Haas in the Dark with JACK Quartet

Haas in the Darkwith JACK Quartet Experience music in total darkness I attended this piece several years ago and it was litteraly a trip DATE: APR 9, 8 PM RUNTIME Approx. 75 minutes, no intermission VENUE: REDCAT Located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex [631 W 2ND ST,](https://goo.gl/maps/crP2PktLkiCGzW7n9) [LOS ANGELES, CA 90012](https://goo.gl/maps/crP2PktLkiCGzW7n9) [+1 (213) 237 2800](tel:1-213-237-2800) [redcat@calarts.edu](mailto:redcat@calarts.edu) Price $20 [https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/4241/2026-04-09/haas-in-the-dark-with-jack-quartet](https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/4241/2026-04-09/haas-in-the-dark-with-jack-quartet) **Program** Georg Friedrich HAAS *String Quartet No. 3 “in iij Noct”* **Artists** JACK Quartet: Christopher Otto, violin Austin Wulliman, violin John Pickford Richards, viola Jay Campbell, cello **About this Performance** Communicating solely through the sounds produced by their instruments, the musicians of JACK invite one another into musical processes, accepting these invitations or responding in kind with an invitation of their own—and always deciding for themselves how far they choose to go down each path together, before turning back. Georg Friedrich Haas’ visionary Third String Quartet is designed to be performed in total darkness, creating a uniquely physical concert experience. As Haas wrote in his “darkness rider” for this work, “The outline of one’s hand will ideally not be visible even when directly in front of their face. The darkness is absolute, and the effect is disorienting: an audience member feels they have become absorbed in an India ink level of blackness with no visual cues to demarcate the size and shape of the space or their relation to it.” For the Body and Sound festival, JACK Quartet, the foremost interpreters of Haas’ work, will perform his String Quartet No. 3, “in iij Noct.” Co-produced with Liquid Music. Co-presented by REDCAT. There will be a post-show Q&A with JACK Quartet,…