In his quest to illuminate the life work of Robert Schumann, the fascinating pianist Jonathan Biss has enlisted the Elias String Quartet to pair Schumann’s String Quartet and Piano Quartet in E-flat, with Henry Purcell’s String Fantasias. Also on the program is a world premiere by Timo Andres.
Andres is a fine pianist who specializes in his own compositions, and those of his Brooklyn-based composer colleagues. He’s been performed at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series. For those interested in catchy new music coming out of a significant subset of young composers, Andres’ work (and his under-the-radar informal piano recital at the Hotel Rex on March 27) is worth catching.