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William Walton String Quartet No. 2
Walton spent World War II writing film scores, including the music to Henry V (he had originally wanted to serve as an ambulance driver, but after he landed several ambulances in the ditch, the government decided that he would be more useful as a composer). In the summer of 1945, months after the end of…
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Bartók String Quartet No. 6
One of the paramount qualities of the Bartók quartets as a series is that—like Beethoven’s—they exemplify growth. The problems and possibilities of string quartet writing are not of the kind that imply a single solution, no matter how perfect, nor a single form, no matter how refined. With the composition of the Sixth Quartet, then,…
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2016 Starts Beethoven: Before, During and After
2016 Gets Rolling With a New ASQ and Robert Greenberg Series — Beethoven: Before, During and After
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Sunday Double Feature!
The ASQ is starting the year off with a bang as they present two concerts on Sunday, January 5th! Sunday January 5, 2014 2:00 pm Bartók and Kodály Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Davis, California Tel: (530) 754-2787 Web: www.mondaviarts.org/events/ Program: ASQ with lecturer, Robert Greenberg Bartók Quartet No. 2, Op. 17/Sz. 67…
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Sunday Double Schubert
Sunday, January 6th, ASQ presents a “double-feature” at the Mondavi Center. The first concert at 2:00pm will feature the Schubert Quintet in C Major, along with commentary throughout by Robert Greenberg! The Sunday evening concert at 7:00pm will again feature the Schubert Quintet as well as the Mozart String Quartet in F Major and a…
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Sunday Kicks off new Schubert Series at Mondavi Center
Sunday’s concert marks the 10th season of concerts at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis, CA, and features the first performance of Schubert’s Quartet No. 8 by the ASQ. For fabulous insight into the works on this concert, please visit the wonderful article on www.davisenterprise.com: “The first program will…
