PROGRAM
Avalon String Quartet
Inspired Exchange: Owing to its intimacy and self-direction, chamber music at its best is always a give-and-take process. The Avalon String Quartet, Bill McGlaughlin’s guests this week on Saint Paul Sunday, lend dazzling musicianship to this chemistry, one that glows both within their close circle and through ongoing collaboration with several master ensembles of our day, including the Juilliard, Emerson, and Vermeer string quartets. Having recently completed a two-year quartet residency at the Juilliard School, the quartet was immediately engaged to be artists-in-residence at Indiana University at South Bend where they serve as full-time string faculty. Its emerging presence on the American music scene signals the arrival of an exhilarating new voice.
MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 -I. Allegro -II. Adagio Cantabile
- Leonard Bernstein: Trio
- Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
- Astor Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña
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. (more)
