The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine GRAMMYs® (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year” award. They have worked with some of today’s most esteemed composers to premiere new works, and have partnered with soloists such as Renée Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
The Emerson String Quartet, the incomparable American ensemble, will disband at the October 2023
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Selections from J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue, Mendelssohn Fugue in E Flat Major, opus 81, and Mendelssohn Octet with the Calidore Quartet
Bach – Selections from Art of the Fugue (#s 1,3,5,7,9,11, and 18) Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D Major --Intermission-- Bartok Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40
Brahms: Quartet in C Minor, op. 51#1 Barber: Quartet, op. 11 Schubert: Quartet in G Major, D. 887
The Emerson String Quartet makes its PENTATONE debut with a recording of Schumann’s three string quartets.
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