7 PM Pre-concert performance
7:30 PM MAIN CONCERT with the Tesla Quartet
Trinity Lutheran Church [map]
The program explores the expressive range of the string quartet across three centuries. The program opens with Haydn’s witty “Joke” Quartet, full of charm and clever surprises.
Next is Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz’s bold and dynamic String Quartet No. 3, a striking example of mid-20th-century modernism.
The concert concludes with Ravel’s lush and vibrant String Quartet in F Major, a masterpiece of impressionistic colour and rhythmic drive.
ECMS Scholarship Winner
Yuanyuan Que, piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Barcarolle No. 10 in A Minor, op. 104, no. 2
Nocturne in A-flat Major, op. 33, no. 3
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11, S. 244
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, no. 2
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “Joke”
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegro
Largo
Presto
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
String Quartet No. 3
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante
Vivo
INTERMISSION
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
String Quartet in F Major
Allegro moderato – très doux
Assez vif – très rythmé
Très lent
Vif et agité