Fri, May 19, 7 PM, Circadian String Quartet: Monika Gruber, violin; David Ryther, violin; Omid Assadi, viola; David Wishnia, cello perform the very last Beethoven string quartet, Op. 135 (1825) with Caroline Shaw's Entracte and Astor Piazzola's Tango Ballet.
405 Shrader is San Francisco's intimate, aperitif concert hall (35 seats) on the Panhandle near Golden Gate Park. Concerts are about 50 minutes in length, an aperitif is offered. Reservations are absolutely essential as space is limited, please use the indicated email. [Hearing a string quartet at. 405 Shrader is like being in a string quartet! You sort of are.]
Circadian String Quartet, born in 2013, has collaborated with dancers for its “Stravinsky Project” performing transcriptions of the Rite of Spring, Firebird and Petroushka. Important commissions include Sahba Aminikia’s “The Weight of the World” for narrator and quartet, as well as new works by Ben Carson, Noam Lemish and Ian Venables. Recent projects include the quartet’s “Chiaroscuro” improvisations, collaborations with santour player Hamid Taghavi, and the premiere of David Ryther’s opera “Eurydice’s Defiance.”