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Music Mountain 2011 #1

Series: Music Mountain 2011 Chamber Music Concerts
From: Music Mountain
Length: 01:56:00

This program was recorded June 19, 2011 and features the Harlem String Quartet plus Misha Dichter, Piano. Read the full description.

2001_hall_small This first program in the Music Mountain 2011 series was recorded June 19, 2011 and features the Harlem String Quartet:  Ilmar Gavilán, Violin Juan Miguel Hernandez, Viola Melissa White, Violin Paul Wiancko, Cello; Assisting Artist Misha Dichter, Piano

Mozart: String Quartet #15 in D Minor, K. 421 (1783)
Borodin: String Quartet #2 in D Major (1881)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 (1842)
Strayhorn: Take the “A” rain (1939)
HISTORIC ENCORE: Bloch: Piano Quintet #1; performed by the St. Petersburg String Quartet and Volodmyr Vynntskty, piano.

These concert broadcasts from music mountain are underwritten by Edward R. Hamilton bookseller, Falls Village, CT with their bargain book catalog of thousands of books on music, art and other subjects. By mail.  On the web at edwardrhamilton.Com or through musicmountain.org

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Piece Description

This first program in the Music Mountain 2011 series was recorded June 19, 2011 and features the Harlem String Quartet:  Ilmar Gavilán, Violin Juan Miguel Hernandez, Viola Melissa White, Violin Paul Wiancko, Cello; Assisting Artist Misha Dichter, Piano

Mozart: String Quartet #15 in D Minor, K. 421 (1783)
Borodin: String Quartet #2 in D Major (1881)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 (1842)
Strayhorn: Take the “A” rain (1939)
HISTORIC ENCORE: Bloch: Piano Quintet #1; performed by the St. Petersburg String Quartet and Volodmyr Vynntskty, piano.

These concert broadcasts from music mountain are underwritten by Edward R. Hamilton bookseller, Falls Village, CT with their bargain book catalog of thousands of books on music, art and other subjects. By mail.  On the web at edwardrhamilton.Com or through musicmountain.org

Transcript

PROGRAM NOTES:

THE ARTISTS

THE HARLEM STRING QUARTET
The Harlem String Quartet has been praised for its “panache” by The New York Times, and is “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and intelligent,” according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Since making its acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in the fall of 2006, the group has since gone on to grace stages around the world. In 2009, the quartet performed at the White House for President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and made an appearance Christmas morning on NBC’s Today Show. Bringing superb artistic skills and versatility to a wide range of repertoire, the quartet has performed with such legendary musicians as Itzhak Perlman, Chick Corea, Misha Dichter, Paquito d’Rivera, and Carter Brey. Each member of the quartet is a seasoned solo artist, having appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pop...
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These concert broadcasts from music mountain are underwritten by Edward R. Hamilton bookseller, Falls Village, CT with their bargain book catalog of thousands of books on music, art and other subjects. By mail. On the web at edwardrhamilton.Com or through musicmountain.org

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