Lux Announces its 2025-26 Season:

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South American Mosaic

Villa-Lobos String Quartet No. 5 (1931)
Ginastera String Quartet No. 2 (revised 1968)

Piazzolla Four, for Tango​ (1988)

 

​The Law of the Tongue 

Schnittke String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
Nicholas Vines The Law of the Tongue (2016) 

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Join Lux as we journey around the world with two dynamic programs we cannot wait to perform!

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In the fall we explore South American masters of the 20th century, composers who fused the music of their home countries with classical traditions. You’ll hear the very popular Piazzolla, his fellow experimental Argentinian Ginastera, and Brazilian Villa-Lobos, globally one of the most recognizable South American composers.

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In the spring we dive back into the world of Nicholas Vines with the Minnesota premiere of The Law of the Tongue. This wholly unique work "masterfully uses the intensity of the string quartet genre...to recreate images and action" (Paul Nolan, Sydney Arts Guide). It is a programmatic piece, telling the fascinating and true story of the sacrosanct deal between humans and orcas in the Australian whaling industry. Alongside Vines we will present the music of Schnittke, one of the most performed and recorded composers of the 20th century. Schnittke, a Russian powerhouse influenced by Shostakovich, "was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man" (Ivan Moody).

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We hope you join us this season as we explore these incredible works of art!