Thursday, October 5, 2017 7:30 PM
Rackham Auditorium
Rackham Auditorium
Emerson String Quartet
Calidore String Quartet
Performance
Members of the Calidore String Quartet, the inaugural M-Prize winner (2016) who made their UMS debut in February, join their mentors, the Emerson String Quartet.
The program features works for larger string ensembles, closing with Mendelssohn’s brilliant octet, composed when he was just 16 as a birthday gift for his violin teacher.
Artist Website
http://www.emersonquartet.com/PROGRAM (Thu 10/5/2017: Rackham Auditorium)
| R. Strauss | String Sextet (“Intermezzo”) from Capriccio |
| Bruckner | String Quintet in F Major, WAB 112 (excerpts) |
| Shostakovich | Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 |
| Mendelssohn | Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 |
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