Four more individual musicians are unimaginable, yet these speak, breathe, think and feel as one," observed the Washington Post, and The New York Times noted the Calidore String Quartet's "deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct." Founded in 2010, the Quartet is today recognized as one of the world's foremost interpreters of a vast repertory of chamber music, ranging from Beethoven and Mendelssohn to celebrated contemporary composers.
The Calidore String Quartet are renowned for their "deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct" (New York Times). The Los Angeles Times described the musicians as "astonishing," their playing "shockingly deep," approaching "the kind of sublimity other quartets spend a lifetime searching." The Washington Post noted that "four more individual musicians are unimaginable, yet these speak, breathe, think and feel as one". For more than a decade, the Calidore has enjoyed performances and residencies in the world's major venues and festivals, released multiple critically acclaimed recordings and won numerous awards. The Calidore is recognized as one of the world's foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the quartets cycles of Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Kurtag, Widmann and Caroline Shaw.
The program will include:
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, "Harp"
MONTGOMERY: Strum
SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C-Minor, D. 703 (Quartettsatz)
KORNGOLD: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 34
$75/65/55.