Delight in a musical treasure hunt. Led by Geoff Nuttall, the SLSQ examines HAYDN String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5.

The SLSQ is joined by pianist Stephen Prutsman and guitar player Benjamin Verdery for a program of HAYDN, FRANCK and the Canadian premiere of the Quintet for High Strings by American composer and rock guitarist BRYCE DESSNER.

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Members of the SLSQ perform Bach, Beethoven, and Prokofiev against the backdrop of the incredible Montana landscape.

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Join the SLSQ for a performance that opens and closes with HAYDN, first his Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, followed by JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla zingarese, OSVALDO GOLIJOV Qohelet, and finally, HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3, “The Bird.”

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The SLSQ is joined by pianist and Bravo! Vail Music Festival Artistic Director, Anne-Marie McDermott, for a public and free master class with the Vail Piano Fellows.

The SLSQ takes the stage in breathtaking Vail, Colorado for a concert featuring HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, BEACH Piano Quintet with pianist and Artistic Director of Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Anne-Marie McDermott, and BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2.

Hailed as “in-your-face exhilarating” by the Los Angeles Times, the SLSQ presents all six HAYDN Op. 20 quartets in a marathon concert on Madeline Island.

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The SLSQ works with student quartets participating in the Madeline Island Chamber Music program in a public master class.

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Join the SLSQ for a hybrid concert/lecture dedicated to the genius of the DEBUSSY String Quartet, one of the most beloved works in the quartet repertoire. Experience this sumptuously beautiful music and its myriad textures, moods, and splashes of colors.

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A recent St. Lawrence String Quartet marathon performance of all six HAYDN Op. 20 String Quartets was hailed as “in-your-face exhilarating” by the Los Angeles Times. Join the SLSQ for the second of the HAYDN Op. 20s on a program that also includes DUPARC Three Songs performed by tenor Paul Groves and pianist Stephen Prutsman, and MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1, the first major work composed for piano quartet in the chamber music repertoire, featuring Danish Quartet violinist Frederik Øland, violist Maria Lambros, cellist Michael Kannen, and pianist Pedja Muzijevic.

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Violinist Geoff Nuttall is joined by cellist Alasdair Tait and pianist Pedja Muzijevic for HAYDN Piano Trio No. 41, a nod to the biblical story of Jacob’s ladder that reaches the heavens and bridges the earthly and the divine. The concert closes with pianist Stephen Prutsman and the St. Lawrence String Quartet performing the jubilant and exquisitely dramatic DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet No. 1.

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The St. Lawrence String Quartet is joined by tenor Paul Groves and pianist Laura Dahl for VAUGHAN WILLIAMS lush song cycle, “On Wenlock Edge,” based on A. E. Housman’s wistful poems about growing up in the English countryside. Then, cellist Michael Kannen, violist Maria Lambros, St. Lawrence String Quartet violinist Owen Dalby, and Danish Quartet members Frederik Øland (violin) and Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola) perform MOZART String Quintet K. 516, his second “viola quintet”—a stormy work in the brooding key of G minor.

HAYDN String Quartet in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2 (The "Razor")
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla Zingarese (2016)
BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2

HAYDN String Quartet in F Minor, Op.55, No.2 (“the Razor”)
STEPHEN PRUTSMAN "Color Preludes" for Piano and Strings
SCHUMANN Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 44
     with Stephen Prutsman, piano

HAYDN Seven Last Words of Christ

World premiere of Jonathan Berger’s evening-length chamber opera Leonardo, a collaboration with architect and designer Gabriel Calatrava.

Tyler Duncan, baritone
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
James Austin Smith, oboe
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
St. Lawrence String Quartet

Kevin Newbury, director

Program to be announced

HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 no. 4
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla Zingarese (2016)
BEETHOVEN Heiliger Dankgesang (Molto Adagio - Andante) from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

-intermission-

OSVALDO GOLIJOV Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
with Todd Palmer, clarinet

HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 no. 4
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla Zingarese (2016)
BEETHOVEN Heiliger Dankgesang (Molto Adagio - Andante) from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

-intermission-

OSVALDO GOLIJOV Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
with Todd Palmer, clarinet

HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 no. 4
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla Zingarese (2016)
BEETHOVEN Heiliger Dankgesang (Molto Adagio - Andante) from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

-intermission-

OSVALDO GOLIJOV Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
with Todd Palmer, clarinet

HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3
MOZART String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor, Opus 51, No. 2

MOZART String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, for String Sextet
VALENTINI Sonata “Enharmonic” a4 in G minor
ZOSHA DI CASTRI String Quartet no. 1
DOUGLAS BALLIETT - Octet (Gawain's Journey)

     with JACK Quartet

HAYDN The complete String Quartets, Op. 20

HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No.3 (the “Bird”)
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla zingarese
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30

HAYDN String Quartet in D-Major, Op. 20, No. 4
JONATHAN BERGER Tango alla zingarese
JOHN ADAMS Second Quartet
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F-Major, Op. 135

HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No.3 (the “Bird”)
JOHN ADAMS Second Quartet
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, Op. 135

HAYDN String Quartet in G-minor, Op. 20, No.3
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F-Major, Op. 135
SHOSTAKOVICH Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57
     with Inon Barnatan, piano