WQXR Presents the Emerson String Quartet’s 40th Birthday Party
Emerson String Quartet.
Overview
The Emerson String Quartet has amassed an unparalleled list of achievements over four decades: more than thirty acclaimed recordings, nine Grammy Awards, three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year” and collaborations with many of the greatest artists of our time.
The Emerson Quartet joins us live in The Greene Space to celebrate its 40th anniversary and the release of a new recording, Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell, their first on Universal Music Classics’ new US classical record label, Decca Gold.
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PROGRAM
PURCELL Chacony (edited by Benjamin Britten)
MOZART Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465: I. Adagio-Allegro
TURNAGE Shroud: V. movement
BEETHOVEN Quartet No.13, Op.130: IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 4 in D major, op. 83: I. Allegretto
RAVEL String Quartet in F Major, fourth movement, Vif et agité