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The String Quartet through the ages: A Celebrity Series Night Out
Groupmuse Night Out

The String Quartet through the ages: A Celebrity Series Night Out

Fenway–Kenmore, Boston

Sat, October 26, 2019, at 8:00 PM, EDT
(Ticket sales closed Oct 25, 12:00 PM EDT)

Celebrity Series of Boston
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for sale
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair Accessible
Kids
Kid-friendly event

This is a Groupmuse Night Out

Explore the wider world of music outside Groupmuse with exclusive discounts to local concerts.

Hosts

Groupmuse Superhost
Celebrity Series of Boston

At the core of what we do at Groupmuse - why we gather, take our shoes off, get cozy on a new friend's living room floor - is the String Quartet. It's the beating heart of the chamber music rep, mastered by the masters, an uniquely capable of capturing and challenging the spirit of the age in an especially space-efficient way.

The Celebrity Series of Boston, for decades committed to bringing the leading lights of the performing arts world through our Great City, is calling on one of our era's great string quartets - The Jerusalem String Quartet - to explore the staggering range of what these four instruments are capable of when bound in common purpose. And best of all: We're invited for a Saturday Night Out!

The program fittingly begins with Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet. It's a late masterwork, epitomizing the formal clarity of the classical, his op. 76/2, "Fifths".

It's followed by a jarring contrast, the highly modernist and rawly folkish Bartok and his 4th String Quartet, representing the very vanguard of the string quartet canon.

The reconciling finale is Johannes Brahms, with his lushly Romantic and deeply brooding 1st String Quartet

It'll be an eye-opening voyage, delivered by some of the finest talents of the day - and while tickets typically average $60, we've got a good a stack for only $20 - but sales close in three days so make your move!

What's the music?

Jerusalem Quartet String Quartet

Joseph Haydn | Quartet in D minor, Opus 76, no. 2, “Fifths”

Béla Bartók | Quartet No. 4

Johannes Brahms | Quartet in C minor, Opus 51, no. 1

Location

30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, USA
Additional instructions: The event will be on the 3rd Floor, in the Botswana Hall. There will be plenty of signage and guides to lead you to the right place :o)

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