In celebration of the Newport Art Museum’s “Call & Response” exhibition, the Newport String Project presented a series of performances featuring music for string quartet from the 17th century to the present day. These imaginatively curated concerts featured pairings of artwork with eclectic musical selections chosen by the NSP’s artists-in-residence, the Newport String Quartet. Check out the performance below:
John La Farge, TrOMPE L’OEIL Curtain
Paired with String Quartet No. 3 “Light Scattering” By ANDREa Tarrodi
Amano Kunihiro, Three Black Birds
Paired with Selections of Armenian Folk Songs by KOMITAS including The Crane and Song of the Little Partridge
Francis Adams Comstock, Ablington Farm Manor
Paired with Plan and Elevation by Caroline Shaw
Francis Adams Comstock, Ascot Under WychWood
Paired with Plan and Elevation By Caroline Shaw
Francis Adams Comstock, Hornsleasows Farm
PAired wth Plan and Elevation By CAroline Shaw
Hugh Townley, Lovenest
Paired with Fantasias for String Quartet by Henry Purcell
Bob Dilworth, Backyard
Paired with Summerland by William Grant Still