Island Strings

Laura Loge, Artistic Director

• Sunday, September 22 at 2 pm
• Ballard First Lutheran Church (map)
• Pre-register here – Suggested donation levels
  • $150 Full Season Supporter
  • $50 Supporter
  • $30 General
  • $20 Senior
  • $10 Student/Child

The Nexus String Quartet will take us on an adventure across the water, exploring music for string quartet originating on islands, including Iceland. Their offering will highlight how the unique experience of the isolation being surrounded by the sea can be expressed in music.

Featuring:

• Nexus String Quartet
  • Christopher Lin, violin
  • Liling Liao, violin
  • Hung-Wen Chen, viola
  • Janice Lee, cello

On the program:

• Icelandic works for string quartet
  • Strengjakvartett III, Op. 64, “El Greco” by Jón Leifs
  • Frá draumi til draums by Jón Nordal
• Estonian work for string quartet
  • Summa by Arvo Pärt
• Taiwanese works for string quartet
  • Spring Breeze and Tune of Taidung by Che-Yi Lee

Concert duration: 75 min with Intermission

Previous seasons have been supported by Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the American Guild of Organists Seattle Chapter, the Jane Isakson Lea Foundation, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, and by individual donors like you. If you would like to support this series and ensure its future, please donate here!