St. Lawrence String Quartet November 8, 2009

Alex Ross of The New Yorker Magazine writes, "The St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection." Performing together for 20 years, the St. Lawrence String Quartet has been involved in numerous inventive collaborations, including projects with Pilobolus and the Emerson Quartet. The foursome, which regularly performs traditional quartet repertoire, is also fervently committed to performing and expanding the works of living composers. They recently gave the world premiere of a new quartet by American composer John Adams, which will be performed on this program. “These are fearless musicians whose spontaneity stretches past conventional interpretation and probes the music’s imaginative limits.” (The Washington Post)

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