“Brahms: the Admirer” explores the composer’s mastery of both polyphonic choral writing and the art of the string quartet with complementary works of those he admired, Bach and Beethoven.

Winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 at the Juilliard School. The name is a tribute to the legendary Juilliard Quartet member, violinist Isidore Cohen. It also acknowledges a shared affection for a certain libation: legend has it a Greek monk named Isidore concocted the first genuine vodka recipe for the Grand Duchy of Moscow!

PROGRAM:

• Bach (arr. Moore) – Chorale Arrangement(s) (to be selected)
• Brahms (arr. Moore) – Geistliches Lied, Op. 30
• Beethoven – String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
• Brahms – String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67