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West End String Quartet Seminar at the Hartt Community Division
WESQ is pleased to announce a new series of masterclasses at The Hartt School, featuring students of the Hartt Community Division chamber music program. Masterclasses are free and open to the public. All masterclasses start at 7:30 pm and will be held in Berkman Recital Hall at The Hartt School.
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Friday, March 30th, 2012 (for adult chamber ensembles)
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Chamber Music at Wesleyan University
WESQ is excited to be leading the chamber music program for Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
Concerts
WESQ in Concert
Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at 8 p.m. | Berkman Recital Hall
The Hartt School, West Hartford, CT.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
Program:
Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K.590
Neely Bruce: A String Quartet for Alvin
Brahms: String Quintet in F Major, Op. 88 (Ruth Bergman joins the quartet on violin)
Concert @ Evergreen Woods
Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. | Evergreen Woods Retirement Community
North Branford, CT.
WESQ presents an hour-long program of Mozart and Beethoven for the Evergreen Woods Community. Ruth Bergman joins the quartet on violin.
Hartt Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Sunday, November 20th, 2011 at 2 p.m. | Berkman Recital Hall
The Hartt School, West Hartford, CT.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
Features members of Hartt faculty including the West End String Quartet, performing Mozart.
Lucier Celebration Concert IV: Tributes
Sunday, November 6th, 2011 at 2 p.m. | Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
Tickets: $12, $10, $6 (860) 685-3355 (Box Office)
A tribute concert by friends and colleagues of Alvin Lucier. The WESQ will be performing works by Neely Bruce and Gordon Mumma.
Criminal Intent - Rhymes With Opera (Featuring the West End String Quartet)
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 7 p.m. | Café Orwell
247 Varet St., Brooklyn, NY 11206
Saturday, June 18 at 6 p.m. | The Windup Space
12 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201
*A party for Friends of RWO after the show!*
Friday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. | Real Art Ways
56 Arbor St., Hartford, CT 06106
Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. | Yes!Oui!Si! Space
19 Vancouver St., Boston, MA 02115
All Concerts $10, $5/Students
Program:
Ruby Fulton – Being for the Breakdown
Kyle Gann – Concord Spiral
Alfred Schnittke – String Quartet No. 3
Ryan Jesperson – Orphée Redux
Martin Zimmerman and George Lam – Someone Anyone
David Smooke – Criminal Element (premiere, commissioned by RWO)
Visit www.rhymeswithopera.org for more info!
WESQ performs at Western New England College
Friday, February 25, 2011, 7:30pm
1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA
Blake Law School Center Commons - off of Bradley Road
(Campus Map: http://www1.wnec.edu/aboutus/index.cfm?selection=doc.585)
Admission: Free
Program includes Brahms' Quartet in A minor, 59:2, Mozart's Divertimento in D major, K. 136 and a selection of Argentinean tangos.
WESQ at Wesleyan
Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 12:00 noon
WESQ will perform a 45-minute program at Wesleyan University at noon on Tuesday, February 1st. The program includes Brahms’ String Quartet in A minor, 51:2 and a selection of Argentinean tangos.
Music@First Series
Sunday, November 14th, 2010 3:00pm
First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon CT
Admission: $7 donation at the door/$5 for seniors and students
Program: A sixty minute program featuring selections by Brahms, Mozart, and Dohnanyi
Friday, November 12th, 2010 7:00pm
St. James's Church
1018 Farmington Ave. West Hartford, CT
Admission: Free
Program: Quartets by Brahms, Mozart and the Dohnanyi String Serenade
Friday, November 5th, 2010, 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyan University
Admission: $22 General Admission/$18 Seniors
Program: The West End String Quartet joins pianist Donald Berman on a new arrangement of Chopin's "La Ci Darem" variations on a theme by Mozart.
http://events.wesleyan.edu for more info
The Hartt School, University of Hartford
Admission: Free
Program: Mendelssohn String Quartet in e minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Bartok String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp"
725 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT
Simsbury Public Library Lunchtime Concert Series. Admission: Free
Program: Chamber music by Hartt Community Division faculty, including the West End String Quartet performing Bartok's String Quartet No. 1.
300 Summit Street, Hartford
Admission: Free (Be sure to arrive early for a seat in this popular venue!) Visit the Trinity College website for directions.
Program:
- Haydn - Quartet in d minor, 76:2
- Rebecca Clarke - Two Movements for String Quartet
- Dan Roman - Sonora Complexidad
- Astor Piazzolla - Introduccion y Muerte del Angel
- Four, for Tango
Centinel Hill Hall Auditorium, 950 Main Street, Hartford
Admission: Free. (Note: Free and secure parking will be available during the concert in the Columbus Boulevard Parking Lot.)
This concert features several local composers and performers. WESQ will perform two pieces: A Muse by David Macbride and selected movements of String Quartet #1 by Arthur Hernandez.
35 Washington Avenue, Seymour, CT
The quartet will perform Beethoven's Quartet Opus 18, No. 6; James Lindsay's Second String Quartet, and Schumann's Quartet Opus 41, No. 3. Free will offering, reception to follow. See program details below.
Works to be performed:
String Quartet #2
James T. Lindsay
James Lindsay's Second String Quartet was composed in 2002 through 2003, with revisions being made in 2008. This afternoon's concert is the world premiere. While not minimalist in its entirety, the piece incorporates the minimalist qualities of pulsation and use of ostinato. The work is in three movements. The first movement, an allegro, is primarily in 4/4. It's main theme of a minor ninth followed by a minor second is developed and explored throughout. The second movement, a moderato, is characterized by expanding harmonies beginning with a major second and ending in an octave. The third movement, a vivace, contains a constant eighth note pulse with alternating duple and triple meters. The main theme, appearing in the tenth measure, began as a dodecaphonic composition but is broken down into smaller pieces appearing throughout the movement.
String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 No. 3
Robert Schumann
Schumann composed only three string quartets, all in the summer of 1842, in the midst of his “chamber year.” Influenced by Beethoven, Schumann wanted to create an over-arching sense of unity in his large-scale works (though the fanciful nature of his better-known piano miniatures still shines through). In all of the movements of this quartet, a sense of conflict is created through contrast between rhythmic stability and instability. The third movement is in a form borrowed from vocal music, where the verses of the melody are repeated with varied accompaniment.
1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06107
This concert will include the premier of New Haven composer Jay Lindsay's "String Quartet No. 2", as well as Schumann's Op. 41, no. 3.
Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Neely Bruce's Ives Vocal Marathon culminates with seven concerts over three days, with a variety of programs. WESQ will be performing on the "Experimental Ives" concert. Tickets are $5/$4 students and seniors. For more info, visit www.ivesvocalmarathon.com
814 Asylum Ave, Hartford, CT
In honor of Ives' 100th wedding anniversary. At the Asylum Hill Congregational Church. Admission $15. www.ahcc.org
Visit the Trinity College Website!
10 Campfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114
The WESQ joins clarinetist Giancarlo Bazzano for Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. Program also includes works for clarinet and piano by Bach, Gershwin, Opperman, and Saint-Saens, with Daniel Pereira on piano.
27 Adams St. S Manchester, CT 06040
Free will donations will be taken at the door.
1 Community St East Hartford, CT 06108
Free will donations will be taken at the door.