Friction Quartet & Christian Pincock
$10-$15 suggested donation
Roger Briggs — Friction
Nathan Campbell — Treescape
Tom Baker — String Quartet No. 1 "Invisible Cities"
John Teske — Selected works
Friction Quartet, a San Francisco based string quartet, will give world premiere performances of Treescape by Nathan Campbell, Friction by Roger Briggs, and a new work by John Teske. Also on the program are Zirma and Euphemia from String Quartet No. 1 "Invisible Cities" by Tom Baker and String Quartet No. 1 by John Adams.
All the composers on the program, with the exception of Adams, reside in or hail from the Seattle area.
Christian Pincock opens with solo works on trombone and computer using homemade controllers and software for live control of generated sounds and processing.
Friction Quartet, whose performances have been called “terribly beautiful” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “chillingly effective” (San Francisco Examiner), exists to expand the string quartet repertoire and audience for adventurous contemporary music. Joshua Kosman (San Francisco Chronicle) declared that Friction Quartet is “an artist who should be discovered” and described their performance as “high-octane music making... a fine blend of rhythmic ferocity and tonal flair.” They have given 63 world premieres and commissioned 30 works.