Alaska Airlines’ Autumn Classics

Sitka Music Festival

Artistic Director, Zuill Bailey

Hailed by The New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was founded by the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization in 2010. The ensemble (Karla Donehew Perez, violin; Abi Fayette, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; and Karlos Rodriguez, cello) believes in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience.

“LIKE ALL GREAT CHAMBER GROUPS, THE CATALYST QUARTET IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH, LIKE A FAMILY IN LIVELY CONVERSATION AT THE DINNER TABLE: ANTICIPATING, INTERRUPTING, CHANGING SUBJECTS.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES (AUGUST 5, 2020)

Tuesday, September 12 Program

The Catalyst String Quartet & Zuill Bailey, cello

Joseph Haydn (1733-1809)  - String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise"

Kishi Bashi (b. 1975) – Con Brio

Billy Childs (b.1957) – The Face of Past Regret

 Jessie Montgomery (b.1981) -- Build

Andy Akiho (b. 1979) -- Presidio

 Kevin Puts (b. 1972) -- Emerge

Joan Tower (b.1938) – A short flight

Angélica Negrón (b.1981) – Lo infinito

Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) – Bittersweet synonym

Nick Revel (b. 1986) – Time Capsule

Paul Mekailian (b. 1988) – A future in process

Alexander Glazunov (1865- 1936) --  String Quintet in A major, Op. 39, G 34