Emerson String Quartet | Oct. 5, 2008 |
Eugene Drucker - violin Lawrence Dutton- viola
Philip Setzer - violin David Finckel - cello
The internationally acclaimed Emerson String Quartet celebrated its 30/20 Anniversary Season in 2006-2007: 30 years as a quartet and 20 years as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon ensemble. Now in its 28th sold out season at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the quartet’s awards and achievements are impressive: among others, 8 Grammy Awards including 2 for Best Classical Album, Best Chamber Music Performance (twice), 3 Gramophone Magazine Awards, performances of the complete cycles of Beethoven, Bartók, and Shostakovich quartets in major concert halls throughout the world, a Deutsche Grammophon and iTunes three-disc retrospective, Ensemble of the Year, and the 18th recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize - a first for a chamber music ensemble. Quartet-in-residence at Stony Brook University since 2002, the ensemble coaches chamber music, gives master classes and provides instrumental instruction. The violinists alternate in the first chair position, and the quartet performs while standing.
14th LMMC engagement in this formation.
Programme:
HAYDN String Quartet in C major, Opus 74 No. 1
Allegro moderato
Andantino grazioso
Menuetto: Allegretto
Finale: Vivace
PROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Opus 50
Allegro
Andante molto: Vivace
Andante
WEBERN Six Bagatelles, opus 9
I Mäßig
II Leicht bewegt
III Ziemlich fließend
IV Sehr langsam
V Äußerst langsam
VI Fließend
DVOŘÁK String Quartet in A flat major, Opus 105
Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro appassionato
Molto vivace
Lento e molto cantabile
Allegro non tanto