Brooklyn Rider: The Complete Glass String Quartets
A principal figure of the American minimalist movement, Philip Glass’ works for string quartet have found inspiration from Shakespeare to Beckett, from the life of Yukio Mishima to the legend of Dracula, and from Schubert to Bach.
Friday, March 19, 2027, 7:30PM
Walker Art Center
“A string quartet of boundless imagination.” —NPR
The chamber group Brooklyn Rider embarks on a live retrospective of all nine of Philip Glass’s string quartets. The three-part series is copresented with the Schubert Club, following their previous Beethoven and Shostakovich string quartet cycles.
For their Minneapolis appearance, Brooklyn Rider brings their signature virtuosic precision and deep research to Glass’s oeuvre. From the minimalist dissonance of String Quartet No. 1 (1966) to the neo-romanticism of No. 5 (1991) to the theatrical sweep of No. 9 “King Lear” (2022), Glass’s compositions reflect a lifetime of experimental rigor and profound pathos.
Co-presented by the Walker Art Center and Schubert Club Mix
Save 15% (30% for Schubert Club Subscribers and Walker members) when you purchase all three Philip Glass String Quartet concerts by Brooklyn Rider.
