Takács Quartet March 15, 2010

One of the highlights of UMS’s Chamber Arts series over the past decade is the near-annual visit by the Takács Quartet, whose dazzling performances never cease to amaze. The ensemble returns with two Beethoven quartets bookending a brief new work that the Takács commissioned and premiered last year by the New Zealand composer John Psathas, who has worked closely with a variety of musicians ranging from percussionist Evelyn Glennie to tenor saxophone player Michael Brecker.

Program
· Beethoven : String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 (1798-1800)
· Psathas : A Cool Wind (2008)
· Beethoven : String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 (1806)

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