The LYRIS QUARTET, described as “radiant… exquisite… and powerfully engaged” by Mark Swed of the LA Times, is one of the most sought after ensembles on the west coast. Equally at home with standard quartet repertoire and the music of today, Lyris has premiered countless works and has been involved in numerous commissions by some of the most exciting composers of our time. Members of the quartet have won top prizes at the Tchaikovsky International Competition and Aspen Music Festival and have collaborated with renowned artists Natalia Gutman, David Geringas, Martha Argerich, Alban Gerhardt, Boris Pergamenschikov, Midori, Guillame Sutre, Myung-Whun Chung, Glenn Dicterow and Richard Stoltzman.

Chris Castro’s song cycle Cançoes dos Desassosego is the centerpiece of this program featuring guest soprano Sharon Harms, praised as “superb”, “luscious-toned”, “extraordinarily precise and expressive”, and “dramatically committed and not averse to risk” by the New York Times.  

String quartets by Caroline Shaw, the youngest composer to ever be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and Kurt Rohde,  a Bay Area composer commissioned by Eclipse, round out this diverse program featuring living composers.

Performance info can be found at: https://www.collageartculture.org