Brentano String Quartet Concert - Feb 13, 2025

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Carnegie Hall Presents

Brentano String Quartet

Thursday, February 13, 2025 7 PM Zankel Hall Center Stage

Brentano String Quartet by Jürgen Frank

The “magnificent” Brentano String Quartet (London’s The Times) performs in Zankel Hall Center Stage—an intimate, in-the-round setting in which audiences encircle the artists. For the occasion, the ensemble treats listeners to Haydn’s complete Op. 33 string quartets—the first set of works contemporaneously titled “string quartets” by the art form’s definitive composer. With his earlier compositions for four string musicians (including the foundational Op. 20), Haydn’s transformational influence on quartet music was already unmatched. When this immense set of music was unveiled to the world on Christmas Day 1781, it proved to be a true culmination of his efforts, showcasing the string quartet as a vibrant, richly varied, and virtuosic form of music that’s as riveting today as ever.

Part of: Zankel Hall Center Stage

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A limited number of tickets for obstructed-view seats (50% off the full ticket price, available anytime) and no-view seats ($10 per ticket, available only on the day of the event) are available for this performance at the Box Office.

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Performers

Brentano String Quartet
- Mark Steinberg, Violin
- Serena Canin, Violin
- Misha Amory, Viola
- Nina Lee, Cello

Program

ALL-HAYDN PROGRAM

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 33, No. 6

String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 1

String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"

String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 4

String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5, "How do you do?"

String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, "The Joke"

Event Duration

The printed program will last approximately two and one-half hours, including two 15-minute intermissions.

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Bios

Brentano String Quartet

With a career that spans more than three decades, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared around the world to popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism”; and The Times of London hails the ensemble’s ...