This concert was pre-recorded and provided via YouTube. The concert featured music by Black composers, and the quartet felt that their music was not as established as it should be – “not part of the canon”. And they felt it should be, particularly the second piece. The first piece involved five gospel songs. Each was first played conventionally, then there were variations and meanderings along the theme.
A live Zoom discussion with the quartet members was provided before the concert where they talked about the composers and their development of this program. The first and third pieces were recorded at one of the member’s apartments.
It is hard to watch a video of a string quartet – it just isn’t the same as being there.