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PARIS PIANO TRIO -
October 10, 2003 |
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Program
Trio in A Major
- Haydn
Trio in a minor - Ravel
Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 100 - Schubert |
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These three great French musicians (Regis Pasquier, Roland Pidoux
and Jean-Claude Pennetier) are known throughout Europe and North
America for their recordings of works by Schubert, Brahms,
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Chausson. Though each enjoys a solo
career of almost legendary proportions, they have made time to play
together since they were prize-winning students at the Paris
Conservatory. Since their debut tour of North America in 1998 they
have returned frequently, and to increasing acclaim.
Click here to visit their website.
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PACIFICA QUARTET -
November 14, 2003 |
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Program
Adagio and
Fugue in c minor, K. 546
- Mozart
Quartet No. 5 - Elliott Carter
Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5
- Haydn |
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One of the big hits of our 49th season, the Pacifica Quartet
delighted the 600 junior high students at their school concert as
much as their evening standing-ovation audience. "The Pacifica
Quartet turned on the charm, cranked up the emotions, and left the
crowd hanging on the edge of their seats" (Lincoln Star Journal).
Since its formation in 1994, the Pacifica has won an impressive
array of awards, appointments, and accolades. The quartet is a
leading advocate of contemporary music. They were instrumental in
creating the Music Integration Project, providing musical
performances and teacher training to inner-city elementary schools.
Click
here to visit their website.
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CIOMPI
QUARTET-
January 16, 2004 |
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Program
String
quartet in F Major (1902) by Maurice Raveol
Five Pierces for String Quartet by Erwin Schulhoff
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 by Beethoven. |
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The Ciompi Quartet, based at Duke University, has a
distinguished past stretching back almost forty years to its
founding in 1965 by the renowned Italian violinist Giorgio
Ciompi. The group currently travels widely, to destinations
in Europe, the U.S., and Asia, while it continues to play a
leading role in the cultural life of its home state, North
Carolina. |
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BRAZILIAN GUITAR QUARTET
- February 13, 2004 |
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Program
Selected pieces
from:
Bach
Albeniz
Villa-Lobos
and other Brazilian composers |
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They're known as the "Dream Team" in Brazil. Four of the country's
most brilliant guitarists combine their talents in an unusual
repertoire which ranges from their own arrangements of Bach's
Orchestral Suites through Villa-Lobos to works by contemporary
Brazilian composers. In France, England, Japan, and coast to coast
in the United States they have met with rave reviews and ecstatic
audiences. Critics praise their "great brilliance and enormous
musicality....an ideal synthesis of brightness and reverie, tropical
warmth and clarity of ideas...unsurpassable."
Click here to visit
their website. |
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FINE ARTS QUARTET -
April 23, 2004 |
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Program
Quartet in C Major, op. 74 no. 1 - Haydn
Quartet #3 - Bartok;
Quartet - Grieg.
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Founded in 1946, the Fine Arts Quartet is one of the most
distinguished ensembles in chamber music today, with an
uninterrupted career since the end of World War II. As the original
members gradually retired they have been replaced by brilliant new
prizewinning artists. They are one of the most recorded quartets in
history and regularly
tour worldwide. They have been guest professors at two French
conservatories as well as Yale and Indiana universities and
routinely serve as jury members at major competitions.
Documentaries on the Fine Arts Quartet have appeared on both French
and American public television.
Click here to visit their
website. |
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