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Bristol, UK (String Quartet No.3 “Mishima”)
March 14
Spectra Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Stringsongs Meredith Monk
Reflections Anna Thorvaldsdottir
String Quartet No.3 ‘Mishima’ Philip Glass
An hour of contemporary music for string quartet, exploring timescales in human memory and the natural environment.
String Quartet No.3 by Philip Glass forms the core of the programme, with the mesmerising cross rhythms and hypnotic quality for which the composer is so well known. Based on music Glass wrote for a film based on the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, this short quartet references moments in the writer’s life.
Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s work is deeply inspired by the elemental landscapes of her native country. Her work for strings explores primordial textures, combining emotional intensity with glacial stasis.
A pioneer of interdisciplinary art, for over five decades, Meredith Monk has worked across composition, performance, choreography and direction. She has developed a unique style which links the archaic with the experimental. Stringsongs was written for the Kronos Quartet in 2005, and has been described by critic Tom Service as having a ‘mysterious mythic power’.
Tickets £15 full price, £8 concessions for all who need it, available online at www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/mishima