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October 21, 2021 Concert Program Music at Noon with the Penderecki String Quartet
Oct. 15, 2021
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String Quartet No. 4 (1928) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 (1826) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 (1945) by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
II. Vivacez
Break Away for String Quartet (2013) by Jesse Montgomery (1981--)
III. Smoke
Quartet No. 5 (Rosalind) (1989) by R Murray Schafer (1933-2021)
String Quartet (1903) by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
IV. Vif et agité
Biography
The Penderecki String Quartet, approaching the third decade of an extraordinary career, has become one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of their generation. These four musicians from Poland, Canada, and the USA bring their varied yet collective experience to create performances that demonstrate their “remarkable range of technical excellence and emotional sweep” (Toronto, Globe and Mail). Their recent schedule has included concerts in New York (Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Los Angeles (REDCAT at Disney Hall), St. Petersburg, Paris, Prague, Berlin, Rome, Belgrade, Zagreb, Atlanta, as well as appearances at international festivals in Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Venezuela, Brazil, and China. The PSQ champions music of our time, performing a wide range of repertoire from Haydn to Zappa as well as premiering over 100 new works to date. Described by Fanfare Magazine as “an ensemble of formidable power and keen musical sensitivity”, the PSQ’s diverse discography includes the chamber music of Brahms and Shostakovich (Eclectra and Marquis labels) and their recently released Bartok cycle. They enter their 20th year as Quartet-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.