“Surely, you think, with musicians like these there must be hope for humanity.” —Times (London)
There's always something special on hand when the longtime friends and exquisite musicians of the Emerson String Quartet make their annual visit to Lively Arts. This season, the Grammy Award-winning quartet performs its magic in a sparkling all-Scandinavian program, recently recorded for the ensemble's newest CD. The program features works by Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius, and Edvard Grieg. Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; David Finckel, cello.
PROGRAM: Carl Nielsen: Ved en ung kunstners båre (At the Bier of a Young Artist) for String Quartet; Jean Sibelius: Voces intimae (Intimate Voices): String Quartet in D Minor, op. 56; Edvard Grieg: String Quartet in G Minor, op. 27