ECMSA: Emerson Series – Music of Jewish Composers
Free (registration is required)
- William Ransom, piano
- Charae Krueger, cello
Osvaldo Golijov — Tenebrae
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Cellist Charae Krueger, Principal Cellist of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and Professor of Cello at KSU, performs Felix Mendelssohn's brilliant Sonata in D major with ECMSA Artistic Director William Ransom; the international award-winning Vega Quartet plays Osvaldo Golijov's moving and timely Tenebrae (written in 2002 in response to violence in Israel); and Ransom plays the original solo piano version of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, celebrating the 100th year of it's composition.
About Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta is the Southeast’s largest and most active chamber music organization brings together some of the city's finest resident musicians with internationally-known performers who are dedicated to performing the most delightful, exciting, and interesting music from the chamber repertoire in some of the most acoustically and visually beautiful spaces in Atlanta.
https://chambermusicsociety.emory.edu/About Vega Quartet
The Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, is cultivating a new generation of chamber music lovers through dynamic performances and innovative community engagement. The New York Times raved that "[the Quartet’s] playing had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…the musicians took real risks in their music making" and the L.A. Times praised their "triumphant L.A. debut". They concertize both nationally and internationally. The Quartet's major performing projects at Emory have included performing the complete cycle of Beethoven quartets, as well as pairing Bach’s complete works for solo violin, viola, and cello with the six Bartók quartets. They have also developed a series of "Jazz Meets Classics" programs, bringing the two genres together.
http://www.vegaquartet.com/