Escher String Quartet Plays Bartók

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Widely considered to be the most influential quartet cycle after Beethoven’s, Bartok’s collection of six string quartets is a landmark artistic achievement. This rare experience of hearing the full cycle in one evening brings listeners into Bartok’s creative development as he revolutionized the genre, moving from late Romanticism to pioneering modernism. The Escher Quartet, praised by The New York Times for their “penetrating intelligence” and “gorgeous tonal sheen,” will perform the six quartets, in order, with two intermissions.

BARTÓK

String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40

String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67

String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85

String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91

String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102

String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114

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Time

6:00pm

Duration

approx. 3 hours and 15 minutes, with two intermissions

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Escher String Quartet
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Escher String Quartet

ensemble

Adam Barnett-Hart, violin
Brendan Speltz, violin
Pierre Lapointe, viola
Brook Speltz, cello

The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for their profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, they’ve performed at London’s Cadogan Hall for the BBC Proms, are regular guests at London’s Wigmore Hall, and in their hometown of New York City, are season artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

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