Both the Guarneri and Johannes String Quartets have roots in Vermont’s legendary Marlboro Music Festival. They will collaborate here, for the first time, with new works created for this project: an octet written by William Bolcom—co-commissioned by the Celebrity Series—and new works by award-winning composers Esa-Pekka Salonen and Derek Bermel. They will also perform the Shostakovich and Mendelssohn String Octets.
Official Website: http://www.celebrityseries.org/0708_performances/824_guarneri_johannes.htm
Added by JackW on December 10, 2007