Vermeer Quartet and Arianna String Quartet [Rebroadcast]

May 27, 2020, 12:15 pm

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This is a rebroadcast from October 18, 2017.

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

  • Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, by Felix Mendelssohn
    Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
    Andante
    Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
    Presto