The Miró Quartet, one of America's highest-profile chamber groups enjoys its place at the top of the international chamber music scene garnering praise from audiences and critics alike. Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Miró Quartet met with immediate success winning first prizes at the Coleman, Fischoff, and Banff competitions as well as the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award.

Program

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
String Quartet, Op. 11

1. Molto Allegro e Appassionato
2. Adagio
3. Molto Adagio- Presto

Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
Credo for String Quartet (2007)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Opus 130
Große Fuge in B-flat major, Opus 133

1. Adagio, ma non troppo- Allegro
2. Presto
3. Andante con moto, ma non troppo. Poco scherzoso
4. Alla danza tedescaa. Allegro assai
5. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
6. Große Fuge: Overtura- Allegro- Fuga

The Miró Quartet was also a recipient of the Cleveland Quartet Award and was the first ensemble ever to be awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Regularly invited to perform at the world’s most celebrated concert halls, the Miró Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic’s Kammermusiksaal, and Amersterdam’s Concertgebouw among many others.

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 5 in A major, opus 18, no. 5

1. Allegro
2. Menuetto
3. Andaante cantabile
4. Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, opus 95 “Serioso”

1. Allegro con brio
2. Allegretto ma non troppo attacca subito:
3. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso; piu allegro
4. Larghetto espressivo; Allegretto agitato; Allegro

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quintet in C major, op. posth. 163 (Alain Durbecq, cello)

1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo. Presto- Trio. Andante sostenuto
4. Allegretto

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A favorite of summer music festivals, the Quartet has frequently appeared at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. Deeply committed to music education, the Miró Quartet is currently the Faculty String Quartet-in-Residence at the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F major, Opus 14, No. 1 (Beethoven’s arrangement of the Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major)

1. Allegro
2. Allegretto
3. Rondo- Allegro comodo

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Quintet in G Minor, opus 57

1. Prelude: Lento
2. Fugue: Adagio
3. Scherzo: Allegretto
4. Intermezzo: Lento
5. Finale: Allegretto

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Quintet in A major, Opus 114 (Die Forelle- The Trout)

1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante
3. Scherzo: Presto
4. Andantino- Allegretto
5. Allegro giusto

First & second place winners of the 2010 Rising Star Award, 6:00 p.m. and the Rising Stars’ chamber music orchestra. FREE