Cooke Noontime Concerts: Juilliard & Vega Quartets
Free
- William Ransom, piano
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
The legendary Juilliard String Quartet joins forces with the Vega Quartet and pianist William Ransom for Schumann's brilliant Piano Quintet and Mendelssohn's miraculous Octet.
This event is part of the Cooke Noontime Concert series, which presents free lunchtime concerts at the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the campus of Emory University.
About Juilliard String Quartet
Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as "the most important American quartet in history," the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring. Each performance of the Juilliard String Quartet is a unique experience, bringing together the four members' profound understanding, total commitment, and unceasing curiosity in sharing the wonders of the string quartet literature. Based out of the Juilliard School in New York City, where the four members of the quartet serve on the faculty, the reach of this venerable quartet is worldwide.
http://www.juilliardstringquartet.org/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/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/Ackerman Hall at Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
571 South Kilgo Cir NEAtlanta, GA 30322
United States