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Music Mountain 2009 #26

Series: Music Mountain 2009 Chamber Music Concerts
From: Music Mountain
Length: 01:57:01

Highlights from past series, this program was recorded August 13, 2006 and features the Bergonzi String Quartet with Assisting Artists: Tao Lin, Piano and Timothy Cobb, Bass. Read the full description.
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Music Mountain 2009 #26
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2001_hall_small the Bergonzi String Quartet: Glenn Basham,Violin; Pamela Mcconnell, Viola; Scott Flavin, Violin; and Ross Harbaugh, Cello.  With Assisting Artists: Tao Lin, Piano and Timothy Cobb, Bass.

STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR, K.575 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Allegretto
-Andante
-Menuetto: Allegretto
-Allegretto

STRING QUARTET #1, OPUS 20 by Alberto Ginastera
-Allegro violento e agitato
-Vivacissimo
-Calmo e poetico
-Allegramente rustico

RHINE LEGEND by Mahler (arranged by Scott Flavin for string quartet)

ERL-KING by Schubert (arranged by Scott Flavin for string quartet)


QUINTET FOR PIANO AND STRINGS IN A MAJOR, OPUS 114, D. 667 - "THE TROUT" by Franz Schubert
-Allegro vivace
-Andante
-Scherzo: Presto
-Thema: Andantino
-Finale: Allegro giusto

1st HISTORIC ENCORE
Haydn: String Quartet in C major, opus 20, #3; played by the Avalon String Quartet

2nd HISTORIC ENCORE
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Opus 132; Played by the Gordon String Quartet (partial)

Music Mountain 2009 #26 | 01:57:01

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Piece Description

the Bergonzi String Quartet: Glenn Basham,Violin; Pamela Mcconnell, Viola; Scott Flavin, Violin; and Ross Harbaugh, Cello.  With Assisting Artists: Tao Lin, Piano and Timothy Cobb, Bass.

STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR, K.575 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Allegretto
-Andante
-Menuetto: Allegretto
-Allegretto

STRING QUARTET #1, OPUS 20 by Alberto Ginastera
-Allegro violento e agitato
-Vivacissimo
-Calmo e poetico
-Allegramente rustico

RHINE LEGEND by Mahler (arranged by Scott Flavin for string quartet)

ERL-KING by Schubert (arranged by Scott Flavin for string quartet)


QUINTET FOR PIANO AND STRINGS IN A MAJOR, OPUS 114, D. 667 - "THE TROUT" by Franz Schubert
-Allegro vivace
-Andante
-Scherzo: Presto
-Thema: Andantino
-Finale: Allegro giusto

1st HISTORIC ENCORE
Haydn: String Quartet in C major, opus 20, #3; played by the Avalon String Quartet

2nd HISTORIC ENCORE
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Opus 132; Played by the Gordon String Quartet (partial)

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PROGRAM NOTES

STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR, K. 575 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

This piece of music is a wonderful illustration that there is no simple match between an artist’s life and his work. Wonderfully melodic, this quartet is optimistic and buoyant; yet at the time of its composition, Mozart’s life was filled with disappointments with the Viennese musical establishment and increasing financial debt. He died the following year.

Probably reflecting the fact that King Frederick of Prussia who urged the quartet’s composition was an excellent cellist, the cello is dominant throughout the quartet. Mozart, however, also provided important roles for the second violin and viola, the inner voices. A rising arpeggio and a descending scale form the principal theme of the first movement. This is stated by the first violin and repeated by the viola. The cello introduces the second...
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