioned by the Emerson String Quartet and an anonymous donor in honor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. More about the Invisible Cities Cycle at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/invisible.php.
Future Emerson performances of Quartet No. 5 are scheduled for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Tickets for the April 10 concert are $12 adults / $10 seniors and students. For more information, call 336-721-1945 or visit http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/boxoffice.htm. Tickets for the April 14 concert are $36. For more information, call 206-543-4880 or visit http://www.meany.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3262.
The Emerson String Quartet has an unparalleled list of international performances and achievements over three decades: thirty acclaimed recordings produced with Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, nine Grammy Awards (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize and cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets. Visit them at http://www.emersonquartet.com/.
Lawrence Dillon is Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and currently has commissions from the Mansfield Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the Salt Lake City Symphony, the Daedalus String Quartet, the University of Utah Philharmonia and the Idyllwild Symphony Orchestra. He has won awards from ASCAP, The Juilliard School, the Ravinia Festival, the International Horn Society, the American Music Center, CRS and many other organizations. His music is published by American Composers Editions. Read his latest Infinite Curves newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/jan10/LD_nws_010810.pdf and his Sequenza 21 blog An Infinite Number of Curves at http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon.Lawrence Dillon’s music is published by American Composers Alliance. His latest digital CD release is on the Naxos label - http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559644. Visit his website at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/.
He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting - 516-586-3433 - to whom inquiries about his music can be directed.
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