Ensemble

String Quartet No. 2 – Lion’s Teeth by Sebastian Hilli unfolds an expressive world of sound that thrives on contrasts. Inspired by the origin of the word dandelion – dent de lion, the "lion’s tooth" –...

With the 4th String Quartet op. 22, Paul Hindemith opens up new areas of expression and consistently develops his quartet art further. In five contrasting movements, the work combines contrapuntal den...

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude, with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies an...

L’esprit du Nord, for string quartet, was inspired by and is infused with French-Canadian folk song. Each of the three movements uses a folk song as its basis. The first movement, Chanson de Lisette,...

Following the première of my opera An American Tragedy at the Metropolitan Opera, the President of the Manhattan School of Music, Robert Sirota, called me and told me that the American String Quartet...

I was immediately drawn to the quartet's poignant, intimate and expressive sound world, the evocative and hauntingly beautiful voice of contralto Karen Clark and the poetry of Henry David Thoreau whos...