Brentano String Quartet – September 13, Pollack Hall

The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club presents

The Brentano String Quartet

Serena Canin – violin        Misha Amory – viola
Mark Steinberg – violin        Nina Lee – cello

Since it was founded in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times extolled its ‘luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism’, while the London Independent called its playing ‘passionate, uninhibited and spell-binding’. It has appeared in the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In 2014, the Brentano Quartet succeeded the Tokyo Quartet as Artists in Residence at Yale University, following its 14-year-residency at Princeton University. The Quartet also currently serves as the collaborative ensemble for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The Brentano Quartet is known for especially imaginative projects combining old and new music, such as ‘Fragments: Connecting Past and Present’ and ‘Bach Perspectives’. Its name comes from Antonie Brentano, who many scholars think was Beethoven’s ‘Immortal Beloved’, the intended recipient of his famous love confession. LMMC début.

PROGRAMME:

MENDELSSOHN  (1809-1847)
String Quartet in E flat major, Opus 12 (1829)
Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
Canzonetta: Allegretto
Andante espressivo –
Molto allegro e vivace

BRITTEN  (1913-1976)
String Quartet No. 3, Opus 94 (1975)
Duets: With moderate movement
Ostinato: Very fast
Solo: Very calm
Burlesque: Fast – con fuoco
Recitative and Passacaglia
(La Serenissima): Slow

BRAHMS   (1833-1897)
String Quartet in B flat major, Opus 67 (1875)
Vivace
Andante
Agitato: Allegretto non troppo
Poco allegretto con variazioni

To learn more about the Brentano String Quartet, visit: brentanoquartet.com

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