CALL AND RESPONSE
Overview | 2012 Program | Tickets | History
Overview
For 13 years the Cypress String Quartet has presented the Call & Response program to expand chamber music repertoire and inspire all audiences’ imaginations. Each year the Cypress creates that link by commissioning a composer to ‘respond’ to the ‘call’ of chamber music repertoire or literature.
Following over two dozen educational outreach presentations before students of all levels and communities, the Cypress Quartet performs the Call & Response concert at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco’s War Memorial Building. Scholarship tickets permit participating students to attend the public performance free of charge.
Preview for Call & Response 2012
Call & Response 2012 The Masters: Tradition, Rebellion, and Innovation will feature lyrical masterpieces by Haydn and Beethoven: Haydn’s Op.20 No.1 and Beethoven’s Opus 127. Known for his own incredibly lyrical music, Philippe Hersant answers the call of these ground-breaking works with a world premiere commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet. Hersant is the first international composer to participate in the Call & Response program. Read more about Philippe Hersant at www.philippehersant.com.
Teachers: View the 2012 Call & Response Lesson Plan and Listening Guide (password protected; email elise@cypressquartet.com for access)
Call & Response 2012
Herbst Theatre
March 16, 2012, 8pm
7:15pm Pre-concert Talk with the composer
Tickets
Purchase Call & Response 2012 Tickets
$35 Pre-order/$40 at Door/$20 for Students
Discount: $20 tickets for groups of 8 or more. Use discount code GRP8.
Call & Response Commissioned Works
12 Years of Inspiration, and Counting
| Commissioned | Year | Piece |
| Philippe Hersant, France | 2012 | String Quartet No.3 |
| Jeffery Cotton, PA | 2011 | Serenade (String Quartet No. 2) |
| Elena Ruehr, MA | 2010 | Bel Canto |
| Kevin Puts, NY | 2009 | Lento Assai |
| Kurt Rohde, CA | 2008 | Gravities |
| Daniel Asia, AZ | 2007 | String Quartet No. 3, The Seer |
| George Tsontakis, NY | 2006 | String Quartet No. 5 |
| Elena Ruehr, MA | 2005 | Ruehr 4-1 String Quartet No. 4 |
| Jeffery Cotton, PA | 2004 | Cotton 1-2 String Quartet No. 1 |
| Jennifer Higdon, PA | 2003 | Higdon 1Impressions |
| Benjamin Lees, CA | 2002 | Lees 5-3 String Quartet No. 5 |
| Anna Weesner, PA | 2001 | Flux |
| Dan Coleman, AZ | 2000 | Coleman 1-1 quartetto ricercare |
Information for Composers
The Cypress String Quartet continues to seek out talented composers living and working among us today for potential collaborations in future Call & Response programs or other commissioning opportunities.
If you would like to explore a commission with us please contact us at music@cypressquartet.com.
