David Harrington Review
“One of the things I loved most when I first heard them was their passionate interpretations.” - David Harrington, Kronos…
The Roaring 20s
The French dubbed the 1920′s as the “années folles” (“Crazy Years”), emphasizing the era’s social, artistic, and cultural dynamism. Popular…
CRUMB: Black Angels
"Things were turned upside down. There were terrifying things in the air ... they found their way into Black Angels." - George Crumb, 1990
Black Angels is probably the only string quartet to have been inspired by the Vietnam War. The work draws from an arsenal of sounds including shouting, chanting, whistling, whispering, gongs, maracas, and crystal glasses. The score bears two inscriptions: in tempore belli (in time of war) and "Finished on Friday the Thirteenth, March, 1970"