Borromeo String Quartet

Description

Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor for organ, BWV 582, arranged by Nicholas Kitchen;

Stephen Jaffe - String Quartet No.2, “Aeolian and Sylvan Figures”;

Beethoven - String Quartet in C Major, Op.59, No.3 (Razumovsky)

Ensemble-in-residence New England Conservatory, 20 years; awarded 2007 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Since their explosive debut in 1989, the critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet has become one of the most sought after string quartets in the world, performing over 100 concerts of classical and contemporary music across three continents every season. Audiences and critics alike champion their ability to bring back the contemporary fire to familiar works from the classic repertoire, while making even the most challenging new music approachable.

“To hear and see them perform has always felt like taking a private tour through a composer’s mind,” says Cathy Fuller, WGBH Boston. “They probe and analyze from every angle until they discover how to best unveil the psychological, physical, and spiritual states that a great piece of music evokes. They’re champions of new music...but they also thrive on making the old classics sound vital and fresh.”

In January 2011 the New York Times wrote, “The digital tide washing over society is lapping at the shores of classical music. The Borromeo players have embraced it in their daily musical lives like no other major chamber music group.” They will play from laptop scores with footpedals, and will project Beethoven’s manuscript on screen for us to see as they play from it.

More Info

Link

http://www.BorromeoQuartet.org

Call

408.354.4560 (Box Office)