Brentano Quartet members from left, Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola and Nina Lee, cello. Photo by Jürgen Frank
Pro Musica News:
SANTA FE—Pro Musica’s celebrated String Quartet Series continues this February with the “Passionate, uninhibited, and spellbinding” Brentano Quartet (London Independent). In their program “Chiaroscuro”—referring to an artistic technique that uses contrasting light and shadow to create volume and depth—Shostakovich’s intensely personal String Quartet No. 8, dedicated to the victims of fascism and war, sits in high contrast with two of the most uplifting, ebullient quartets by Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Discovery Series
Light and Shadow—Conversation and Demonstration begins at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Members of the Brentano Quartet illustrate the wide range of human experience and emotion contained in the music of Mendelssohn, Mozart and Shostakovich.
About the Brentano Quartet
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano Quartet has garnered acclaim (the New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism”) and awards (Cleveland Quartet Award, Naumburg Chamber Music Award, Royal Philharmonic Award). They have performed world-wide from Carnegie Hall (New York), the Library of Congress (Washington D.C)., the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Konzerthaus (Vienna), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), the Sydney Opera House, and places in between. Since 2014 they have been Artists-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music, formerly the Ensemble-in-Residence at Princeton University, and twice the collaborative ensemble for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
What
- Brentano Quartet—Chiaroscuro
When
- Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 3 PM
Where
- St. Francis Auditorium
- New Mexico Museum of Art
- 107 West Palace Avenue
- Santa Fe, NM 87501
Program
- MOZART Quartet in D Major, K. 499
- SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
- MENDELSSOHN Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1
Tickets
$22–$92, Pro Musica Box Office at 505.988.4640 x1000 or https://tickets.sfpromusica.org/8637
