Saint John String Quartet and Elm City String Quartet - Quartet x2 Double Take in Fredericton
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Venue: UNB Centre for Musical Arts, Fredericton, NB
Performer: Saint John String Quartet and Elm City String Quartet - Quartet x2 Double Take
Make it a double! The Saint John String Quartet and the Elm City String Quartet join forces with special guest Andrew Miller (double bass) for double the trouble and double the fun. First up is Mendelssohn’s famous string octet, written when the composer was only 16 years old. This youthful work brings the quartets together into a miniature symphony, famous for its eight-part fugue-like motifs. But no good thing lasts forever, and the passion of youth gives way to the passion of dance in Osvaldo Golijov’s homage to the tango, Last Round (1996). In the composer’s own words: “Two quartets…
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