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The 2016–17 season marks both the Emerson String Quartet’s 40th anniversary and its 37th in residence at the Smithsonian.
The Grammy Award-winning ensemble (violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violist Lawrence Dutton, and cellist Paul Watkins) offers a repertoire that includes masterworks by Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Berg, Debussy, Dvorak, and other greats, as well as Setzer’s solo recital featuring pianist Hsin-Chiao Liao.
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SUBSCRIPTION CODE (5 concerts): BPP7
SEASON CALENDAR
Sat., Nov. 19, 2016
Mozart: String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Sun., Dec. 11, 2016
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 4
Grieg: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27
Sun., Jan. 8, 2017
Philip Setzer’s solo recital featuring Hsin-Chiao Liao, piano
Sun., March 19, 2017
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Sun., May 14, 2017
Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor
Dvorak: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 61
All programs subject to change.
Picture above: Emerson String Quartet (Photo: Lisa Mazzuccos)
