Masterclass with Borromeo String Quartet violinist Nick Kitchen.

J. S. Bach: Fugue for organ in E flat major, "St. Anne"
Arranged for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen

Bela Bartok: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91

I. Allegro
II. Prestissimo con sordino
III. Non troppo lento
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
V. Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130, with Grosse Fugue

(original version, premiered in March 1826)

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
II. Presto
III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro Assai
V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
VI. Grosse Fugue:
Overtura: Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato
Fuga: Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro molto e con brio

J.S.Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major ‘St. Anne‘, BWV 522a
transcribed by Nicholas Kitchen

Béla Bartók
String Quartet No.4
I. Allegro
II. Prestissimo, con sordino
III. Non troppo lento
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
V. Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat Major, Op.130
I. Adagio, ma non troppo – Allegro
II. Presto
III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo: Poco scherzoso
IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
VI. Große Fuge

J. S. Bach: Fugue for organ in E flat major, "St. Anne"
Arranged for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen

Bela Bartok: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91

I. Allegro
II. Prestissimo con sordino
III. Non troppo lento
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
V. Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130, with Grosse Fugue 

(original version, premiered in March 1826)

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
II. Presto
III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro Assai
V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
VI. Grosse Fugue:
Overtura: Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato
Fuga: Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro molto e con brio

A Special Randolph Newman Concert

Schubert: Notturno in E-flat Major, D. 897

Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor

Webern: Langsamer Satz

Mendelssohn: Ottetto in E-flat Major, Op. 20
(original version)

Performers:
Borromeo String Quartet
Chamber music students of San Francisco Conservatory

Tickets

$20 general admission; $15 students, seniors and Conservatory members

Residency activity with conservatory students

Residency activity with conservatory students

BARTOK: The Six String Quartets

 String Quartet No. 1, Op.7, Sz. 40

String Quartet No. 2, Op.17, Sz. 67

– Intermission

String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85

String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91

–Intermission

String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102

String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114

Tickets

$20 general admission; $15 students, seniors and Conservatory members

Residency activity with conservatory students

Kodály: Serenade for 2 Violins and Viola, Op. 1

Yoojin Jang (Violin), Mari Lee (Violin), Dimitri Murrath (Viola)

Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 4, Sz 91/BB 95

Borromeo String Quartet

The Borromeo String Quartet, NEC's Quartet in Residence, performs with exceptionally talented NEC students chosen through competition in its annual Guest Artists concert. Come hear tomorrow's great artists!

Winners of the 2016 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award:

Isabelle David, piano

Kate Arndt, violin

Marthe Husum, viola

Ye Lin Stella Cho, cello

Program:

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

Isabelle David, piano

Borromeo String Quartet:
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Kristopher Tong, violin
Mai Motobuchi, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello

Johannes Brahms 
Sextet in G Major, Op. 36

Kate Arndt, violin
Marthe Husum, viola
Ye Lin Stella Cho, cello 

Borromeo String Quartet:
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Kristopher Tong, violin
Mai Motobuchi, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello

Free and open to the public

Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 9

Tchaikovsky | String Quartet No. 3

Performing works by Haydn, Bartók and Ravel.

Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Op. 76 No. 6, Hob. III: 80
Gunther Schuller, String Quartet No. 4 (2002) 
Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102

The Complete Bartok String Quartets
(Marathon Concert)

String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40

I. Lento
II. Poco a poco accelerando all'allegretto
III. Introduzione. Allegro - Allegro vivace
*Composed in 1909, when Bartók was around 28 years old
30 minutes (approximately)

String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67

I. Moderato
II. Allegro molto capriccioso
III. Lento
*Composed in 1917, when Bartók was around 36 years old
26 minutes (approximately)

INTERMISSION

String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85

I. Prima parte: Moderato
II. Seconda Parte: Allegro
III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
IV. Coda: Allegro molto
*Composed in 1927, when Bartók was around 46 years old
15 minutes (approximately)

String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91

I. Allegro
II. Prestissimo con sordino
III. Non troppo lento
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
V. Allegro molto
*Composed in 1928, when Bartók was around 47 years old
23 minutes (approximately)

INTERMISSION

String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102

I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese
IV. Andante
V. Finale. Allegro vivace
*Composed in 1934, when Bartók was around 53 years old
30 minutes (approximately)

String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114

I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace
II. Mesto - Marcia
III. Mesto - Burletta
IV. Mesto
*Composed in 1939, when Bartók was around 58 years old
29 minutes (approximately)