The Pro Arte Quartet Centennial Anniversary Commissions, Vol. II

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Release Date: 5th Aug 2016
Catalogue No: TROY1634
Label: Albany
Length: 52 minutes

Mernier: String Quartet No. 3

Work length26:09

$9.00

$12.60

Pro Arte Quartet
Recorded: 16-19 May 2015
Recording Venue: Mills Hall, UW-Madison, United States

Misterioso

Track length2:58

$1.00

$1.40

Energico

Track length1:33

$1.00

$1.40

Flessibile

Track length1:15

$1.00

$1.40

Energico e secco

Track length3:22

$1.00

$1.40

Lontano

Track length5:50

$1.00

$1.40

Calmo

Track length1:02

$1.00

$1.40

Calmo e flessibile

Track length5:03

$1.00

$1.40

Calmo 2

Track length2:37

$1.00

$1.40

Energico 2

Track length2:29

$1.00

$1.40

Jalbert: Howl

Work length26:36

$4.50

$6.30

Charles Neidich, Pro Arte Quartet
Recorded: 16-19 May 2015
Recording Venue: Mills Hall, UW-Madison, United States

Howl - Part I

Track length9:17

$1.50

$2.10

Litany

Track length9:11

$1.50

$2.10

Howl - Part II

Track length8:08

$1.50

$2.10

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This recording celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Pro Arte Quartet -- the oldest string quartet continuously in existence and the first university-ensemble residency in the United States -- plus the dramatic story of how a prominent European quartet became an American one. Founded in Belgium in 1912, the Pro Arte Quartet became stranded while on tour in Madison, Wisconsin in 1940 when the Nazis invaded their country. The University of Wisconsin offered this quartet in exile a permanent home at the university, where it has remained ever since. Six new chamber works were commissioned to celebrate this occasion -- now all available on compact disc. This disc contains String Quartet No. 3 by Benoît Mernier (b. 1964), the leading Belgian composer of his generation and Pierre Jalbert's (b. 1967) work for clarinet and string quartet. Jalbert is the recipient of many awards, including the BBC Masterprize and teaches composition at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. Mernier, also the recipient of commissions and awards, is also a virtuoso organist. He was inducted into the Royal Academy of Belgium in 2007.

The Pro Arte Quartet Centennial Anniversary Commissions, Vol. II

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