Today we hear from three string quartets formed at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy in the 2023-2024 school year. They play music by Haydn, Beethoven, Puccini, Grieg, Prokofiev and Ginastera.
Some players have appeared on Introductions previously:
– Violinist Clark Snavely gave a solo recital in August 2024 and appeared with a previous Academy quartet in August 2023.
– Tristan Zhu appeared as a soloist in February 2024 and as a chamber musician in August 2023 and in August 2021. He’s scheduled to give a solo violin recital on March 15, 2025.
– Serge Kalinovsky gave a solo cello recital in June 2024 and performed with previous Academy chamber groups in October 2023 and in August 2022.
– Lauren Kim, Emily Chen and Lucy Wu previously appeared with piano trios in October 2023.
Playlist
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4:
I. Allegro ma non tanto
Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92:
III. Allegro
Seraphim String Quartet: Clark Snavely & Sasha Varchenko, violins; Tristan Zhu, viola; Serge Kalinovsky, cello
Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20:
I. Allegro violento ed agitato
Giacomo Puccini: Crisantemi
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, “Emperor”:
IV. Finale, Presto
Quartet Meraviglia: Elle Cho & Lauren Kim, violins; Emily Chen, viola; Lucy Wu, cello
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3:
IV. Finale, Allegro di molto
Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50:
I. Allegro
Edvard Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27:
IV. Finale, Lento – Presto al saltarello
Elysian Quartet: Nolan Chang & Kai Isoke Ali-Landing, violins; Vivian Van de Sype-Cucu, viola; Katarina Kenney, cello
