—SPRINGSTRING QUARTET PERFORMANCES AT CARNEGIE HALL—
ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET PERFORMS WORLD PREMIERE OF
OSVALDO GOLIJOV’S STRING QUARTET IN ZANKEL HALL ON MARCH 8
EMERSON STRING QUARTET PERFORMS WORLD PREMIERE OF
THOMAS ADÈS’S THE FOUR QUARTERS AS WELL AS WORKS WITH
FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY IN STERN AUDITORIUM/PERELMAN STAGE
ON MARCH 12
EBÈNE QUARTET PERFORMS WORKS BY MOZART, BARTÓK, AND
MENDELSSOHN IN WEILL RECITAL HALL ON APRIL 8
This March and April, Carnegie Hall presents concerts bythree great string quartets on each of its three concert stages. On Tuesday,March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the St. Lawrence String Quartetperforms the world premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s String Quartet (co-commissionedby Carnegie Hall) along with Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, No. 4 andSchubert’s String Quartet in G Major. The St. Lawrence Quartet and Mr. Golijovshare a long history of collaboration, with the group recording four of thecomposer’s early works on its acclaimed 2002 CD Yiddishbbuk for EMIClassics. A pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 p.m. with Osvaldo Golijovand members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet in conversation with AraGuzelimian, Provost and Dean at The Juilliard School.
On Saturday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m. the acclaimed Emerson String Quartetreturns to Carnegie Hall to perform the world premiere of Thomas Adès’s TheFour Quarters and Debussy’s String Quartet in G Minor in SternAuditorium/Perelman Stage on a program that also features a collaboration withrenowned flutist Sir James Galway on Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Majorand Debussy’s Syrinx. Mr. Adès’s work is divided into four movements:“Nightfalls,” “Morning Dew,” “Days,” and “The Twenty-Fifth Hour,” and theCarnegie Hall commission was the result of the composer’s appointment as theRichard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2007–2008season. The Emerson will also perform this new work at Walt Disney Concert Hallin Los Angeles and at South Bank Centre in London.
Hailing from France, the young, multifaceted Ebène Quartet returns toCarnegie Hall on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Weill Recital Hall. Thequartet performs Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet, Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3,and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F Minor. The Strad magazine notedthey are “Interpreters of rare understanding and communicative flair.” To watcha video introduction to the quartet, select this link. After the concert,ticketholders are invited to mix, mingle, and have an after-concert drink(first one is compliments of Carnegie Hall) in the Jacobs Room as part ofCarnegie Hall’s Salon Encores series; more information at carnegiehall.org/salonencores.
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
OSVALDO GOLIJOV String Quartet (World Premiere, co-commissioned by CarnegieHall and Stanford Lively Arts)
FRANZ SCHUBERT String Quartet in G Major, D. 887
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall: Osvaldo Golijov andmembers 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 artistsestablished by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin and the A. E. Charitable Foundation.
Tickets: $52, $58
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Saturday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
Eugene Drucker, Violin
Philip Setzer, Violin
Lawrence Dutton, Viola
David Finckel, Cello
SIR JAMES GALWAY, Flute
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Syrinx
THOMAS ADÈS The Four Quarters (World Premiere, commissioned by CarnegieHall)
ARTHUR FOOTE A Night Piece
CLAUDE DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Tickets: $25 to $69
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Friday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Weill Recital Hall
EBÈNE QUARTET
Pierre Colombet, Violin
Gabriel Le Magadure, Violin
Mathieu Herzog, Viola
Raphaël Merlin, Cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in C Major, K. 465,"Dissonance"
BÉLA BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3
FELIX MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
This concert is made possible, in part, by the A.L. and Jennie L. LuriaFoundation.
Tickets: $54
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Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
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