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Quartet Aido in an intimate Long Beach recital!
Living room Potluck

Quartet Aido in an intimate Long Beach recital!

Bluff Heights, Long Beach

Sat, November 15, at 6:00 PM, PST
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    • Reserve a spot $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
    Capacity
    20 of 24 spots still available
    Drinking policy
    Bring your own drinks
    Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks provided
    Wheelchair access
    Not wheelchair accessible

    This is a groupmuse

    A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.

    Host

    Thomas T.

    Thrilled to welcome Quartet Aido for an encore presentation! Join Quartet Aido and your friends for an intimate living room recital. BYOB. This is a pot luck music party so if you can bring appetizers to share -- that would be great! If you heard Quartet Aido last time they were here then you know you're in for a major treat. If you've never heard Quartet Aido before -- let me tell you -- you're in for a major treat! They are amazing musicians definitely headed for the big time!

    Program
    Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) String Quartet No. 4 (1951)
    Grażyna Bacewicz was born into a musical family in Poland. Bacewicz became an extraordinary professional violinist and prolific award-winning composer. Following the German occupation in WWII, Bacewicz was part of the Underground Union of Musicians. Commissioned by the Underground Union, Bacewicz’s Fourth Quartet was an immediate success. It won first prize at the International Composers’ Competition in Liège and the Polish National Prize in 1952.

    Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (1893)
    Claude Debussy was a French composer and is seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of his time. Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at age ten to France's leading music college, the Conservatoire de Paris. He found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of his conservative professors. He completed his String Quartet in G minor in 1893 when he was 31. It is his only string quartet.

    Arrive: 6:00 ~ 6:30pm Reception with drinks & appetizers.
    Recital: 6:30 ~ 7:30pm with very short intermission
    Recption: 7:30pm ~ ... Stay for the refreshments, mingle with guests and artists!

    What's the music?

    Quartet Aido String Quartet

    Bacewicz String Quartet No. 4
    and
    Debussy Quartet in G minor
    Debussy's only string quartet is one of the most popular and well regarded quartets in the literature! He constructs the entire work around one rhythmic, powerful theme, a construction which is mirrored in Bacewicz's fourth quartet. Bacewicz is an infrequently played Polish female composer, and this quartet, like Debussy's, is rhythmic, propulsive, and deeply melodic. We can't wait to present these two works in conversation with each other!

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    Attendees

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    Steve M.
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