MUSIC

Jasper String Quartet: Insects and Machines

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023
7:00 PM

Americas Society
680 Park Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan

Free
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The Jasper String Quartet showcases the music of Vivian Fung. I remember the first I ever heard of Fung was when she was still a student (of David Diamond), and Anthony Tommasini praised one of her student works in The Times for staying true to the traditions of Stravinsky and Bartók but making something fresh of them. Fung has certainly developed since then: she now sounds like noone but herself. Her music is so textural it almost feels like you’re feeling it rather than hearing it. The Jaspers also find time for some Schnittke and, yes, some Bartók.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The restaurants in this part of the Upper East Side make want to puke even more than those in Upper East Midtown.