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The Ulysses & Emerson String Quartets – in a combined concert


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JUNE 29 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Ulysses & Emerson String Quartet – a unique first-time pairing!

Richard Strauss, (1864-1949), Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85, (1942)

(performed by the Ulysses Quartet with Lawrence Dutton, viola and Paul Watkins, cello)


Anton Bruckner
, (1824-1896), String Quintet in F major, WAB 112, (1878-79)

III. Adagio, G-flat major, common time

(performed by the Emerson String Quartet with Colin Brookes, viola)


Dmitri Shostakovich
, (1906-1975), Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11, (1924-25)

  1. Adagio

  2. Allegro molto

(performed with the Ulysses Quartet playing the first parts)


-Intermission-          


Felix Mendelssohn, (1809-1847), Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, (1825)

  1. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco (E-flat major)

  2. Andante (C minor)

  3. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo (G minor)

  4. Presto (E-flat major)


WQXR Host: Terrance McKnight

The performance of The Ulysses and Emerson String Quartets has been made possible by a generous grant from The Arthur Loeb Foundation.

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