Emerson String Quartet – Past Concerts

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Franz Schubert — String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Franz Schubert — String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
Robert Schumann — Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Sarah Kirkland Snider — Drink the Wild Ayre
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67, BB 75
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Sarah Kirkland Snider — Drink the Wild Ayre (West Coast premiere)
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67, BB 75
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

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Program includes works by Igor Loboda, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Antonín Dvořák.

Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
Anton Webern — Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67, BB 75
Sarah Kirkland Snider — Drink the Wild Ayre (NY premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133

Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105

Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
Anton Webern — Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67, BB 75
Sarah Kirkland Snider — Drink the Wild Ayre (NY premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133

Henry Purcell — Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 (arr. Benjamin Britten)
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 41 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob. III:41, "How do you do?"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky II"

Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105

Henry Purcell — Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 (arr. Benjamin Britten)
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 41 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob. III:41, "How do you do?"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky II"

George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 41 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob. III:41, "How do you do?"
Samuel Barber — Adagio for Strings
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, Op. 161

Johann Sebastian Bach — The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (Nos. 1, 3, 5, 9, 1& 8)
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 ("I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo")
Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Franz Joseph Haydn – The Seven Last Words of Christ, Op. 51, Hob. XX:1b

George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Philip Glass — Mad Rush
Samuel Barber — String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11
André Previn — Penelope

Samuel Barber — String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11
Philip Glass — Mad Rush
Edvard Grieg — 6 Songs, Op. 48 (No. 3: Lauf der Welt & No. 5: Zur Rosenzeit)
Gabriel Fauré — Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
Gabriel Fauré — Au bord de l'eau Op. 8 No. 1
Kevin Puts — Evening
André Previn — Penelope (New York premiere; with Uma Thurman, narrator)

Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, Op. 142
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132 “Heiliger Dankgesang”

George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 21 in D major K. 575
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, Op. 142