Pacifica Quartet

Monday & Tuesday
October 15 & 16, 2012 • 7:30 pm
Lincoln Performance Hall

Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often daring repertory choices, the Pacifica Quartet has carved out a critically lauded musical path. Recent career honors include appointment as quartet-in-residence at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the position held for 43 years by the Guarneri Quartet. In 2009 the Pacifica was named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America and received the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.

Monday

Dvořák  Cypresses (selections)
Weinberg  Quartet No. 6 in E minor, Op. 35
Beethoven Quartet in B flat Major, Op. 130/Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

Tuesday

Beethoven Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
Prokofiev Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
Smetana Quartet No. 1, “From My Life”

 

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