A Special Evening with the Takács Quartet
Saturday, August 29
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
Ludwig Van Beethoven | String Quartet in B-flat, Op 18 No 6 (1801)
Felix Mendelssohn | String Quartet in F minor, Op 80 (1847) *
Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden” (1824)
*please note this program change. Gabriela Lena Frank's Quijotadas will now appear on our August 30 program at Field Hall.
There is no better place to hear the world’s top string quartet than the intimate and acoustically pristine Maier Hall. Join us for a historic moment as cellist Mihai Marica joins the ensemble for his first official performance. Following an early and beloved Beethoven quartet, the quartet will perform Mendelssohn's stormy and Scubert’s transcendent masterpiece Death in the Maiden: an evening you won’t want to miss.
Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre, violin
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Mihai Marica, cello
Festival Finale with Jeremy Denk and the Takács Quartet
Sunday, August 30
3 pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
Gabriela Lena Frank | Quijotadas (2007)*
Ludwig Van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2 “The Tempest” (1802)
César Franck | Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
*please note this program change. Mendelssohn's F minor quartet will now appear on our August 29 program at Maier Hall.
The summer finale concludes with a tempestuous trio of great works, featuring the one-and-only Jeremy Denk in concert with the Takács Quartet. When asked to describe his Sonata in D minor, Beethoven’s reply was characteristically cryptic. “Go and read Shakespeare’s Tempest.” We continue this stormy journey with composer-in-residence Gabriela Lena Frank's String Quartet Quijotadas and César Franck’s Piano Quintet.
Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre, violin
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Mihai Marica, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
Art of the String Quartet at Maier Hall: Smetana and Dvořák
Sunday, November 1
2pm
BedřichSmetana | String Quartet in E-flat "From My Life" (1876)
Antonín Dvořák | String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ major, Op 105 (1895)
Additional work TBA
There is no better place to hear string quartets than the intimate and acoustically pristine Maier Hall, where we are pleased to continue our Art of the String Quartet series. Music on the Strait audience favorites Kristin Lee and Efe Baltacıgil join Artistic Director James Garlick and violist Katie Liu for a pair of Czech masterpieces from the string quartet literature.
Kristin Lee, violin
James Garlick, violin
Katie Liu, viola
Efe Baltacıgil, cello
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