Become a member and save up to 24% on your program registration price! Join today If you are already a member, log in to access your member price. The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Saturday series) Smithsonian Chamber Music Society In-Person Concert Weekend Performance Saturday, December 14, 2024 - 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET Code: 1P0848 Location: National Museum of American HistoryNicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall of Music14th St & Constitution Ave NW Select your Registration Login $32 Member 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $36 Non-Member Add to cart Log in to add this program to your wishlist! A 10% processing fee will be applied at checkout. Adding to your cart... Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 4 Program Series: The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati Saturday Series View series details Resize text Kenneth Slowik, James Dunham, Marc Destrubé, and Mark Fewer (Photo: Smithsonian / Jaclyn Nash) Smithsonian Chamber Music Society audiences are privy to the unparalleled experience of being able to hear two magnificent quartets of instruments—one made by Antonio Stradivari, the other by his teacher Nicoló Amati—in this popular four-concert series on Saturdays. Ensemble Mark Fewer and Marc Destrubé (violins), James Dunham (viola), and Kenneth Slowik (violoncello) Concert Season Information The Axelrod Quartet’s violist James Dunham will retire at the end of this season after 17 years with the ensemble. In the first three programs, which explore the viola quintet repertoire, the quartet is joined by one of three different violists. Dunham has chosen the final quartet-only program to include some of the works he’s most enjoyed playing over his long and distinguished career, which included membership in the Naumburg Award–winning Sequoia String Quartet and the Grammy Award–winning Cleveland quartet. Kenneth Slowik, SCMS artistic director and recipient of the Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award, again curates a series of pre-concert talks one hour prior to each concert, shedding light on the glorious music and the lives and times of the featured composers. Concert Program Schubert: Quartet in G Minor, D173Mozart: Quintet in C Major, K515Mendelssohn: Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 87 This concert features guest violist Joan DerHovsepian. Additional Axelrod String Quartet Saturday Series Concerts October 5, 2024 January 25, 2025 May 3, 2025 This series is also available on Sundays. Other Smithsonian Chamber Music Society Performances Masterworks of Five Centuries 2024-2025 Saturday concert series Masterworks of Five Centuries 2024-2025 Sunday concert series General Information This program and its artists are subject to change. All Axelrod concerts take place at the Nicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall of Music, National Museum of American History, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW (Metro: Federal Triangle). Upon arrival at the museum, please proceed to the 3rd floor of the museum (West side) and check-in at the Will Call table outside Taubman Hall of Music. Advanced sales will close at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024. Within 24 hours of the concert, this page will be updated if tickets will be available for purchase at the door. If available, mobile device and credit card transactions will apply (no cash allowed). Refer to our health and safety information for in-person programs.
