Signature Series: (Un)expected Voices

(UN)EXPECTED VOICES

Greenville – Fri, Feb 19 @ 7:30 PM 
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall on the campus of East Carolina University & Online
Raleigh – Sun, Feb 21 @ 2:00 PM
Hayes Barton United Methodist Church & Online

Join Four Seasons for a concert pairing two very expected voices in chamber music with two very unexpected ones. Joseph Haydn and Johannes Brahms are without a doubt two of the most revered names in the history of chamber music. Haydn, the father of the string quartet, is appropriately represented here by his String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2, a work that ranges from grand to quirky to rustic. Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F Minor is powerful, one of its composer’s most revered works. Joining these expected names on the program are two composers known entirely for their operas: Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi. Puccini’s Crisantemi, a single-movement work for string quartet, is a hauntingly gorgeous lament that pairs nicely with the effervescent Prestissimo from Verdi’s String Quartet in E Minor–his only surviving chamber work. The Cooperstown Quartet–violinists Ara Gregorian and Hye-Jin Kim, violist Maria Lambros, and cellist Michael Kannen–are joined on this unique program by pianist Rieko Aizawa.

PROGRAM:
Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2
Giacomo Puccini — Crisantemi
brief pause
Giuseppe Verdi — Andante from String Quartet in E Minor
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

MUSICIANS:
Cooperstown Quartet
Hye-Jin Kim & Ara Gregorian, violins
Maria Lambros, viola
Michael Kannen, cello
with Rieko Aizawa, piano