Lera Auerbach is a multitalented individual, who conducts her own works for a large orchestra just as easy as she exhibits her paintings and sculptures, or makes a name for herself as a poet. She left for the US at a young age. She herself has called her String quartet no. 3 ‘Cetera desunt’ from 2006 a Sonnet for string quartet.
Caroline Shaw plays with the present and past, with music as a way of communication. In doing so she often uses examples from the past, which she takes out of context and reassembles in an unexpected way. In Entr’acte from 2011 we can hear a menuet by Haydn from opus 77 no. 2, Valencia is the rendering of a bright orange orange, and Plan & Elevation is a musical repercussion of the estate of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC.
Lera Auerbach (*1973) – Cetera desunt ‘Sonnet for string quartet no.3’ (2006)
- Dicis et non es, 2. Sic ego non sine te, 3. Dicis et non facis, 4. Nec tecum vivere possum, 5. Adventatis asinus, 6. Si vis pacem, 7. Non omnia moriar, 8. Cetera desunt
Petersen Quartet
CD: Capriccio
Caroline Shaw (*1982) – Entr’acte (2011)
Attacca Quartet
CD: New Amsterdam/Nonesuch
Caroline Shaw (*1982) – Valencia (2012)
Attacca Quartet
CD: New Amsterdam/Nonesuch
Caroline Shaw (*1982) – Plan & Elevation (2015)
- The ellipse, 2. The Cutting Garden, 3. The Herbaceous Border, 4. The Orangery, 5. The Beech Tree
Attacca Quartet
CD: New Amsterdam/Nonesuch
