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Music Mountain 2011 #2

Series: Music Mountain 2011 Chamber Music Concerts
From: Music Mountain
Length: 01:55:59

This program was recorded June 26,1011 and features the St. Petersburg String Quartet playing works by Brahms and Shostakovich. Read the full description.

2001_hall_small  This program was recorded June 26,1011 and features the  St. Petersburg String Quartet plus Victoria Schwartzman, Piano; Mikhal Bugaev, Viola; and Adrian Daurov, Cello

Violin Sonata # 3 In D Minor, Opus 108 By Johannes Brahms
-Allegro
-Adagio
-Un poco presto e con sentimento
-Presto agitato

Quartet # 4 In D Major, Opus 83 by Dmitri Shostakovich
-Allegro
-Andantino
-Allegretto
-Allegretto

String Sextet In G Major, Opus 36 by Johannes Brahms
-Allegro non troppo  
-Scherzo:Allegro non troppo
-Poco Adagio
-Poco Allegro

-HISTORIC ENCORE: Brahms Quartet in A minor, op. 51 performed by the St Petersburg Quartet [partial]

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Piece Description

 This program was recorded June 26,1011 and features the  St. Petersburg String Quartet plus Victoria Schwartzman, Piano; Mikhal Bugaev, Viola; and Adrian Daurov, Cello

Violin Sonata # 3 In D Minor, Opus 108 By Johannes Brahms
-Allegro
-Adagio
-Un poco presto e con sentimento
-Presto agitato

Quartet # 4 In D Major, Opus 83 by Dmitri Shostakovich
-Allegro
-Andantino
-Allegretto
-Allegretto

String Sextet In G Major, Opus 36 by Johannes Brahms
-Allegro non troppo  
-Scherzo:Allegro non troppo
-Poco Adagio
-Poco Allegro

-HISTORIC ENCORE: Brahms Quartet in A minor, op. 51 performed by the St Petersburg Quartet [partial]

Transcript

PROGRAM NOTES

THE ARTISTS
THE ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET

“You might think that discipline, passion and impetuousness inhabit different universes, but the St. Petersburg String Quartet has morphed the three into a powerful musical persona.”

The Washington Post. The St. Petersburg String Quartet first appeared at Music Mountain in 1995 and have appeared here every year since. The quartet was formed at what was then the Leningrad Conservatory. They went on to win major honors both in the Soviet Union and abroad. For over 25 years they have toured the United States, Europe and Asia. Their recordings have been nominated for Grammies and have won honors in Stereo Review and Gramophone. They also were awarded the WQXR Chamber Music America Prize for best recording in 2001. The Quartet is now the Quartet in Residence at Wichita State University.

All this week and next the Quartet is con...
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Timing and Cues

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Intro and Outro

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