The Dame Myra Hess 40th Anniversary Concert with the Vermeer & Arianna String Quartets

October 18, 2017, 12:15 pm

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The combined forces of the Vermeer and Arianna String Quartets present a single work on today’s program, the Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major, Op.20 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts.

Vermeer Quartet 
Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin; Mathias Tacke, violin; Richard Young, viola; Nicole Johnson, cello

Arianna String Quartet
John McGrosso, violin; Julia Sakharova, violin; Joanna Mendoza, viola; Kurt Baldwin, cello

Playlist

Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 (36’)
I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Scherzo
IV. Presto
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)