PROGRAM
Brentano String Quartet
Guest host: Ara Guzelimian, Senior Director and Artistic Advisor at Carnegie Hall
Cris de Couer: The madrigals of Don Carlo Gesualdo comprise some of the most intensely expressive music ever composed. This week on Saint Paul Sunday the celebrated Brentano String Quartet brings five of them to us as they've been re-imagined for it by composer Bruce Adolphe. The Brentano captures all of the sweet torment of the pieces, whose vividly compounded moods set the stage well for what comes next: Mozart's A Major Quartet (K. 464), a work of peerless eloquence and technical brilliance that likewise explores zones hovering between pleasure and pain. The Brentano fathoms both composer's works with exhilarating insights all its own.
MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM
- Don Carlo Gesualdo (arr. Bruce Adolphe): Madrigals Book VI
—Deh, come invan sospiro
—Belta, pi che t'assenti
—Resta di darmi noia
—Gia piansi nel dolore
—Moro, lasso - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in A major, No. 18, K. 464
—I. Allegro
—II. Menuetto - Trio
—III. Andante
—IV. Allegro non troppo
MIXED COMPANY
Mixed Company is written by Saint Paul Sunday staff, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the classical music they love.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Artist profile: Brentano String Quartet
