Residency Recital: Vera Quartet with Roberto Díaz
The Vera Quartet, Curtis’s string quartet in residence, presents a residency recital as part of the Student Recital Series. The quartet is joined by Roberto Díaz, president and CEO of Curtis, to finish the program with Mendelssohn’s Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87. The performance is free and no tickets are required.
SCHUBERT | Allegro, from Quartet in D minor, D. 810 (“Der Tod und das Mädchen”) |
SCHNITTKE | Andante, from Quartet No. 3 |
AUERBACH | “Si vis pacem, para bellum,” from Sonnet for String Quartet No. 3 (“Cetera desunt”) |
BEETHOVEN | Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 (“Quartetto serioso”) |
WHITTALL | Quartet No. 2 (“Bright Ferment”) |
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MENDELSSOHN | Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87 |
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Roberto Díaz, viola |
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This concert will be streamed live through YouTube.
The Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet Program admits young quartets of extraordinary promise who have clear aspirations for a career as a professional quartet and demonstrate an affinity for Curtis’s “learn by doing” approach to artistic development.