The Art of the Quartet- The Escher String Quartet
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230
Acclaimed for musical insights and rare tonal beauty, and championed by the Emerson String Quartet, the Escher has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. They served as BBC New Generation Artists and gave debuts at the BBC Proms, are winners of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and perform as Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. For this program, they bring their special sheen to Mozart’s powerfully compelling String Quartet No. 23 in F major (third of the “Prussian Quartets”) and to Samuel Barber’s spellbinding Adagio for Strings. They are joined by Yehuda Hanani for the incomparable Schubert Quintet, regarded as one ofthe greatest compositions in all of chamber music, other-worldly in its beauty and miraculous melodies.
“Mr. Hanani was rightly rewarded with cheers from the audience.” —The New York Times
The Escher String Quartet: Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Danbi Um, violin; Pierre La Pointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello, with Yehuda Hanani, cello
PURCHASED THROUGH MAHAIWE Tickets available for online purchase up to 2 hours prior to show time and by calling the Box Office at 413.528.0100 right up until the show. Box office opens at 12:00 pm. Tickets will be mailed to the address on the order, unless instructions indicate otherwise. Tickets will be held at Will Call starting 10 days before the concert. The Will Call table will open in the lobby of the Mahaiwe at 5 PM on the evening of the concert. PLEASE NOTE: All Mahaiwe tickets include a $2.50 restoration fee.