Guarneri Quartet w/ Teng Li (viola) October 28, 2008

Program:
Bartok: Quartet No. 3; Mozart: Quintet in C Major, K. 515; Dvorak: Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, American

"No superior on the world's stages" (The New York Times)

Join PCMS in welcoming back the Guarneri Quartet for one of two final performances during the 2008-2009 concert season. After 45 seasons, the Quartet consisting of Arnold Steinhardt, John Dalley, Michael Tree and Peter Wiley will bow in May 2009 (David Soyer played cello until 2001). Renowned for their resilient, elegant skill and annual Metropolitan Museum of Art six-concert series, among other accomplishments, the Guarneri Quartet has been the corner stone of the PCMS series since our opening night in 1986.

The Quartet will be joined by the principal violist of the Toronto Symphony, Teng Li, for Mozart’s C Major Quintet—possibly the best-known of his six 'viola quintets.' Also on the program are string quartets by Bartok and Dvorak. Ms. Li, who began playing viola at 12 years old in her native China, studied at the Curtis Institute with Michael Tree before joining the Toronto Symphony, all by the age of 22.

For more information on Teng Li and the Guarneri Quartet, please visit:
Guarneri: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarneri_Quartet
Teng Li: http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/artistDetail/44/artistID=406.

For more information on the composers, please visit:
Mozart:http://www.musicandarts.com/CDpages/CD1159hi.html
Bartok:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k
Dvorak:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k

Buy Tickets!
www.pcmsconcerts.org or 215.569.8080
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Get to know the Guarneri Quartet & Teng Li!

Watch: Experience the Guarneri Quartet up close (with original cellist David Soyer) as they play Beethoven's Rasumovsky Quartet, Op. 59.


Listen and Connect: Get to know the Guarneri Quartet past the stage: listen to music clips, find out about similar artists, and learn more about the musicians: http://www.last.fm/music/Guarneri+Quartet. For a behind the scenes view of life for the Guarneri Quartet during the transition from David Soyer to Peter Wiley, read an interview with Andante Magazine here:
http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=12739.

Teng Li talks candidly about her life in this Toronto Symphony Orchestra podcast with host Michael Kramer. From her childhood influences (she received her first instrument at age two), to her explanation of what it takes to play the viola (she needs to use her entire body), the interview is warm, inspiring, and ultimately a look into the life of one of classical music's most talented young performers:
http://www.tso.ca/season/experience/experience12.cfm