WILD SUMMER | CARTE BLANCHE TO THE ULYSSES QUARTET

Chelsea Music Festival at Chelsea Factory

Wild Summer | Carte Blanche to the Ulysses Quartet

Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 4:00PM

90 minutes with intermission

This concert features the “emotively & dynamically astounding” (The Guardian) Chelsea Music Festival Ensemble-in-Residence, Ulysses Quartet, in a Carte Blanche performance responding to this year’s Festival theme as well to the artwork of the Festival’s 2022 Visual Artist-in-Residence, Jonathan VanDyke.

Audiences will enjoy a performance including works by Felix Mendelssohn, H. Górecki, H. Diabaté, F. L. Diabaté, M. Richter, Christina Bouey, and Joan Tower.

Program:
Joan Tower (b. 1938), Wild Summer 

Hawa Diabeté (b. 1974), Tegere Tulon (2018)

I. Funtukuru 

Fodé Lassana Diabaté (b. 1971), Sunjata’s Time (2015)

IV. Bala Faseke 

Hawa Diabeté (b. 1974), Tegere Tulon (2018)

IV. Wawani 

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010), String Quartet No. 1, “Already It Is Dusk,” Op. 62 (1988) 

Intermission

Max Richter (b. 1966), arr. by Christina Bouey, On The Nature Of Daylight

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3 (1838)

Featuring:
Ulysses Quartet
Violin | Christina Bouey, Rhiannon Banerdt
Viola | Colin Brookes
Cello | Grace Ho
Visual Art | Jonathan VanDyke

The Ulysses String Quartet Personal Direction: Judson Management Group, Inc.


About Chelsea Music Festival:
Chelsea Music Festival celebrates great music by convening world-leading musicians & artists in the performing, culinary, and visual arts. The Festival invites artists, composers, and performers to collaborate in pursuit of new perspectives in artistic expression. Programs span musical genres from classical to contemporary to jazz with an emphasis on commissions by composers whose works are not in the traditional western canon. The Festival also hosts an online library of recordings so music enthusiasts, artists, and students alike can explore unique interpretations of classical, jazz, and contemporary works via high-quality videos of world-class performances and dialogues available for years to come.

Health and Safety Protocols
Chelsea Factory will be implementing the following procedures to help ensure the health and safety of our patrons, staff, and artists:

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination

• Masks worn at all times inside Chelsea Factory

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