Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 7:30 PM - Pasadena + Livestream
Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music

Sometimes, music soars. Sometimes, it aches. And sometimes, it refuses to resolve — until it finally does. This program explores the fragile, cathartic space between dissonance and harmony. From Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet and Janáček’s Intimate Letters to Prokofiev’s lyrical modernism, Caroline Shaw’s crystalline sound world, and Gesualdo’s haunting Renaissance chromaticism, this is music that finds beauty in unrest, and invites us to do the same.

Program:
Christopher Theofanidis: Visions and Miracles — II. YOUMEONE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, No. 19 “Dissonant” — I. Adagio - Allegro
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet “Intimate Letters,” — III. Moderato
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major — I. Allegro sostenuto

INTERMISSION

Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 2 — II. Arguments
Caroline Shaw: Three Essays — II. Echo
Carlo Gesualdo, arr. Maia Jasper White: Beltà, poi che t’assenti
Caroline Shaw: Three Essays — I. Nimrod
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Quartet 1931 — III. Andante
Paul Wiancko: Glacial — Maniacal — Lift

Artists:
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White, Co-Artistic Directors and Resident Violinists
Meredith Crawford, Resident Violist
Yoshika Masuda, Resident Cellist
Brian Lauritzen, Resident Host

A complimentary wine reception with the artists will follow. For more information on our venues and parking, please visit here.

General Admission $45; Students with ID $10; Livestream $10; Salastina Members (Friend-level and above) receive 20% discount