CM@B 50th Anniversary Season: The Shanghai Quartet

STUDENT TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN PERSON.

An elegant style melds the delicacy of Eastern music with the emotional breadth of Western repertoire. Through their interpretations of Mendelssohn and Dvořák, the “ferocious and illuminating” (The Washington Post) Quartet traverses musical genres including traditional Chinese folk music, masterpieces of Western music, and cutting-edge contemporary works.

PROGRAM

String Quartet No. 1 in E flat Major, Op.12         Felix Mendelssohn
    Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante         (1809-1847)
    Canzonetta (Allegretto)
    Andante espressivo
    Molto Allegro e vivace

String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (Bologna)                      Frank Bridge
        Adagio – Allegro appassionato                               (1879-1941)
        Adagio molto
        Allegretto grazioso – Allegro vivace
        Allegro agitato

INTERMISSION

String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51                        Antonín Dvořák
    Allegro ma non troppo                                             (1841-1904)
    Dumka (Andante con moto – Vivace
    Romanza (Andante con moto)
    Finale (Allegro assai)

Weigang Li, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Honggang Li, viola
Nicholas Tzavaras, cello