Chamber Music at the Clark: American String Quartet

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American String Quartet

Peter Winograd, violin
Laurie Carney, violin
Wolfram Koessel, cello
Daniel Avshalomov, viola

Internationally recognized as one of the world’s foremost quartets, the American String Quartet celebrated its 40th season in 2015–16. Critics and col­leagues hold the quartet in high esteem, and many of today’s leading artists and composers seek out the ensemble for col­lab­o­ra­tions. The American String Quartet is also known for its performances of the complete quartets of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartók, Mendels­sohn, and Mozart, as well as all the string quintets of Mozart, Mendels­sohn, and Brahms. The group’s recordings of the complete Mozart string quartets on a matched set of Stradi­varius instruments are widely held to set the standard for this repertoire.

www.americanstringquartet.com

Program

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, op. 44, no. 1

Molto allegro vivace
Menuetto. Un poco allegretto
Andante espressivo ma con moto
Finale. Presto con brio

Intermission

Alban Berg (1885–1935)
String Quartet, op. 3

Langsam
Mäßige Viertel

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, op. 95 (“Serioso”)

Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace serioso — Più allegro
Larghetto espressivo — Allegretto agitato — Allegro

Reception