Adrian Steele, violin
Phoenix Avalon, violin
Devin Moore, viola
Joshua McClendon, cello

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”

BILLY CHILDS
String Quartet No. 3, “Unrequited”

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127

Isidore String Quartet makes its Terrace Theater debut after first appearing in our 2022–2023 season as part of the Green Shoots initiative, showcasing up-and-coming chamber artists. Winners of the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based ensemble formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. All Juilliard graduates, the group seeks to cultivate joyful experiences, impact the world, and inspire others through the honored tradition of the string quartet in collaborative and playful ways.

Isidore String Quartet

“The intersection of treasured classics and contemporary perspectives in this program provides a narrative throughline that explores the complicated labyrinth of human compassion and love. With Billy Childs’ ‘Unrequited’ as a musical centerpiece, Mozart’s ‘Dissonance’ quartet and Beethoven’s Op. 127 engage with the Childs’ piece, accentuating aspects of the human experience: conflict, grief, compassion, obsession, romance, and acceptance. A commentary on Leoš Janáček’s ‘Intimate Letters,’ ‘Unrequited’ delves into the complexities of the five stages of grief when confronted with a love that is inevitably one-sided, yielding a work that is wildly expressive and heartbreakingly familiar.”