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Thursday, October 5, 2017 7:30 PM // Rackham Auditorium

Emerson String Quartet
Calidore String Quartet

Performance
Photo credit: Lisa Mazzucco
 

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.

PROGRAM

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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Thursday, October 5, 2017 7:30 PM
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.

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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