Encounters with Beethoven and Green

This composer portrait concert pairs Beethoven’s late String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127 with recent works by American composer Brittany J. Green, whom NOVA is co-commissioning for its upcoming 50th anniversary. Featuring the Fry Street Quartet, NOVA’s quartet-in-residence, and Ted Merritt, double bass soloist.

Program
- Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023): Ciel Étoile (1999)
- Brittany J. Green (b. 1991): Lead me Home (2021)
- Brittany J. Green: i get out. (2023) for double bass and electronics
- Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127

Performers
- Ted Merritt, bass
- The Fry Street Quartet