This is the final tour by one of the world's great musical ensembles. The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its place as a universally acclaimed and unflaggingly popular quartet for more than 40 years. In addition to definitive interpretations, these four artists infuse their performances with emotional impact and personality.
The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine Grammys(R) (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America's "Ensemble of the Year" award. The Quartet collaborates with some of today's most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet form alive and relevant. The group has partnered in performance with such stellar soloists as Renee Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet was one of the first quartets to have its violinists alternate in the first chair position. The Quartet, which takes its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University.
The program will include:
PURCELL (arr. BRITTEN): Chacony in G Minor
HAYDN: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5 in G Major, Hob. III: 41
MOZART: Quartet in D Minor, K. 421,
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
$75/$60/$50.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine Grammys(R) (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America's "Ensemble of the Year" award. The Quartet collaborates with some of today's most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet form alive and relevant. The group has partnered in performance with such stellar soloists as Renee Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet was one of the first quartets to have its violinists alternate in the first chair position. The Quartet, which takes its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University.
The program will include:
PURCELL (arr. BRITTEN): Chacony in G Minor
HAYDN: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5 in G Major, Hob. III: 41
MOZART: Quartet in D Minor, K. 421,
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
$75/$60/$50.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
This is the final tour by one of the world's great musical ensembles. The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its place as a universally acclaimed and unflaggingly popular quartet for more than 40 years. In addition to definitive interpretations, these four artists infuse their performances with emotional impact and personality.
The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine Grammys(R) (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America's "Ensemble of the Year" award. The Quartet collaborates with some of today's most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet form alive and relevant. The group has partnered in performance with such stellar soloists as Renee Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet was one of the first quartets to have its violinists alternate in the first chair position. The Quartet, which takes its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University.
The program will include:
PURCELL (arr. BRITTEN): Chacony in G Minor
HAYDN: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5 in G Major, Hob. III: 41
MOZART: Quartet in D Minor, K. 421,
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
$75/$60/$50.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine Grammys(R) (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America's "Ensemble of the Year" award. The Quartet collaborates with some of today's most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet form alive and relevant. The group has partnered in performance with such stellar soloists as Renee Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet was one of the first quartets to have its violinists alternate in the first chair position. The Quartet, which takes its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University.
The program will include:
PURCELL (arr. BRITTEN): Chacony in G Minor
HAYDN: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5 in G Major, Hob. III: 41
MOZART: Quartet in D Minor, K. 421,
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
$75/$60/$50.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
show less
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