Pacifica Quartet with Ellen Hwangbo

About this event

“…nothing short of phenomenal…”

— The Telegraph

“Engrossing, characterful…with a luminescent tranquillity [and] spine-tingling intensity.”

— The New York Times

One of America’s most acclaimed chamber ensembles, the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet brings its trademark virtuosity, fearless programming, and deeply unified sound to Constellations in a program spanning nearly two centuries. Mendelssohn’s astonishingly mature A-minor Quartet, written while the composer was still a teenager, pairs youthful passion with extraordinary formal imagination; Ligeti’s Métamorphoses nocturnes transforms the quartet into a constantly shifting landscape of eerie stillness, wit, color, and explosive energy. After intermission, Constellations Artistic Director Ellen Hwangbo joins the Pacifica for Schumann’s beloved Piano Quintet in E-flat Major—one of the great landmarks of the chamber repertoire, overflowing with lyricism, drama, and irresistible Romantic momentum.

ARTISTS

Pacifica Quartet

Simin Ganatra, violin

Austin Hartman, violin

Mark Holloway, viola

Brandon Vamos, cello

Ellen Hwangbo , piano

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13 (1827)

I. Adagio – Allegro vivace

II. Adagio non lento

III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto

IV. Presto – Adagio non lento

György Ligeti (1923–2006): String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes (1953–54)

intermission

Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 (1842)

I. Allegro brillante

II. In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largamente

III. Scherzo: Molto vivace

IV. Allegro ma non troppo

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