Inroads to the Elegiac:
Violist Doyle Armbrust on the music of composer Thomas Adès

Spektral Quartet’s Doyle Armbrust talks about propelling the string quartet into new realms–from your mobile phone’s ringtone to the concert hall–before introducing the kinetic and engrossing Arcadiana for string quartet by wunderkind British composer Thomas Adès.

Playlist:

  1. Ben Hjertmann: Etude from String Quartet No. 2—Spektral Quartet (from Chambers)
  2. Ben Hjertmann: Etude from String Quartet No. 2
  3. David Lang: Feelings—Spektral Quartet (from Mobile Miniatures—The Ringtone Project)
  4. Marc Mellits: Prometheus—Spektral Quartet (from Mobile Miniatures—The Ringtone Project)
  5. Thomas Ades: L’Embarquement from Arcadiana–Calder Quartet (from The Calder Quartet)
  6. Ades: Venezia nocturne from Arcadiana–Calder Quartet
  7. Ades: Et…(tango mortale) from Arcadiana–Calder Quartet
  8. Ades: O Albion from Arcadiana–Calder Quartet
  9. Ades: O Albion from Arcadiana–Calder Quartet
  10. Sarah Kirkland Snider: awaken–Spektral Quartet (from Mobile Miniatures—The Ringtone Project) 

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