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Thoughts and Letters, from Wu Man and the Parker Quartet

Wu Man and the Parker Quartet
Opus 3 Artists and Luke Latray
Wu Man and the Parker Quartet

Sunday, October 16, 2022
7:00 PM

On WCRB In Concert, pipa player Wu Man offers traditional and contemporary pieces performed on the storied Chinese instrument, and the Parker Quartet plays chamber works through the centuries by Bach, Webern, Kurtag, and Janáček's "Intimate Letters" String Quartet, all performed at GBH's Fraser Performance Studio.

Wu Man, pipa

TRAD.: Flute and Drum Music at Sunset
TRAD., arr. Wu MAN: Kui (Song of Kasakh)
Wu MAN: Night Thoughts
Wang HUIRAN: Dance of the Yi People
TRAD., arr. Wu MAN: Chanting of the Monk Pu An
TRAD.: White Snow in Spring
Wu MAN: Improvisation
Wu MAN: Leaves Flying in Autumn

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The Parker Quartet

Anton WEBERN: Langsamer Satz
J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue: Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
Leoš JANÁCEK: String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters
György KURTÁG: Officium breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky

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This concert is no longer available on demand.

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