

This is one of the “Tost” quartets named after Johann Tost, a violinist in the Esterhazy orchestra from 1783–89. In 1762 Joseph Haydn composed his first string quartet and then went on to compose 67 more.

5 (The “Lark”) and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor, Op 13. July 13 at the Milwaukee Jewish Community Center, the Fine Arts Quartet will perform Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major Op. The addition of the second cello adds a richness to the lower tonalities.ģ p.m. Sunday, July 9 | at UWM’s Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. The pre-talk will be given by Steve Basson.įor the concert 3 p.m. Many consider it to be the best of Schubert’s chamber music compositions and perhaps the finest of all chamber music scores. It was composed just two months before his death in 1828, first performed in 1850, and not published until three years later in 1853.

Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major Op post. His Piano Quintet No 1, considered one of his finest compositions, demonstrates his modernistic, mystical style of writing, employing creative melodic and harmonic techniques even making use of quarter tones. In 1920, he became the first director of the Cleveland Institute of Music and later accepted a position at the San Francisco Conservatory, becoming a U.S. in 1916 to accept a position in composition at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. Han and Finckel, a wife and husband team, are artistic directors of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.īloch, a Swiss composer, studied composition in the early 20th century at conservatories throughout Europe, first came to the U.S. After intermission they will play Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major Op. 1 for Piano and Quartet with Wu Han as guest pianist. The first program begins with Earnest Bloch’s Quintet No.
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Admission is free for all three concerts. The Fine Arts Quartet will return to Milwaukee in July offering concerts at the Zelazo Center on July 9 and 16 and the Jewish Community Center on Santa Monica Boulevard in Whitefish Bay on July 13.
