BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:50d859c1-01b7-4039-a539-ffb8eb6438ad@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29842560 DTSTAMP:20260928T202452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T000044Z DTSTART:20261031T000000Z DTEND:20261031T020000Z SUMMARY:Brooklyn Rider: Chiaroscuro LOCATION:The Local DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the interplay of light and darkness\, ***Chiaroscur o\,*** the new program of world renowned New York–based string quartet * *Brooklyn Rider** is another testament to the ensemble’s adventurous spi rit in combining the well-known with the unusual. Works by Galina Ustvolsk aya and György Ligeti create a stark contrast with Hildegard von Bingen ’s 1000-year-old antiphon Caritas abundat in omnia (Love abounds in ever ything)\, which serves as a prelude to Schubert’s great G-major Quartet \, a masterwork of musical chiaroscuro.\n\n**“A string quartet of boundl ess imagination.” —NPR**\n\n**Brooklyn Rider** is a radically innovati ve string quartet that reimagines the centuries-old chamber music format f or the 21st century. Known for breaking genre boundaries\, they effortless ly blend classical music with world\, jazz\, and folk\, frequently collabo rating with a diverse roster of global artists.\n\nCelebrating twenty year s of musical exploration\, Brooklyn Rider originated in a living room\, fo ur friends in search of an outlet for their curiosities. Inspired by the p robing spirit of Germany’s pre-WW1 artistic collective Der Blaue Reiter \, they recognized parallels with their creative community in Brooklyn at the time and began to build projects. In the following two decades\, Brook lyn Rider has undertaken a staggering amount of work\, carving a singular space in the world of string quartets. Through thoughtful programmatic fra ming\, deep-rooted collaborations\, and innovative commissioning projects \, Brooklyn Rider has used the medium at every point in their adventurous journey as a vehicle for exploration and discovery. Inspired equally by th e rich repertoire of the past and the limitless canvas of new creation\, B rooklyn Rider seeks to create meaningful and memorable experiences for the ir audiences.\n\nThe quartet has made regular appearances in many of the m ajor musical centers of North America\, Europe\, Asia\, and Australia - fr om Zurich’s Tonhalle\, Carnegie Hall\, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin \, the Sydney Opera House\, the National Centre for Performing Arts in Bei jing\, and London’s Wigmore Hall. Comfortable in a wide range of perform ance outlets\, they have also appeared on the main stage of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, at Austin’s South by Southwest Music Festival\, and in two NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. Audiences across the Netherlands saw Brook lyn Rider in a collaborative program with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Th e Tallest Man on Earth in 2024. Brooklyn Rider has been the long-standing resident string quartet of the Vail Dance Festival\, collaborating with ma ny of the finest dancers and choreographers of our time. They have also be en privileged to use the balming powers of music at deeply challenging mom ents along the way. The quartet made a special appearance at a Buddhist Te mple in the decimated fishing village of Kesennuma\, Japan in the months f ollowing the devastating 2011 tsunami. Most recently\, Brooklyn Rider play ed an all-Glass concert at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills in the midst of the 2025 Los Angeles area fires.\n\nBrooklyn Rider has remai ned steadfast in their commitment to generate new music for string quartet at every phase of their history. Through commissioning\, collaborative ex ploration\, and the inimitable works of BR’s own Colin Jacobsen\, the qu artet has left a lasting contribution to the repertoire. The upcoming seas on will unveil a new program called Citizenship Notes with commissioned wo rks by Don Byron\, Ted Hearne\, and Angélica Negrón. In 2017\, Brooklyn Rider released Spontaneous Symbols (In a Circle Records)\, featuring new w orks for Brooklyn Rider by Tyondai Braxton\, Evan Ziporyn\, Paula Matthuse n\, Kyle Sanna\, and Colin Jacobsen. For their tenth anniversary in 2015-1 6\, they celebrated with the groundbreaking multi-disciplinary project The Brooklyn Rider Almanac\, for which it recorded and toured fifteen commiss ioned works by musicians from the folk\, jazz\, and indie rock worlds. A r ecent second book of the BR Almanac includes works by Clarice Assad\, Gabr iel Kahane\, Giovanni Sollima\, Tyshawn Sorey. The quartet has also enjoye d relationships with composers John Luther Adams\, Reena Esmail\, Osvaldo Golijov\, Philip Glass\, Matana Roberts\, Caroline Shaw\, Du Yun\, John Zo rn\, to mention a few.\n\nNumerous other collaborations have helped give r ise to NPR Music’s observation that Brooklyn Rider is “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century e nsemble.”\n\nSince its inception\, Brooklyn Rider has maintained a caref ul balance between the activities of the string quartet and the individual artistic lives of its members. **Violinist** **Johnny Gandelsman**\, a 20 24 MacArthur Fellow\, maintains a busy musical life between solo projects and his work as founder and producer for In A Circle Records\, which has r eleased his three highly celebrated solo albums\, numerous soundtracks for documentary film maker Ken Burns\, and many of Brooklyn Rider’s key rel eases over the years. **Violinist Colin Jacobsen** - an Avery Fisher Caree r Grant recipient - is a noted composer and arranger\, and together with h is brother Eric (Brooklyn Rider’s founding cellist) is Co-Artistic Direc tor of the omnivorous orchestral collective The Knights. He is also the Ar tistic Director of Santa Fe Pro Musica. **Violist Nicholas Cords** is on t he full-time faculty of New England Conservatory where he maintains a busy viola studio\, coaches chamber music\, and teaches a course on the early recorded history of string playing. He was formerly Co-Artistic Director o f Silkroad. **Cellist Michael Nicolas** is a valued member of the Internat ional Contemporary Ensemble\, a long-time collaborator with the iconic mus ician John Zorn\, and former Associate Principal Cello of the Orchestre Sy mphonique de Montréal. He serves on the faculty of Mannes School of Music at the New School.\n\nProgram\n\nGalina Ustvolskaya: Twelve Preludes for Piano (Selection) \nArrangement for String Quartet by Brooklyn Rider\n\nG yörgy Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"\n\nHildegar d von Bingen: Caritas abundat in omnia \nArrangement for String Quartet b y Brooklyn Rider\n\nFranz Schubert: String Quartet in G major D 887\n\n\\- --------\n\n**VIDEO https://youtu.be/rqG_Pl53pTw?si=jHzxmg5La2gp0xcg**\n\n Beer\, wine\, sake\, food\, snacks\, refreshments are available\n\nIf you require ADA access\, please let us know 24 hours in advance by emailing: t helocalsaugerties@gmail.com\n\n\\--- FAQ on tickets\, seating\, students\, photography/video\, parking\, ADA and more can be found at TheLocalSauger ties.com\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/536ob8-brooklyn-rider-chiaroscu ro-30th-oct-the-local-saugerties-tickets URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/50d859c1-01b7-4039-a539-ffb8eb6438a d STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR