Note: There is a free pre-concert lecture at 6:45 with James Primosch.
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 [Arr.]
Jalbert: String Theory for string orchestra [World Premiere/PCMS Commission]
Intermission
Elgar: Serenade in E Minor, Op. 20
Britten: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 36 [Arr.]
Comprised of 17 leading soloists and chamber musicians of today's younger generation (many of whom are principals in major American orchestras), this 'exciting, conductor-less band of strings' (New Yorker) combines the power and expansiveness of a great orchestral ensemble with the personal involvement and spontaneity of chamber music. Of special note on this program is a PCMS-commissioned world premiere by Pierre Jalbert, the celebrated American composer who The New Yorker calls 'an acknowledged chamber-music master.'
Program length: 1 hour and 45 minutes
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