St. Petersburg String Quartet
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"Masters of subtlety and refinement"
(Los Angeles Times)
ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET
For over two decades this dazzling ensemble has enchanted audiences
from Toronto to Tokyo, earning standing ovations and top reviews
wherever it performs. Enjoy "one of the most spectacularly well-knit
groups in the world" (Miami Herald) in two different concerts:
4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2007
St. Petersburg String Quartet
With the University Symphony Orchestra & University Singers
and
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2007
St. Petersburg String Quartet
With Rob Watson, piano
Meng Concert Hall
California State University, Fullerton Performing Arts Center
ORDER TICKETS ONLINE OR BY PHONE:
http://tickets.com/venue_info.cgi?vid=201303
(714) 278-3371
PROGRAMS FOR MARCH 4 & 6:
Alla Aranovskaya & Alla Krolevich, violin
Boris Vayner, viola
Leonid Shakayev, cello
March 4:
Arnold Schoenberg Concerto for String Quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 (mvts 1 & 2)
Tania Léon Batá
John Corigliano Fern Hill
March 6:
Alexander Borodin "Nocturne" from Quartet No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet No. 2
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major
MORE INFO
http://www.arts.fullerton.edu
The St. Petersburg String Quartet originally began as the Leningrad
String Quartet in 1985 and is ranked among the best chamber groups on
the current scene. Last season the quartet celebrated its 20th
anniversary with performances in Great Britain, Mexico, Germany and
throughout the United States. Winner of numerous international
competitions from Tokyo to Australia, the ensemble has received a
Grammy nomination for "Best Record," and honors from Gramophone
Magazine and the Chamber Music of America.
"Masters of subtlety and refinement ... embodies the chamber music ideal
of four voices speaking as one" -- Los Angeles Times
"Five stars for performance and sound" -- BBC Music Magazine
"...demonstrates its innate affinity with Russian works of Shostakovich
and Borodin and offers impressively polished and perceptive accounts...
rhythmic and full-blooded... character, energy and musical insight" --
The Strad
"Splendid from start to finish . . . Elegant, stylish and
extraordinarily musical, the St. Petersburg String Quartet boasts a
dazzling technique and beautifully blended sound . . . Its sense of
musical synergy is the sort upon which exceptional careers are
based . . . the group is firmly positioned among the stars of the
chamber music galaxy." -- Williamsburg Gazette
"Masters of subtlety and refinement ... embodies the chamber music ideal
of four voices speaking as one" -- Los Angeles Times