Las Américas en Concierto presents: Momenta Quartet

Sunday, February 7, 2016, at 3:00 pm

This is an archived event, not part of the current festival.

The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street
New York, NY

For its 4th Season, Las Américas en Concierto will present the acclaimed Momenta Quartet in a program of quartets and solo works by composers from the Americas. Composer Alba Potes, Artistic Director and Founder, offers concerts that bring to light exceptional music that NYC audiences do not often hear and that expand international cultural dialogue.

PROGRAM
Juan Camilo Hernandez (Colombia) Desdoblamientos (2006) for viola, USA Premiere
Elizabeth Brown (USA) Nanotudes (2013)
Julian Carrillo (Mexico) String Quartet No. 6 (ca. 1937)
César Ivan Potes (Colombia) Surri Bachra Noscia: Homage (2015) for violin and electronics, World premiere
Ursula Mamlok (Germany-USA) Two Bagatelles for string quartet (1961)
Carlos Francisco Johns-Avila (USA-Perú) La leyenda de los Amarú (2014) for string quartet, World Premiere
Alba Potes (Colombia-USA) Oleajes (Waves) (2003-rev. 2015), String Quartet, NY premiere
Manuel M. Ponce (Mexico) Estrellita (1912), Arrangement by Alvaro Bitran