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)

Stradivari Anniversary Concert

A recent focus in the Borromeo Quartet's intensive study of composers’ manuscripts is a concentration on the six magisterial quartets of Béla Bartók, including the Fifth Quartet, a landmark Library of Congress Coolidge Foundation commission.

Join us for this unique event—a once-in-a-lifetime chance to hear all six Bartók quartets on the Library’s Strads.

Pre-concert lecture at 6:00 PM by Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet on "Bartόk: Paths Not Taken."

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)

PIANO TRIOS

Alexander Beyer (Piano); Nicholas Kitchen (Violin); and Yeesun Kim (Cello)

JOSEPH HAYDN
Piano Trio No. 45 in E-flat major, Hob. XV:29

CHARLES IVES
Piano Trio, Op. 86

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929

GUNTHER SCHULLER
String Quartet No. 4

JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 76, No. 6

BELA BARTOK
String Quartet No. 5 Sz. 102

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (original version with Grosse Fuge, premiered in March 1826)

COLLEGE DAYS

Music from and about youth, featuring piano trios by Charles E. Ives (from 1904-11), Leonard Bernstein (1937), and Claude Debussy.

Advance ticket purchase strongly encouraged.