SALON CLASSIQUE @ SFMusic Thursdays - Center for New Music
Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 7:30PM
Kindly sponsored by San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, fiscal sponsor of Salon Classique.
From Europe to America - Jewish String Quartet Music by Mendelssohn, Bloch and Milhaud
Matthew Szemela and Karsten Windt, violin
Darcy Rindt, viola; Avery Waite, cello.
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op. 13 in A minor
Ernst Bloch: Prelude for String Quartet (1925)
Darius Milhaud: String Quartet No. 1 (1912)
Tickets at the door for Adults: $15, Students and Seniors: $10
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Map)
We will be tracing the
way of Jewish string quartet music from Europe to America, notably to
California. Works by two young geniuses frame this program. The
Mendelssohn A minor quartet is a classic romantic, a true Sturm und
Drang piece that proves the breathtaking mastery of the
eighteen-year-young Felix. Eighteen is also the number of string
quartets Darius Milhaud composed in his life. We found his first,
written at the age of twenty much in the tradition of Ravel, a real
jewel of French chamber music. As always, we will be introducing our
music on stage during the concert and look forward to welcoming you to
this exciting program.