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The Emerson String Quartet
2009-2010 Season
30th Season
Sat., Sept. 26, Jan. 9; Sun., Feb. 7, April 25; Sat., May 15, 6 p.m.
PROGRAM DETAILS
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The Emerson String Quartet, formed in 1976, performs with the same
benchmark intensity, energy, and commitment as ever. Their list of achievements
is unparalleled in the history of string quartets: 30 acclaimed recordings for Deutsche Grammophon since 1987; eight Grammy Awards, including two for Best Classical Album—an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group; three Gramophone Awards; and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. They have performed complete cycles of the Beethoven, Bartok, and Shostakovich string quartets in musical capitals from New York to London to Vienna, and have collaborated in concerts and on recordings with some of the greatest artists of our time.
Sat., Sept. 26, 6 p.m.
Eugene Drucker will be accompanied by the Walsh-Drucker-Cooper Trio, featuring Diane Walsh and Roberta Cooper. For more information on the Trio, please visit walshdruckercoopertrio.com.
Mozart: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Major, K. 542
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Sat., Jan. 9, 6 p.m.
Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E Major, D. 353 Op. posth. 125/2
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, B. 193, Op. 105
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117
Sun., Feb. 7, 6 p.m.
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, B.179, Op. 96 (“American”)
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”), JW 7/8
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, B. 192, Op. 106
Sun., Apr. 25, 6 p.m.
Barber: Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd movement of String Quartet), Op. 11
Lawrence Dillon: String Quartet No. 5: Through the Night
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op.127
Sat., May 15, 6 p.m.
Martinu: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (“Duo No. 1”), H. 313
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”), JW 7/13
Dvorak: String Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello in E-flat Major (“American”), B. 180, Op. 97 (with Paul Neubauer, viola)
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