Brooklyn Rider: Complete Glass String Quartets
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Part of: Performing Arts Season 2026-27
“A string quartet of boundless imagination.” —NPR
The chamber group Brooklyn Rider embarks on a live retrospective of all nine of Philip Glass’s string quartets. The three-part series is copresented with the Schubert Club, following their previous Beethoven and Shostakovich string quartet cycles.
For their Minneapolis appearance, Brooklyn Rider brings their signature virtuosic precision and deep research to Glass’s oeuvre. From the minimalist dissonance of String Quartet No. 1 (1966) to the neo-romanticism of No. 5 (1991) to the theatrical sweep of No. 9 “King Lear” (2022), Glass’s compositions reflect a lifetime of experimental rigor and profound pathos.
Copresented with the Schubert Club.
March 18: Boundless Creativity: Recent Works for String Quartet
• Quartet Satz (2017) 8’
• String Quartet #6 (2013) 23’
• String Quartet #8 (2018) 16’
• String Quartet #7 (2014) 17’
• String Quartet #9 “King Lear” (2022) 27’
March 19: Temples of Resonance: Thirty Years of Invention
• Saxophone Quartet (arr. Brooklyn Rider) (1995) 24’
• String Quartet #1 (1966) 15’
• String Quartet #4 “Buczak” (1989) 24’
• String Quartet #5 (1991) 22’
March 20: Tone Narratives: Film, Stage, and Occasional Music
• Suite from “Bent” for String Quartet (1997) 24’
• String Quartet #2 “Company” (1984) 9’
• Concert Suite from “Dracula” (1998) 18’
• Mad Rush, arr. Gandelsman (1979) 15’
• String Quartet #3, “Mishima” (1985) 16’
If you have questions about accessibility at the Walker or would like to request an accommodation, please contact Visitor Services at access@walkerart.org or 612-375-7564 at least two weeks before the event.
Part of: Performing Arts Season 2026-27
Program support provided by AJT Fund and the David and Leni Moore Family Foundation.