Skip to main content

Jack Quartet: Haas in the Dark

Jack Quartet
REDCAT
631 W 2. Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
https://www.redcat.org/
Thursday, April 9, 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
$20

JACK Quartet performs George Friedrich Haas’ visionary Third String Quartet—designed to be experienced in total darkness. As Haas wrote about 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 a level of blackness with no visual cues to demarcate the size and shape of the space or their relation to it.” JACK Quartet, the foremost interpreters of Haas’ work, surround the audience in this unique performance of his String Quartet No. 3,  “in iij Noct.” Part of the Body and Sound festival organized by LA Phil Insight and Liquid Music, this performance uniquely considers how senses shape perception of music in an unconventional concert experience in total darkness.

There will be a post-show Q&A with JACK Quartet, moderated by REDCAT Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Performing Arts, Katy Dammers.

Stay informed. Sign up for the Editor's Picks email newsletter.
Support Provided By



Upcoming Events

Making History, Making Change

Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles)
$5-$15

JANM is honored to welcome Dr. Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, for a conversation exploring the enduring significance of the Declaration of Independence.

The Emergence of the Queer Zine in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Central Library (Los Angeles)
Free

Los Angeles has a unique history in the evolution of the zines in general, and specifically in the emergence of queer zines.

Jazz on the Bay

Harbor Side Beach (Long Beach)
Free

Jazz on the Bay is a free summer concert series held directly on the sand along Alamitos Bay at 66th Place on the Peninsula.

Ritchie Forever: An Ode to An American Dreamer

Grand Performances (Los Angeles, CA)
Free

Experience an electrifying celebration of the kid from Pacoima who changed American music forever.