PREMIERE OF NEW WORK BY OSVALDO GOLIJOV
POSTPONED FOR ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET PROGRAM
IN ZANKEL HALL ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8
Updated Program Includes Addition of John Adams’s String Quartet, plus
Works by Schubert and Haydn as Announced
Carnegie Hall today announced that the world premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s String Quartet, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, scheduled to be performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall has been postponed to a future season. It is with great regret that Mr. Golijov is unable to complete the commission in time for its premiere.
Replacing the Golijov work on the program will be John Adams’s String Quartet, written for the St. Lawrence String Quartet and premiered by the ensemble in January 2009. In the program note of the premiere, Adams wrote, “What’s extraordinary about SLSQ is that they can both play as an absolute unity and also play with four individual personalities that are so extraordinary and so differentiated. [In the quartet], I take advantage of this quite a bit. I usually work on a large canvas—operas and symphony orchestras. . . . It’s so rare to have a piece of music that has been played many times over more than a year and so internalized by such extraordinary musicians.”
The remainder of the program is unchanged with Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, and Schubert’s String Quartet in G Major, D. 887. A pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 p.m. with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet in conversation with Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean at The Juilliard School. Ticketholders with questions may contact CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800.
Program Information
Tuesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Zankel Hall
ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
Geoff Nuttall, Violin
Scott St. John, Violin
Lesley Robertson, Viola
Christopher Costanza, Cello
JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4
JOHN ADAMS String Quartet
FRANZ SCHUBERT String Quartet in G Major, D. 887
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall: members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet in conversation with Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean, The Juilliard School.
This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for young artists established by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin and the A. E. Charitable Foundation.
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
| Ticket Information
Tickets, priced at $52 and $58, are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, carnegiehall.org.
For information on discount ticket programs, including those for students, Notables members, and Bank of America customers, visit carnegiehall.org/discounts. |
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