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Virginia G. Piper Concert Series
Emerson String Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet is one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles, described by The Boston Globe as “an extraordinary fusion of experience and authority with audacity and freshness,” now on its final world tour.
Friday, Dec 2, 2022, 8 p.m.
tickets
- A: $65
- B: $55
- C: $45
- D: $35
MEMBER BENEFIT: Members receive 10% off on all tickets to this performance.
About the Event
The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. “With musicians like this,” wrote a reviewer for The Times (London), “there must be some hope for humanity.” The quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings and has been honored with nine Grammys® (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year award.
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.
Program
Mendelssohn: String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 12
Brahms: String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat Major, op. 67
— Intermission —
Dvorak: String Quartet no. 14 in A-flat Major, op. 105
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