Event

BORROMEO STRING QUARTET

Since their explosive debut in 1989, the critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet have become one of the most sought after strings quartets in the world, performing over 100 concerts of classical and contemporary literature across three continents each season. Audiences and critics alike champion their revealing explorations of Beethoven, Bartók, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, and Golijov, and their affinity for making even the most challenging contemporary repertoire approachable and enlightening. The Borromeo Quartet's long-standing and celebrated residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been called "one of the defining experiences of civilization in Boston" [Boston Globe] and their ongoing concert series at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York has been hailed as "one of New York's best kept secrets" [New York Sun].

Program:

J.S.Bach: Fugue in E-flat Major, "St. Anne", BWV 552, arranged for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen

Claude Debussy: String Quartet in g minor Op. 10
Animé et très décidé
Assez vif et bien rythmé
Andantino, doucement expressif
Très modéré - En animant peu à peu - Très mouvementé et avec passion

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 Op. 74 "Harp"
Poco adagio; Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
Presto
Allegretto con Variazioni