American String Quartet
March 17th and 18th, 2012
- SATURDAY, SALON CONCERT, MARCH 17, 2012
- Haydn: Quartet in G Major, Op.77, No. 1
- Bartok: Quartet No. 6
- SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012
- Mozart: Quartet in B-flat Major, K.458, “Hunt”
- Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12
- Schubert: Quartet in D Minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden”
The American String Quartet has spent decades honing what The New York Times describes as “the luxurious, beautifully sculptured” sound for which it is famous. In its 35 years of performing, the American has presented the complete quartets of Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartók, and Mozart. Their Music Masters Complete Mozart String Quartets CDs, performed on a matched quartet of instruments by Stradivarius, have set the standard for this repertoire. The group began by winning both the Coleman Competition and the Naumburg Award in the same year. They are currently the resident quartet at the Aspen Music Festival and the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
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