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The Axiom Quartet Streams Pierre Jalbert's String Quartet No. 3

Dec. 01, 2020

The Axiom Quartet ends the year with a unique virtual performance of Pierre Jalbert's String Quartet No. 3. Over the past month, Axiom's musicians recorded the work with the composer, and beginning on December 13, they will stream a single movement each week through a new online platform called A440.live. Join the Axiom Quartet as they deconstruct this work and present it movement-by-movement on December 13, 20, and 27. Learn more and stream the performances here.

Listen to Pierre Jalbert's String Theory (2016):

(String Theory/Pierre Jalbert/Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra)

Also of note, The Morgan Library and Museum has opened their archives to share video footage of concerts from earlier seasons. This week, Carol Wincenc's 50th Anniversary Celebration concert, featuring the world premiere of Pierre Jalbert's Air in Motion, is available for viewing. Click here to watch.

The composer notes:

"Air in Motion, for flute and string quartet, is in four contrasting movements. The first movement is a short, fast, rhythmic prelude where the strings and flute echo each other’s changing rhythmic pulse (like mini metric modulations that turn on a dime). The second movement is a canon on 50 notes (in honor of Carol’s 50th anniversary season). The canon begins as a repeating ascending pattern which gradually changes over time. The same canon appears later in slow motion and in different guises throughout the piece. The third movement is an air, almost chant-like, with slowly evolving resonances and frozen time. The fourth movement is pulse-oriented, with rhythmic and imitative motives passed between strings and flute, with slower interruptive events that always lead back to the rhythmic energy of the Opening." 


To learn more about Pierre Jalbert, visit: schott-music.com.

Pierre Jalbert
String Quartet No. 3 (2006)
for string quartet
16'

Air in Motion (2019)
for flute and string quartet
16'

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