Emerson String Quartet
2023 - 2024 Season
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Stude Concert Hall, Shepherd School of Music,
Rice University
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PROGRAM

Sarah Kirkland Snider
Drink the Wild Ayre (2023)
Beethoven
Quartet in C-sharp minor op.131
Mendelssohn
*Octet in E-flat op.20

PERFORMERS

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EMERSON STRING QUARTET

Eugene Drucker violin

Philip Setzer violin

Lawrence Dutton viola 

Paul Watkins cello 

 

*SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS

Cho-Liang Lin violin

Paul Kantor violin

James Dunham viola

Norman Fischer cello

This concert includes works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven, with a new work by Sarah Kirkland Snider, commissioned for the Emerson String Quartet’s retirement. Offered by these legendary artists in tribute to a beloved Houston audience and to friendships forged over the decades.

 

Look for more legendary performers to join the Emersons to perform Mendelssohn’s Octet — Shepherd School faculty members and exemplary musicians: Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Kantor, James Dunham and Norman Fischer. An evening to remember!

 

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“…with musicians like this there must be some hope for humanity.”

The Times (London)

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