NOTE LOCATION: Hertz Hall
The peerless Takács Quartet [https://www.facebook.com/takacsquartet/]
welcomes its newest member, second violinist Harumi Rhodes—the
players’ distinguished colleague at the University of Colorado
Boulder [https://www.facebook.com/cuboulder/]–following the May 2018
retirement of founding member Károly Schranz after a career spanning
more than 40 years. “We are thrilled that Harumi has accepted our
invitation,” members of the group said. “She is a wonderfully
versatile violinist and chamber musician.”
HAYDN QUARTET IN D MAJOR, Op. 20, No. 4
BARTÓK QUARTET NO. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52
GRIEG QUARTET NO. 1 in G minor, Op. 27
Grieg’s daring, dense QUARTET NO. 1 is a rarely performed gem, and
Bartók’s QUARTET NO. 1 was his first major work to employ folk
rhythms and melodies encountered during his excursions to the
Hungarian countryside. The fourth of Haydn’s imaginative Op. 20
QUARTETS FINDS THE COMPOSER AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS.
HAYDN QUARTET IN G MAJOR, Op. 76, No. 1
BARTÓK QUARTET NO. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119
MENDELSSOHN QUARTET NO. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
For its second program, the quartet performs Bartók’s fiery final
quartet, and the last major work Mendelssohn composed before his
death, an eloquent eulogy to his beloved sister Fanny. The first of
Haydn’s Op. 76 quartets is grand in vision, and full of surprises.
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