“American’s greatest quartet”
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.
News
Emerson String Quartet to disband in 2023
The Emerson String Quartet, the incomparable American ensemble, will disband at the October 2023
Concerts
Britten Pears Arts
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Walker: Lyric for Strings Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 Intermission Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887
Schubertiade
Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal
Schubert: Violinsonate a-Moll, D 385 Sonate a-Moll, D 821 »Arpeggione-Sonate« Intermission Streichquartett G-Dur, D 887
Schubertiade
Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal
Brahms: Scherzo c-Moll für Violine und Klavier, WoO 2 Streichquartett c-Moll, op. 51/1 Intermission Schubert: Klavierquintett A-Dur, D 667 »Forellenquintett«
Schumann: String Quartets
The Emerson String Quartet makes its PENTATONE debut with a recording of Schumann’s three string quartets.
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