Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Aizuri Quartet

Praised by the Washington Post for “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded the grand prize and the CAG Management Prize at the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition. The quartet’s debut album, Blueprinting, featuring new works written for them by five American composers, was nominated for a 2019 Grammy Award.

Program

Hildegard von Bingen/Arr. Alex Fortes, Columba aspexit

Barbara Strozzi/Arr. Alex Fortes, L’usignuolo

Nina C. Young, Memento Mori–Phase I

Barbara Strozzi/Arr. Alex Fortes, L’amante modesto

Gabriella Smith, Carrot Revolution

Rhiannon Giddens (N.C.-born composer), At the Purchaser’s Option